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![Golden Gate Bridge Action](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/31/1989Call Number: V 505Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Stop AIDS Now or Else - SANOE’s first direct action protest blocks morning rush hour traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge disrupting business as usual. Protesters call for increased action as opposed to increased work with AIDS service organizations criticizing that little beyond care work is being done. When asked if any of the activists have AIDS a protester retorts, “We are all living with AIDS.” Most of the demonstrators are arrested and charged with being a public nuisance and trespassing. Some stalled motorists agree with SANOE tactics to bring attention to the AIDS/HIV pandemic.
![AIDS Action Pledge - First Demonstration](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/1/1987Call Number: V 506Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The AIDS Action Pledge forms in response to Reagan’s corrupted AIDS Commission and has its first demonstration in front of the Federal Building. Protesters wear playing cards that spoof the individual members of Reagan’s AIDS commission as being homophobic and dangerous. A guerrilla theater performance blasts the Reagan administration for perpetuating the myth of AIDS being a gay white male disease by drawing attention to sex workers, queer people of color, and the governments general lack of response. The actors and protesters denounce the AIDS commission and call for support of Black and Latino AIDS programs in San Francisco.
![ACT UP Anti-Inaugural Demonstration](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/20/1989Call Number: V 567Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Protesters perform guerrilla theater outside the San Francisco stock exchange in response to the inauguration of George H. Bush. They mock Bush and his wife Barbara and perform an educational game show that acts out the inaccessibility to AIDS/HIV drug treatments.
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