Armed By Design

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Exhibitions / Armed By Design

Armed by Design/El Diseño a las Armas

September 16, 2015 - November 29, 2015

September 16–November 29, 2015 Opening Wednesday Sept. 16, 7–10pm Interference Archive presents Armed By Design: Posters and Publications of Cuba's Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL), a public exhibition and event series which features the graphic design production of OSPAAAL. Armed By Design will highlight the intersection of graphic design and political solidarity work in post-revolution Cuba through the lens of OSPAAAL’s output.

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Sonic Solidarities

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

THIS EVENT IS NOT AT INTERFERENCE ARCHIVE! Join us for a listening party inside of the Printing Internationalism exhibition space! Josh MacPhee (Interference Archive) will be playing and discussing records coming out of liberation movements that OSPAAAL was connected to including Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Palestine, Lebanon, Korea, Vietnam, Guatemala, Chile, Brazil, and more. Espacio de […]

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Printing Internationalism

Friday, April 3, 2026 6:00 PM - 12:00 PM

THIS EVENT IS NOT AT INTERFERENCE ARCHIVE! Held in Havana in 1966, the Tricontinental Conference was a historic meeting of delegates from national liberation movements across Africa, Asia and Latin America. As historian Vijay Prashad put it, “the conference called for solidarity with the anti-colonial movements–solidarity that should not come merely on an emotional register, […]

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Solidarity with Cuba: a panel discussion

Thursday, November 12, 2015 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Thursday, November 12 7-9pm In connection with the Armed by Design/El Diseño a las Armas exhibition, this panel features members of the Venceremos Brigade, the Center for Cuban Studies, Pastors for Peace, and the National Lawyers Guild together to discuss a long history of solidarity work with Cuba.

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Solidarity, Distribution, Design: The Poster Today

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Wednesday November 4th, 2015 7–9pm Join us for a panel of artists and designers discussing the intersections of solidarity, propaganda, poster making, & image distribution. As part of the programming for our Armed By Design/El Diseño a las Armas exhibition, OSPAAAL will be referenced as a great example of this crossroads, but many other social movements will be discussed as well. Panelists include Avram Finkelstein, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Dread Scott. The event will be moderated by Josh MacPhee.

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NYWC Creative Writing Workshop

Thursday, November 19, 2015 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Thursday, November 19, 2015 6:30-9pm Join NY Writers Coalition for a free creative writing workshop inspired by Interference Archive’s current exhibit Armed by Design/El Diseño a las Armas, an intimate look at the graphic design production of Organization in Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL), based in Havana, Cuba, from the 1960s to the present.

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