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World AIDS Day protest

Washington Blade - November 29, 2002

In anticipation of World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, and a scheduled trip by President Bush to Africa in mid-January, a small group of protesters rallied in front of the White House on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The protesters, holding a sign that declared "AIDS worldwide is a Code Red Emergency." They demanded new White House initiatives in the fight against AIDS, domestically and globally. A number of the protesters were arrested after they blocked the sidewalk in front of the White House in an act of civil disobedience.

"Africa is dying and Asia is next, and here in the U.S. there are more people with AIDS than ever," said Asia Russell of ACT UP/Philadelphia, one of the protest organizers. "President Bush is failing to fund his meager promises to fight global AIDS. In the developing world, his policies ensure virtually no one with AIDS can have access to the medicines they need. In the U.S., people with AIDS must spend all their money before qualifying for help with treatment and medicine."


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