Medea Benjamin<\/span> (2021-08-22)<\/span>. Will Americans Who Were Right on Afghanistan Still be Ignored?<\/a><\/span> globalresearch.ca<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n George Lakey<\/span> (2021-08-22)<\/span>. As US empire declines, what openings exist for progressive movements?<\/a><\/span> zcomm.org<\/a><\/span> Hard as it may be to see beyond the chaos and suffering in Afghanistan, the larger picture reveals real opportunities for social change…<\/span><\/p>\n _____<\/span> (2021-08-21)<\/span>. Louisiana Plastics Plant Put On Pause In A Win For Activists.<\/a><\/span> popularresistance.org<\/a><\/span> The US government has placed further delays on a proposed multibillion dollar plastics plant in south Louisiana, marking a major victory for environmental activists and members of the majority Black community who have campaigned for years against construction.<\/span><\/p>\n Staff<\/span> (2021-08-21)<\/span>. Activists Celebrate Win in Fight Against Chemical Oil Dispersants.<\/a><\/span> truthout.org<\/a><\/span> Medea Benjamin (2021-08-22). Will Americans Who Were Right on Afghanistan Still be Ignored? globalresearch.ca George Lakey (2021-08-22). As US empire declines, what openings exist for progressive movements? zcomm.org<\/a> Hard as it may be to see beyond the chaos and suffering in Afghanistan, the larger picture reveals real opportunities for social change… _____ (2021-08-21). Louisiana Plastics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codepink.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codepink.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codepink.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codepink.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codepink.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/codepink.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codepink.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codepink.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codepink.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4640307430_f794661516_k-200x133.jpg\")
<\/span> This month, a federal district court judge ordered the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update its regulations governing the use of chemical dispersants to clean up oil spills, ruling in favor of a coalition of individuals and environmental groups including Earth Island Institutes's For decades, chemical dispersants have been li…<\/span><\/p>\n