TAG's Astra Action

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2013-04-29 22:06:09 UTC
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2016-02-22 22:28:07 UTC

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{"value"=>"1992?] Jan 27", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1992-01-27", "certainty"=>"questionable"}
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1992
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1992
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1992-01-27
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1992-01-27
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1992-01-27
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{"value"=>"TAG's Astra Action"}
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{"value"=>"<p>TAG (Treatment Action Group) of civil disobedience action at Astra Pharmaceuticals protesting the high price of an anti-CMV drug, Foscavir, to prevent blindness in PWAs. TAG and some ACT UP/New York and Boston activists utilized Greenpeace tactics, chaining themselves under parked trucks to block the entrances to Astra. Early portions of this tape contains a lot of black (with sound continuing) because it was shot inside the back of a cargo truck smuggling activists to the site.</p> <div class=\"note\"> <p>This action was also filmed by a CBS News crew for the show <span class=\"title\">60 Minutes.</span> The CBS footage featured long-time ACT UP activist Bob Rafsky.</p></div>"}
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