Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England

Radical Acts explores the overlooked world of radical AIDS activism in England, drawing on activist campaign literature, broadcast media, and oral history interviews. It provides a detailed history of the radical HIV/AIDS movement, following ACT UP's travels from New York to London and reconstructing the vibrant theatrical campaigns staged by ACT UP groups across England. It argues that expressions of activism were more common than demonstrations and marches, permeating most aspects of everyday life and presenting a diverse constellation of activist responses to the epidemic.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Severs draws on activist campaign literature, broadcast media, and new oral history interviews to reconstruct and discuss the overlooked world of radical AIDS activism in England. This book offers one of the first detailed histories of the radical HIV/AIDS movement in England, tracing ACT UP's travels from New York to London and reconstructing the vibrant theatrical campaigns staged by ACT UP groups across England. Radical Acts explores expressions of activism that were more common than demonstrations and marches, including manifestations of a political commitment to ameliorating the injustices facing people living with HIV. These forms of 'everyday activism' played out in workplaces, universities, and church halls across England, as well as through networks that stretched across Europe and North America. This book breaks new ground by studying the radical alongside the everyday, presenting a diverse constellation of activist responses to the epidemic.

Weight: 402g
Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350374522