Somebody hide the falafels, things are about to get ugly in the Slope.
Next month, the 15,500-plus member cooperative will decide whether to hold a referendum on what may be the most controversial issue in its nearly 40-year history: a boycott of products made in Israel.
The boycott—which has dominated the coop’s newsletter with back-and-forth letters for months—is expected to draw as many as 1,000 people, forcing co-op staff to look for an alternative meeting location.
The Co-op usually holds their meetings in a local synagogue that holds around 400 people. This meeting will be held in the auditorium of Brooklyn Technical High School in Ft. Greene. The manager of the Co-op says he is expecting around 1,000 people to show up for this vote.
Even better, this this isn’t even a vote on whether or not the boycott should happen. This is a vote on whether or not they should even vote on whether or not the boycott should happen. Got that?
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