Tag Archives: corruption

Iraq and Seduction by Delusions

Posted on July 5, 2025 by borderslynn

I was watching an old, rare archive piece of film, introduced by Christopher Hitchens, which appeared to show Saddam Hussein asserting his control over the Ba’ath Party, sorting loyalists from covert opposition at a conference. Hitchens was referring to a … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged americanisation, British rule in Iraq, conflict, corruption, culture, intervention, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Jews, mandates, middle east, muslim, nationalism, oil, regime change, Saddam Hussein, shia, sunni, war, wealth | Leave a comment

Globalisation and Gangsterism

Posted on April 2, 2025 by borderslynn

The post-Second World War order began to crumble in the first half of the 1980s. Its dissolution followed no obvious pattern, occurring instead as a series of seemingly disparate events: the spectacular rise of the Japanese car industry; communist Hungary’s … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged america, austerity, bratva, corruption, crypto currencies, digital financial systems, Europe, global trade, globalisation, maltreated, money laundering, organised crime, permeating all levels of society, post WW2, power, Putin, Russia, Soviet Union, starvation, tariffs, The Vory, ukraine, United Kingdom | Leave a comment

Jamal Kashoggi

Posted on April 12, 2024 by borderslynn

Many of us remember how Jamal Kashoggi was tortured to death in the most slow and medically precise way by a top Saudi surgeon with a team of assistants. It is believed MBS instructed this manner of death to the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged amnesty international, Azerbaijan, blackmail, corruption, human rights abuses, imprisonment, journalists, murder, NSO credentials, oppression, Rmenia, Saudi Arabia, spyware, truth to power, Vardanyan | Leave a comment

Mexico: targeting journalists

Posted on March 24, 2024 by borderslynn

So many journalists have been murdered since the Mexican government acquired the NSO malware, Pegasus. We were essentially picking up reporting threads left unfinished by a handful of brave Mexican journalists who had been killed, most likely by assassins from … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 20 to 21st century, bribery, corruption, destruction, drug cartels, drug trade history, greed, inside job, israel, kidnapping, Mexico, migrants, murder, NSO, Pegasus malware, people trafficking, poverty, President Bush, Presidents of Mexico, spyware, thugs, violence | Leave a comment

Corporates run Governments by lobbying to approve addictive products

Posted on August 19, 2023 by borderslynn

I have written many blogs about the food industry creating ‘food’ in the loosest sense of the word, which has ingredients, often chemical in nature, which make the products addictive. https://borderslynn.com/2021/06/25/corporates-accessing-science-perpetuating-conscious-disregard QUESTION: Why does it get approved for human consumption, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged addiction, banking, cash flow, chemical poisons, corporate lobbying, corruption, death of addicts, food industry, international drug cartels, lives cut short, money laundering, offshore banking, supply of drugs, victims of crime, violence | Leave a comment

No new fossil fuels and address loss and damage

Posted on February 26, 2023 by borderslynn

Botswana is about to welcome a Canadian company into a famously pristine region. What have they been allowed to do? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/20/new-oilfield-in-african-wilderness-threatens-lives-of-130000-elephants There are honorary consuls in Toronto and Ontario, and there are negative associations now emerging from ICIJ of countries … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, botswana, Canada, Congo, corruption, criminal activity, ecological crime, energy crisis, france, history, honorary consuls, icij, industry, oil exploration, OPL 245, plunder, spying, theft, trusts, UK, ukraine, Virunga, wilderness | Leave a comment

Does history tell us anything?

Posted on June 21, 2022 by borderslynn

I read this recently in Ruth Ben Ghiat’s book, Strongmen: “The Cold War made Mobutu’s long rule and luxurious lifestyle possible. The age of decolonization marked a shift in the economic order, with the end of European empires bringing the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, Cold War, colonialism, corruption, dishonourable acts, Paul Manafort, perpetuating poverty, Roger Stone, theft from nations, Zaire | Leave a comment

Salts: global trade and mining

Posted on December 18, 2018 by borderslynn

Salts are mined to meet the need of humans, and these needs are many. Phosphates, for example, are needed by present day intensive farming for fertiliser for quality crops and animal feeds which contain minerals ‘essential’ for the development of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged corruption, food industry, indigenous people, lack of human rights, land degradation, mining, phosphates, refugees, salts, theft | Leave a comment

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