The academic marvels from within marijuana-stained hallowed halls of Evergreen State College (Olympia) have come up with yet another brilliant idea:

As you read this, protesters at this week's Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Boston are being cordoned off into confining, heavily-monitored "free speech zones.' Similarly, the organizers of next month's response to the Republican National Convention (RNC) have spent much of the summer negotiating with the city of New York in order to secure a legal place for the thousands of expected protesters to gather and make a statement. In both cities, activists are doing what they can to be make waves [sic] despite the kind of "post-Seattle" militarization that has become the norm at events like this.

So, what would happen, some students wondered recently, if they were to create our own free speech zone, instead? [sic] The group, who were attending Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. at the time, may have been looking at a map and considering the 259 miles between Boston and New York. "What about all this?" They wondered.

Marcher Alex Baumann says he's marching to show viable alternatives to the oppressive systems he sees all around him. "It's drilled into our heads that the way we Americans live now is as good as it gets. I don't feel like people grasp why we're opposed to capitalism until they see a directly democratic alternative in action."

But even these protestors have a sense of smell:

The marchers will average about 10 miles a day. Throughout the course of the march, protestors will have their food, housing and medical care covered. [but of course!--ed.] The Seeds of Peace bio-diesel kitchen will follow the marchers [scooping up bio-diesel on the way, we presume--ed.] cooking up free meals all along the route. When the group stops at night, they'll have teach-ins, movie screenings, concerts, non-violent direct action training, story telling, workshops and community service projects planned. There are also rest days built in to the schedule to allow marchers to not only participate in community work in Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, but also to have some time away from each other.