Backbone Meaningful Movies: Food Coop

The Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn, founded in 1973, is probably the best implemented socialist experience in the United States.

Come get inspired at the screening of the documentary “FOOD COOP” - which takes us deep into the belly of the Park Slope Food Coop, one of America's oldest cooperative food supermarkets, with a healthy dose of insight and wit. The screening is Tuesday, September 11, 6 pm at Vashon Theatre. 

Nestled deep in New York City, you can find this highly prosperous institution, just as American and certainly more efficient than Wall Street, but whose objective is entirely non-profit. Working against everything that defines "The American Way of Life," the basic principles of the Park Slope Food Coop are simple: each of its 16,000 members work 2.75 hours per month to earn the right to buy the best food in New York at incredibly low prices.

Through FOOD COOP, you will see this institution come to life and witness how the enthusiasm that animates the Park Slope Food Coop demonstrates a potential for change; how the coop's mode of participation viscerally teaches democracy to those who take part in its activities.

Admission is by donation and the event is made possible thanks to generous support from Vashon Theatre and Island Green Tech. The event is part of the Backbone Meaningful Movies series, a project of the Meaningful Movies Project.

ALERT: Please notice and spread the word about the location change to Lisabeula Park/Beach.

In August 2009 Islanders created the first human orca mural on the shores of Maury Island, celebrating our win of stopping an industrial gravel mine from overtaking our Island.

When We Fight We Win. 

Now, nine years later we are being called again to step up our creative activism for the orca, to honor Tahlequah's message to urgently restore habitat in the Puget Sound for the Southern Resident orcas.  

Tahlequah, Vashon Island hears your call.

The tide on August 25th at 11:00 am is perfect to create a human orca mural on the beach of Pt Robinson.  In partnership with the Vashon Park District, we'll meet at the beach at Lisabeula and form ourselves into the shape of an orca. 

Will you sign up to be part of this creative action?  You will need to:

• wear black clothing
• if you have one, please bring a black umbrella to help fill out the space
• plan to arrive ON THE BEACH no later than 10:30am 
• carpool if you can; parking is extremely limited

We expect the photo to happen at 11:00am.

If you're able to help organize this event, contact info@backbonecampaign.org.  We need assistance with media outreach, carpools, logistics. We need YOU!

Backbone Campaign is joining our friends Save Our Wild Salmon at this year's Free the Snake Rally on the Snake River. This is the 4th year of the annual Rally on the River.

We're looking for kayaktivists, boat friends and landlubbers to be part of the creative tactics. In addition to on-water banner raises, there will be a giant Human Orca Mural on the beach and other imagery deployment. Will you be part of the Backbone Team?

Enjoy camping on the water, hear Winona LaDuke speak, and show up to support removing the deadbeat dams of the Lower Snake. 

RSVP below and we'll be in touch with logistics for the weekend.

For more information about the event, visit the Free the Snake website.

For information about dam removal, visit Save Our Wild Salmon's action alert page.

Education is a Human Right.

Higher Education ought to be free. Let's inspire the imagination of the possible by getting these images in the national media next week.

Backbone Campaign is sending its giant inflatable debt ball to DC for a demonstration for Student Loan Justice, April 17. 

Pitch in to support this image getting there and in front of national news media!

Organizers are calling for the passage of HR. 2366, and the return of Constitutional bankruptcy rights to ALL STUDENT LOANS. We also are calling for ZERO INTEREST on ALL STUDENT LOANS!

If you cannot physically attend, please make a donation here to support these events. With your help, we'll get Backbone's giant, inflatable student loan "ball and chain" erected at the White House.