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The story behind\nthe swoosh is much bigger than that of just Nike and its corporate policy of\ntreating it\u2019s workers as slaves: it\u2019s a story that speaks to the working\nconditions of many of the products that you and I use every day, from iPhones\nto Droids, from large screen TV\u2019s to these new tablet computers Steve Jobs\nkeeps whining about.\xa0\n\nWhat is the\nmorally correct thing to do when we learn the truth about the working\nconditions for the people who make all this stuff we carry and use?\xa0 I can\u2019t answer that for you, that\u2019s something\nyou have to figure out for yourself.\n\nI\u2019m not here to\ntalk philosophy with you; remember: I am just a doofus.\xa0 But I think that the very least any of us can\ndo is to LEARN about what\u2019s going on in places like Indonesia: just so we can\nanswer the question, as athletes, regarding this aspect of the running shoes\nyou and I wear every day.\n\nThink about it:\nright now you and I select our shoes based on fit, style, functionality,\nweight, price and reputation\u2026.what if we were to add to that list of aspects\nthe adherence to social justice of the manufactures?\xa0 If, as runners, we focused on just one\ncompany: Nike, the leader in sportswear and running paraphernalia, and just\nlearn more about how our shoes are made: that we might consider the treatment\nof workers in our formula for what we should be purchasing?\n\nNo one is asking\nyou to ban Nike products, this isn\u2019t about you and I: this is all about\nlearning\u2026and I urge you to consider going to Teamsweat.org just as soon as you\nget back from your run today, and click on the upcoming events link: please,\nI\u2019m asking this as a friend, and see when Jim Keady is going to be in your area\nnext; in fact: I\u2019ll go further: if you attend a College or University, why not\ncontact Educating for Justice at and see about\ngetting someone from that organization to come to your school to talk about\nthese issues.\n\nThis is important\nstuff, and I\u2019m not telling you this to make myself feel better about myself as\na runner: I\u2019m telling you this because I think it will make us better athletes,\nplain and simple.\n\nThis is not about\nme, and it\u2019s not about you: it\u2019s about the good people in countries like Indonesia\nwho just want a little of the life that you and I enjoy.\xa0 I\u2019ll spare you the angry rant about Nike or\nmy firm belief that they are most certainly evil: but I hope you\u2019ll listen to\nwhat Jim Keady is saying here, and I very much hope you\u2019ll make an effort to go\nsee him; I\u2019m going to list some of the places where he\u2019ll be speaking in the\nnear future; he\u2019s getting ready to head back over to Indonesia, so it\u2019s\nimportant that we learn from what he finds there, and that we think for\nourselves, using the information we can learn from his findings and those\nfindings of other independent activists.\n\nMore than\nanything, I hope that in listening to this small portion of Jim\u2019s lecture:\nbehind the swoosh, you will get at least a little: angry.\n\nShow Links:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Audible Book download: \n\n\u201cJustice Will Roll Down\u201d was by Sandra McCracken;