How to Organize in a Plague

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How to Organize in a Plague

The AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) was one of the most important grassroots organizations in modern Canadian history. And this year, it closed its doors.

Arshy Mann

Jul 23, 2026

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AIDS Action Now! began as a radical offshoot of the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Their protests helped lead to the replacement of federal health minister Jake Epp, who largely ignored the AIDS crisis.

If you were an openly gay man in Toronto in 1980, chances are that you would’ve thought that life was getting better.

After all, the last decade had seen so…

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