How to Survive a Plague

There were many tactics used by the AIDS activists in the protests and some of the said tactics proved to be more influential than others. In order for a protest to be successful, the protesters must convince the opposing group that their tactics are the correct ones. A violent protest would not be considered effective because there will be consequences for the actions. Peaceful protests are often an effective form of protests because they are portraying their views in a respectable manner. Having a large group of protesters and having a slogan for the protest are two of the many ways that protests become successful. Many groups use protests because they often do work. In How to Survive a Plague, Act Up successfully used the tactic of protesting. By protesting, they were able to express their views to the public, FDA, etc., and they were able to convince the FDA to process and create drugs to help the people affected by AIDS. If they had used any other tactic, the creation and processing of the drugs would have been slowed and many more people could have died.