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Stroking the Columbia
By Christopher Swain, Resurgence
When Christopher Swain swam the 1,243-mile length of the Columbia River, he wasn't as scared of grizzly bears and rapids as he was of pesticide runoff and the radioactive waters near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The energy-draining swim awakened him to a more intimate knowledge of his food choices and inspired him to eat and advocate for organically grown foods. Swain continues his clean-water and organic-agriculture activism with other awareness-raising swims through important bodies of water throughout the US and Canada. -- Rose Miller
http://www.resurgence.org/2005/swain230.htm
http://www.swimforcleanwater.org/

24 Hour Zine Thing
By Staff, rock scissors paper
If you thought 24-hour film festivals were the new cutting edge of home-brewed, do-it-yourself independent media, think again. Rock scissors paper, an Arizona-based zine group, recently concocted a '24 Hour Zine Thing,' the zinesters' answer to the 24-hour creative challenge. The extravaganza for the small-budget, homemade magazines was inspired by '24 Hour Comics Day' and encourages participants to exercise a constitutional right to freedom of the press by making a 24-page publication in the allotted time. -- Rose Miller
http://www.rockscissorspaper.org/24hz.htm

James Weinstein: 1926-2005
By Miles Harvey, In These Times
James Weinstein, editor and publisher of In These Times magazine, died of brain cancer June 16 at the age of 78. The leading left-wing intellectual took turns as a self-described 'Groucho Marxist,' a union-card carrying electrical worker, and a Navy man, and drew on his inherited wealth to fund several progressive causes and publications. In These Times eulogizes him as a lifelong advocate for 'economic justice, corporate accountability, and human rights.' -- Archie Ingersoll
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2188/

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