#firestormcoop — Public Fediverse posts

There's something new at Firestorm! 🚲🚲🚲

This custom bike rack has been in the works for a while, but it's arriving at the perfect time because our street is getting bike lanes! The Haywood Road resurfacing project is currently underway and includes major upgrades for cyclists and pedestrians.

With space for six bikes, this awesome rack was designed by local artist David Earl Tomlinson / Dynamic Metalwork whose prior creations for our co-op can be seen inside and outside the bookshop.

Biking isn't just good for you and your environment, it's also a form of transportation that reduces neighborhood congestion, respects your privacy, and still works when a hurricane shuts down every gas station in the region for two weeks (ask us how we know).

See you at the bike rack! 🌞

#OneLessCar #BicycleInfrastructure #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

After Hurricane Helene, we promised ourselves that we wouldn't go through another disaster without a battery backup for our rooftop solar. Thanks to the folks at Footprint Project, we're on track to install 20kWh of battery capacity for our building this month!

So now want to pay it forward. On Thursday, October 9th, we'll be donating net proceeds from all sales in-store and online to the Feral Crust Infoshop in Davao, Philippines. This longstanding eco-anarchist project is a living experiment based on principles of mutual aid, cooperation and ecology. So buy a book (or two) and the donated sale will help to fund upgrades to Feral Crust's off-grid electrical infrastructure and rainwater harvesting systems!

https://firestorm.coop/catalog/new.html

#HurricaneHelene #MutualAidDisasterRelief #FeministBookstore #EcoAnarchism #Infoshop #FirestormCoop (- L)

Experience the ancient holiday tradition of paper cards, hand-delivered to your loved ones! This December instead of texting "Hope yr staying warn" to a friend, send them a beautiful piece of art that conveys the warmth of your affection, enhanced with a unique message written by you.

Firestorm has an elevated selection of holiday cards available for purchase in-store or online at https://firestorm.coop/catalog/merch.html?tags=461.

#HolidayCards #GreetingCards #CardsNotCops #Holigays #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

"When I speak of liberation, it is not to foment yet another social justice project, it is an inclusive and fervent agitation against domination and exploitation of existence, for the liberation of Mother Earth is liberation of all existence."—Klee Benally

We're excited to have copies of "No Spiritual Surrender: Indigenous Anarchy in Defense of the Sacred," an essay collection by Diné artist and Indigenous Action Media founder Klee Benally. Grounded in his experiences as an agitator and media maker, informed by family histories and cultural teachings, Benally offers a searing rebuke to settler colonialism, including its progressive and Left-wing manifestations. This is a wide-ranging volume that beautifully weaves together movement history, memoir, hard-won lessons, and (anti-)political provocations!

We encourage you to find "No Spiritual Surrender" on our website at https://firestorm.coop/products/20830-no-spiritual-surrender.html.

#IndigenousAuthors #IndigenousBooks #DefendTheSacred #Anticolonialism #IndigenousAnarchism #Bookstagram #FeministBookstore #KleeBenally #FirestormCoop (- L)