MONOCULTURE | A Recent History

Tricontinental magazine was launched soon after the Tricontinental Conference as the theoretical organ of the Executive Secretariat of OSPAAAL. It was published in Cuba and a few other countries in Spanish, English, French and other languages. The French edition of Tricontinental was published in Paris by leftist publisher Éditions Maspero despite multiple seizures and bans by the French government. The magazine provided updates and commentary on ongoing independence movements worldwide, as well as speeches and essays written by leading revolutionaries and theorists. The Cuban version of Tricontinental, thoughtfully designed and illustrated, often had a special end sheet mocking American advertisements and revealing the other side of capitalism. The Tricontinental Publishing House also produced films, recordings and propaganda posters. The posters could be found folded and inserted in each issue of the magazine. Although often more radical, the OSPAAAL propaganda material was similar to that of the official Non-Aligned Movement, and shared the same visual language.