Webster Civil Disobedience and Montreal Conference #1

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{"value"=>"<p>1. ACT UP demonstration against the U. S. Supreme Court's Webster decision and its ruling against abortion rights in Washington D.C. 4/28/89. Post-civil disobedience interviews by activists (18:00). Also contains \"Lainey after school\" home-footage segment (4:00);</p> <p>2. ACT UP participates for the first time at the Fifth International Conference on AIDS in Montreal in June 1989. The segment begins with issues against United States AIDS/HIV immigration policies with \"action\" shot at the USA/Canadian border. Includes footage in front of the Montreal Conference; demonstrations; and the entrance by AIDS activists to take over the opening ceremonies of the Fifth International Conference on AIDS. [continues on 01332-B ]</p> <div class=\"note\"> <p>This tape came from Gregg Bordowitz's collection (GMHC) but shot by Catherine Saalfield [Gund] and others.]</p></div> <div class=\"note\"> <p>[From ACT UP Capsule History:] June 4-9, 1989 ACT UP demonstrates at the Fifth International Conference on AIDS in Montreal calling for a significant change in AIDS treatment research. ACT UP presents the revolutionary concept of parallel track drug testing, in which drugs already found to be non-toxic are place in both clinical trials and released simultaneously to patients who do not qualify for the trials.</p> <p>See also document on ACTUP/NY website: \"When PWAs First Sat at the High Table\" by Ron Goldberg. (http://www.actupny.org/documents/montreal.html.)</p></div>"}
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