iClinic - July 31, 2000
ACTUP U.S.
They demand that Bush publicly support the production of low-cost, generic AIDS drugs in developing nations. This event opens ACT UP's direct actions at the Republican National Congress, setting the stage for events later this week.
Over the past year, ACT UP has exposed the Clinton Administration's use of trade sanctions and threats to restrict access to low-cost AIDS medication at the bidding of well-financed drug company donors.
Activists interrupted three of Gore's first campaign announcements; occupied the office of Charlene Barshefsky, US Trade Representative; and sponsored mass marches with thousands of participants in Philadelphia, Washington DC, and South Africa.
Three weeks ago at the International AIDS conference in Durban, they joined 5 000 people with HIV and activists from around the world in the March for Global Treatment Access, and joined Jubilee 2000 South Africa in a protest at the official US government reception.
"We had to drag the Clinton Administration kicking and screaming into dealing with AIDS in Africa as a public health disaster. And, although we have a far way to go, the US is finally dedicating some funds and efforts to this crisis. And now Bush has to take a stand," said Thamon Pierce of ACT UP.
"So far, his silence on this issue, and lousy record on AIDS in Texas, implies sure death for millions worldwide, whose lives could be saved by access to generic medication."
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