STILL WE PERSISTED

Let the Record Show is a stunning achievement. In this meticulously crafted history of ACT UP New York, Sarah Schulman invites readers “to imagine ourselves as potentially effective activists and supporters no matter who we are.” Offering this history to activists today as a handbook of lessons learned from ACT UP’s successes and failures, Schulman illustrates how social movements of the past inform those of the present and how we all have the power to move beyond bearing witness to acting up to help those in need.

is, Schulman says, a history — not history — of ACT UP from the movement’s origins in 1987 to its split in 1992.