Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 08:15:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Rex Wockner Subject: Newsclips #1059: AIDS Activism in Vanvcouver //// (. .) -------------------o00-(_)-00o------------------ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 17:05:15 -0400 (EDT) From: P. Davis Join ACT UP Philadelphia, New York, and Golden Gate at the XI for days of rage at the International AIDS Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. ALL IS NOT WELL. The standard of care for millions of people around the world is ASPIRIN. ACT UP will target DRUG PRICES and GOVERNMENT POLICIES that have created MEDICAL APARTHEID for people with AIDS. at the "don't worry, be happy" International Vancouver AIDS Conference. Be a part of the action during extensive demonstrations and zaps every day of the conference. MEETINGS: * Come to the World AIDS Activist Meeting, Sunday, 8pm, at Robson Square conference center. (World AIDS Activist _Planning meeting_, Saturday, 8:30 pm, at the University of British Columbia. Call for time & place). * Join the nightly AIDS activist meetings (every evening beginning Sunday) at 8pm at the Robson Conference Center, room 6, where actions and strategies for the conference and beyond will be planned. * There will also be an ACT UP break out session during the international community forum, Friday at 6pm at the University of British Columbia. Call for details and unannounced actions: Vancouver ACT UP Hotline: 604.661.3686 (after July 4th) Before July 4th: 215.731.1844 or 415.252.9200 ACTIONS: * Nail the drug companies, trash their booths, disrupt their parties, steal their stupid gifts, and mug their representatives. The pharmcos disgusting drug pricing practices deny treatment to two-thirds of the world's population of PWAs. Drug Profiteers: You know who you are. And so do we. You know we're coming. They Earn. We Urn. * Prevent the United States from imposing harmful policies on the rest of the world with its control over the purse strings of UNAIDS and other international response organizations. * Put an end to calls for forced testing of people in developing nations. Self-determination and dignity are not privileges reserved for male residents of wealthy nations. * Blast the Clinton Administrations continued refusal to support needle exchange, even when study after study has shown that these programs save lives. * Close the lid on stupid, senseless HIV immigration bans. The counties with the most restrictive, discriminatory immigration policies in the world: Iran, Iraq, Russia, and the U.S. * Fight calls for mandatory testing of pregnant women in the U.S. and around the world. -------------------------------------------- * ACT UP will be a major presence during the opening ceremonies. * The Golden Urn Awards: will be awarded daily during the conference to individuals, companies, and government officials who have done the most to hasten the deaths of people with AIDS. Each day will bring another award ceremony of shame. TAKE DIRECT ACTION TO END THE AIDS CRISIS. Until there's a cure, there's ACT UP. xoxo paul >pdavis@critpath.org ACT UP/Philadelphia FIGHT BACK