Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. Part I: Becoming an Activist
5. 1 Awakening 1
6. 2 First Steps 22
7. 3 Welcome to ACT UP 38
8. 4 We Are Family 52
9. Part II: Expanding the Agenda
10. 5 ACT NOW and the Nine Days of Rain 65
11. 6 Taking Actions 83
12. 7 Summer Awakening 97
13. 8 Seize Control of the FDA 117
14. Part III: Crashing Through
15. 9 Targeting City Hall 139
16. 10 Storming the Ivory Tower 163
17. 11 Remember Stonewall Was a Riot 179
18. 12 Parallel Tracks 192
19. 13 Heading Inside 211
20. 14 Stop the Church 222
21. Part IV: The Gorgeous Mosaic
22. 15 The Myers Mess 233
23. 16 Time’s Up, Mario! 248
24. 17 Storm the NIH 256
25. 18 Inside or Out 266
26. 19 Can the Center Hold? 280
27. 20 Bombs Are Dropping 301
28. Part V: Days of Desperation
29. 21 Desperate Measures 315
30. 22 Splitting Differences 333
31. 23 Target Bush 351
32. 24 Strategies and Consequences 370
33. Part VI: AIDS Campaign ’92
34. 25 ACT UP / Petrelis 381
35. 26 The In-Your- Face Primary 394
36. 27 Unconventional Behavior 402
37. 28 Vote as If Your Life Depended on It 417
38. AFTERWORD 437
39. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 443
40. NOTES 449
41. INDEX 483