ACT UP Protests Against Quarantine Laws

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{"value"=>"<p>ACT UP protests in South Carolina against laws permitting quarantine of people with AIDS. With travel footage, \"camping,\" in-transit interviews with Rollerina and others; list of demands to repeal laws; pre-action meeting (more 'camping') and action preparation; and protest demonstrations (with spectator interviews).</p> <p>[From the ACT UP Capsule History: ]</p> <div class=\"note\"> <p>April 21, 1989 - ACT UP/NY joins ACT UP/Atlanta to protest a South Carolina provision that would allow PWAs to be quarantined. NOTE: the same day, using steel plates and rivets, four ACT UP members barricade themselves inside a Burroughs Wellcome office in North Carolina. They demand a cut in the price of AZT, still the most expensive medicine in history at $8,000 for a year's dosage.</p></div>"}
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