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In Honor of Jim Waddell

Activists in Seattle and Portland took the overpasses to honor Jim Waddell who recently lost his battle with cancer.  Continue reading

Enough is Enough!

Activists throughout our Solidarity Brigade network are banding together to across the country to say: “Not One More F’n Bomb for Israel!” Continue reading

Not One More F’n Bomb!

On January 16, members of Backbone East projected on the Rayburn Congressional Office Building together in the bitter cold, while two journalists covered the action as part of a documentary on light projection as a form of protest/political speech. Continue reading

Portland PEST at it again!

Portland PEST, our Oregon member of the Solidarity Brigade, have been busy projecting this month and we can’t get enough of their visuals! Continue reading

Healthcare Workers for Palestine

Our Portland Solidarity Brigade members have been busy projecting as the newly formed Healthcare Workers for Palestine. Continue reading

New Year, New Projections

On the first day of 2024, our orca/salmon activists did a combined Free the Snake and Ceasefire Now projection in downtown Seattle.  Continue reading

NYE Fireworks Gets Surprise Projection

After lighting up the Rhode Island State House dome with “Ceasefire Now,” PSL Rhode Island was back on the streets to march to the Providence New Years fireworks show with the message: no business as usual during a genocide! Continue reading

The Making of "Chumungous"

Here's something fun for our 20th Birthday (Dec. 12, 2023). It's an imperfect, LoFi low-production-value peek into Backbone Campaign's normally pretty high-production-value imagery - and one of the team's geniuses behind making the magic.  Continue reading

Coal Free Curtis Bay

Backbone East was out shedding light during a recent projection. Continue reading

Not Mars: Projection for Salmon

Our empowered salmon/orca activists were at it again this past Friday in Seattle. This time they stopped by Town Hall to project outside of the event Not Mars: Tools to Save our Home Planet hosted by Patagonia.  Continue reading