Author: BillMoyer

As our legislators start their 105 day work year Climate and Sustainable jobs was the theme for this years rally. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a 105 day work year?

Backbone participated in five of the seven coal train scoping hearings across the state, bringing imagery, helping promote, and generally providing strong visual and messaging support to the effort to defeat this insane/foolish/greedy/ridiculous proposal in the court of public opinion.. These photos are from our effort at the final hearing in Seattle. It has been…

Q: What sets us apart from the crooks at Goldman Sachs, Peabody Coal, and SSA Marine? A: WE GOT SOUL! Let’s celebrate the statewide mobilization and help defend our communities, region, and planet from Climate Cooking Criminals Pushing Poisonous Pollution for Profit. You’ll be inspired to get your groove on to fight for a world…

FUNdraising – Backbone style! Our Soul Train NOT Coal Train benefit to pay for lights, LED placards, and Backbone Action Brigade actions to oppose the proposed coal trains and NW coal ports. Renewables NOW!

If you are concerned about the proposed coal trains coming through our city and region, you are invited to help create overpass light brigade-style signs to let more people know about the Seattle public hearing on Dec. 13.  The Backbone Campaign is generously providing expertise as well as some materials.  We’ll be creating signs over two evenings, so please join us*…

Website ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Soul Train NOT Coal Train! A Funky Musical Benefit for the Groovy Backbone Action Brigade Defending NW Communities from Climate Cooking Criminals Pushing Pollution for Profit. 8pm Saturday, November 24 at the Red Bicycle Bistro on Vashon Funkadelic dress encouraged &  Practice your moves for the Dance Contest! (optional) It’s all ages until…

Join this special interactive live podcast with the Sensata workers of Bainport. They have been striving for an economy that works for everyone, not just “Vulture Capitalists.“ This is your opportunity to hear from, ask questions with, and bolster the spirits of some of these courageous workers/warriors. On Halloween, Vulture Capitalists once again descended upon…

  The threatened transformation of the Pacific Northwest into an energy corridor for fossil fuels may be the region’s defining issue of our time. The battles against the pipelines, coal mines and coal plants, coal trains and coal ports, tankers, fracking and LNG export terminals in the Pacific Northwest are heating up. The Defend Our…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Extraction Resistance in Texas, BC, or Washington State – Opportunities for Action Abound! Join the Backbone Brigade ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Localize This! & Backbone Friends, As you know, in a world where profit with impunity is the highest law of the land neither the EPA, nor any President, nor any Sierra Club lawyers or online petition…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This “trade deal” STINKS! FLUSH the TPP dot ORG REPORT from the frontline of the battle for human dignity over the lust for power…. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m writing from Baltimore after a few days of preparation for operation FLUSH the TPP! The TPP is a “trade agreement” to hijack our social contract and replace it…