January 30th is Grassy Narrows International Day of Action, with actions to take place in more than 30 locations across Canada and the US to pressure Office Max and Grand & Toy to support the moratorium on logging within the traditional boundaries of the Grassy Narrows community. 

There is a movement to ask the American Friends Service Committee to nominate Pete Seeger for the Nobel Peace Prize.  Deadline is February 1. 

To sign up for Earth Hour (Mar. 29, 2008, 8 pm), and to find out some things you can do for more than an hour to reduced your contribution to global climate change, go to.

The Otesha Project is now accepting applications for the 2008 Otesha
Cycling and Performing Tours.

Operation Objection is a campaign to "reclaim our educational institutions for peace and the interests of our students from those who would co-opt them for war." 

Chilean native-rights activist, Patricia Troncoso was hospitalized earlier this month, after more than 3 months on a hunger strike in support of imprisoned Mapuche activists.  An English version of the declaration by the Pachakuti Liberation Movement has been posted on the Sumoud web site.  

It's the winter of Iraqis' discontent. 

The annual cost of the Iraq war is $171B and rising.   
 
Barack Obama spoke out on homophobia at the church where Martin Luther King preached in Atlanta.

Toni Morrison's endorsement of Barack Obama

Wayne Grady:   "…if we did stop flying and shipping, took bicycles to work, cut electricity use…would it make a difference? Would we sidestep the coming environmental catastrophe? We don't know. What we do know, though, is that not to try would be immoral." 

Chris Hedges interviews Dennis Kucinich about his fight to restore the credibility of the Democratic party.  

Barbara Ehrenreich suggests a more radical stimulus package for the US economy. 

Is there a fairer alternative to free trade for Latin America? 

Naomi Klein on why the Right loves a disaster. 

Linda McQuaig:  Elites love to pig out on energy.