RY FOSTER'S ACT UP DIARIES

DONALD TRUMP IS A WAR CRIMINAL! Rise and Resit conducted a Nonviolent Civil Disobedience— a road blockade disrupting Donald Trump’s motorcade en route to the United Nations 81st General Assembly. A few years ago on a Monday, I stumbled around The LGBTQ+ Center, asking if there was an ACT UP Meeting here. Or am I just looking for something from a long time ago. A few months later, I found my ACT UP comrades conducting a Town Hall Meeting at The Center. And I found that many of

ACT UP! FIGHT BACK! FIGHT AIDS! As per the ACT UP Policy: You attend one meeting. You go to one action. You are an ACT UP member. I announce on the bullhorn as we are now in a bit of a Standoff with the Port Authority Police and the NYPD. Let me start from the top… My comrade and I were a bit anxious given the site— 1 World Trade Center. The main principle in executing a successful Civil Disobedience is to remain Nonviolent. We gather at 7:45am The adrenaline is buzzing One m

PALANTIR OUT OF MOUNT SINAI! AI OUT OF OUR HEALTHCARE! Our hands are zip-tied behind our backs inside this dingy precinct in lower Manhattan. My comrade peers over his shoulder- Ryan, I want to talk to you about something. Turn around, the NYPD Officer claps. We just came from Pershing Square, where we held 42nd Street for almost an hour— MONEY FOR AIDS + HEALTHCARE, NOT FOR ICE + WARFARE! CLOSE DELANEY HALL! I tell a reporter on a phone call this afternoon, my voice hoarse f