What Powers Interference Archive?

We're starting a new blog post series during the month of December where we reflect on the issues, movements, and ideas that give us a reason for existing here at the Archive. We wanted to take this time to think about what these critical elements and movements bring to us, and what we have to give to them. The first in the series is by Lani Hanna is is on...

Women’s movements

There is no one fight for women’s liberation in the U.S. or internationally.  Historically, much of this work has been less visible and more coalitional than what we often consider when we hear the words “social movements.” At Interference Archive, collecting this history is vital so that we can learn from and support continued organizing for women’s rights, and also to learn from a specifically feminist model of intersectional movement building. . . . Read the rest of the post HERE!

Image: Back cover of the March 1971 issue of the Tricontinental Bulletin (#60), published by OSPAAAL in Havana, Cuba, with a focus on the Young Lords.

Politics In Public Space In Words And Pictures

Tuesday, December 13, 7pm

The comics of Seth Tobocman
with discussion led by AK Thompson
music by Eric Blitz, Jenny Gonzalez Blitz, Andy Laties & Rebecca Migdal

Artist, author and teacher Seth Tobocman shares lessons we can learn from the past for our current moment, by drawing on two of his recent publications. LEN (a lawyer in history) provides us with historic perspectives on occupation from the case of the Chicago 7, and the newly re-issued War in the Neighborhood gives insight into gentrification and displacement from the viewpoint of the 1980s Lower East Side. AK Thompson will facilitate a critical discussion with the audience regarding how history informs our tactics for organizing.

Audio Interference #24: Amplifier Foundation

“The main idea is to empower people who are observers, and provide them with tools to become participants in the political realm.” – Cleo Barnett, The Amplifier Foundation

In this week’s episode, we take a close look at activist art produced by the Amplifier Foundation. We speak with Cleo Barnett from the Foundation about their history, current projects, as well as some of her favorite activist stickers they’ve recently made. Be sure to stick around for the end of this episode, where Cleo will share with us her recipe for wheat paste, used to adhere political posters to a wall or surface.

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