Antifa Discussion Series: Community Resistance to White Nationalism
Wednesday, March 7, 7-9pm
Note: if the weather gets bad, we'll notify everyone of cancellation!

The Antifa Discussion Series is back at Interference Archive to discuss community resistance to white nationalism. Our talk will be fueled by the current exhibition, no. NOT EVER., a multi-media, interdisciplinary, immersive installation that provides an anti-racist, anti-fascist framework for understanding the rise of white nationalism in the current moment.

From an intersectional lens, the Antifa Discussion Series is a meeting group that focuses on discussing the purpose, history, theory, and application of Anti-Fascist action. Each meeting centers around a theme. We are a non-cumulative “101” course, meaning that you do not have to know much about the topic to attend. Visit our website for suggested readings and more info

Radical Playdates are back!
Saturday March 17, 2-4pm

Want to check out Interference Archive, but think it’s not a space for kids? Think again! We’ve got Radical Playdate.
Kids can hang out and play, while you browse radical materials. All ages are welcome. We have storybooks and toys for little ones, and stencil-making and drawing for older kids. Bring a book, bring a snack, or just bring yourselves!  Visit our website for more info

2018 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Sunday, March 18, 2–6pm

Join Interference volunteers and local Wikipedians in a rhizomatic campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia. Participants will have the opportunity to work directly with archival materials in the Interference collection and explore intersections between art, feminism, and activism. This edit-a-thon is one of dozens of Art+Feminism events happening in an asynchronous, worldwide effort to address a Wikipedia gender gap. Visit our website for more info and to RSVP.

Childcare available with RSVP by March 13 to info@interferencearchive.org

Signal:06 Release Party!
Sunday, March 18, 6:30-8:30pm

The new issue of Signal: A Journal of International Political Graphics & Culture is out, and we’re throwing a release party. Come grab a drink, check out the new issue, and see presentations by 3 contributors. Visit our website for more info.

On the Art and Activism, Ebb and Flow of Global Brooklyn: A Panel Discussion
Tuesday, March 27th, 7-9pm

Join us for a panel discussion with Savitri D, Dulcie Canton, Brennan Cavanaugh, Robin Laverne Wilson, Mark Noonan, and Benjamin Heim Shepard on the activism, aesthetics, and changes taking place in Brooklyn along its waterfront and throughout the borough. The speakers will explore the aspirations and struggles of local residents, the work of artists, and the battles to save community in this globalizing space. Visit our website for more info.

Film screening: ANTIFA
Thursday, March 29th, 7pm

Since the election of Donald Trump, acts of racist violence have proliferated across the United States. Racists and misogynists feel emboldened to express and act on their views. White nationalist groups and resurgent traditional white supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan have used Trumps victory to gain new recruits. All that stands in their way are the groups of anarchists, communists, and socialists who have taken it upon themselves to prevent fascism from becoming a powerful political force in the United States.

This film tells the story of what “Antifa” is and why people are using these tactics to confront racism and fascism in the US today. Visit our website for more info.

no. NOT EVER. at Interference Archive
Exhibition Dates: January 18 - April 15, 2018

Interference Archive is partnering with the Seattle-based collaborative If You Don’t They Will to host their installation of no. NOT EVER. alongside a curated selection of material from Interference Archive’s collection.

no. NOT EVER. is a multi-media, interdisciplinary, immersive installation that provides an anti-racist, anti-fascist framework for understanding the rise of white nationalism in the current moment. This video-based “living archive” depicts a wide-range of rural and suburban organizing strategies from the 1980’s and 1990’s that say “no. NOT EVER.” to white nationalism in the Pacific Northwest.

In response to the Northwest Territorial Imperative, a late 1970’s call to (re)create a white homeland in the Pacific Northwest, a network of 120 rural and suburban grassroots groups organized to counter white nationalist attacks on their communities. Some of these groups consisted of a few people, some were formalized non-profits with a board of directors, some were only around for five years, and some still exist today. The activists interviewed developed invaluable creative and resourceful ways to differently counter a variety of white nationalist assaults in and on their communities. Their strategies break down isolation, provide networks for resource and research sharing, and challenge urban assumptions and stereotypes about rural and suburban organizing.

no. NOT EVER. is an installation that combines video footage from archival interviews, interactive research stations and a community resource guide. This dynamic “living archive” functions as a participatory teaching tool and as an intergenerational bridge to support ongoing efforts to say no. NOT EVER. to white nationalism in a wide range of communities and contexts.

If You Don’t They Will is a Seattle-based collaboration that provides concrete and creative strategies to counter white nationalism through a cultural lens.

For the Brooklyn installation of no. NOT EVER., Interference Archive will draw from its collection to provide an additional lens into the history of anti-fascist organizing. The exhibition will present posters, newsletters, buttons, and vinyl albums from campaigns and organizations from the 1960s to the present. Visit our website for more information.