Welcome to the Rolling Rebellion
by Eleanor Goldfield
For more than 10 years, Backbone Campaign has built, painted, sculpted, marched, organized, trained and occupied in the name of “human rights, thriving communities and ecological wellbeing.” The group's mission is, as it puts it, “artful activism” – and you may have seen some of it projected onto banks and government buildings or embodied in large scale installations, from a gigantic “28th amendment” banner to overpass light brigades, corporate costumes and paper mache puppets.
Now, in the spirit of 4th of July, Backbone Campaign is fusing its creative platform with a national week of direct action “fighting nothing less than a non-violent, second American Revolution,” says its co-founder and executive director Bill Moyer.
Between July 5 and July 12, the group is working with other activist organizations nationwide launching the latest stage in the fight to rid corporate money from the political process. It's called the Rolling Rebellion and it is sweeping coast to coast to a city near you. In the spirit of the Occupy movement – in which [it played an artful and organizing role – Backbone Campaign isn't concretely directing any of the national actions but is giving to each event the tools and inspiration to create their own impacting message.
- See more at: http://www.occupy.com/article/welcome-rolling-rebellion-people-declare-independence-corporate-rule