Tag Archives: genocide

Finite Resources: land grabs – is it all about oil?

Posted on December 30, 2023 by borderslynn

As we humans covet what fossil fuels still lie in the ground, we literally battle to obtain them, no matter what doom laden messages COP28 might proclaim about incurring a planet on fire. Apparently we are now ‘transitioning’ away from … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged banking investments, Chevron, climate change, conflict, death and destruction, demand and supply, fossil fuels, genocide, human greed, human rights, industry, inhumanity, mediterranean, murder, oil extraction, plastic, refining applications, scandal, Shell, war, warming planet | Leave a comment

Military Expansion and pre-meditated Genocide

Posted on December 28, 2023 by borderslynn

I recently read in the World Atlas that before the region now known as China, it was the Qing dynasty (1636 to 1912) in power and they constantly used military strength to expand over lands around them with a dream … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged China, control, empires, fear as a weapon, genocide, Han, military expansion, Mongols, murder of innocents, occupation, oppression, psychological warfare, Qing dynasty, resistance, subjugation, terrorist label, Uyghurs | Leave a comment

The Human Meteorite

Posted on November 18, 2023 by borderslynn

Back in 2010, this article about Sudan explained the different viewpoints of nomadic herders and Arab farmers, their belief systems about land use brought them into conflict. Of the five mass extinctions we described in Chapter 2, probably the most … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africans, Anthropocene theory, arabs, climate change, conflict, Darfur, diamonds, drought, egypt, elites, farmers, fertile land, fresh water, genocide, human harm, human sabotage, impact of human activity, Iran, mining, nomads, proxy wars, Russia, UAE, ukraine, Wagner, war crimes | Leave a comment

Is This Humanity in the End Game?

Posted on June 30, 2023 by borderslynn

I’m reproducing part of a summary of the Global Peace Index report, recently released. As we see the 21st century reveals humans are increasingly prone to destruction rather than evolving into a benign and beneficial force for good. Follow this … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged analysis, arms, benefits, civilian deaths, conflict, cost, cultural loss, death, destruction, ecocide, genocide, homelessness, land grab, life, mercenaries, migration, persecution, rebuilding, resources stolen, strife, theft, war, war crimes, weapons | Leave a comment

Christopher Columbus Statues

Posted on June 14, 2020 by borderslynn

This image taken 2019. A long running sore. Now many voices call for such symbols to no longer affront the daily lives of those whose ancestors helped build America (and previous empires of the world) with their suffering. Now statues … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged degradation, genocide, humiliation, indigenous, injustice, military aggression, oppressed, poverty, religion, slavery, terror, uncivilised, violence | Leave a comment

Cowed by climate change

Posted on January 2, 2019 by borderslynn

Image of map of Peru In March 2017, Reuters reported ‘Abnormal El Nino in Peru unleashes deadly downpours; more flooding seen’ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-floods-idUSKBN16O2V5 In the article it also says,”While precipitation in Peru has not exceeded the powerful El Nino of 1998, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged chavin, climate, el niño, Farming, flood plains, floods, genocide, melting glaciers, Peru, poverty, preventable deaths, rising sea levels | Leave a comment

New World, New Food and Concepts of Western Supremacy

Posted on June 5, 2017 by borderslynn

Cacique (tribe leader) – perhaps how the Taíno leader may have looked when meeting Columbus.See epicworldhistory In 1492 the indigenous people who lived in the Caribbean and Florida were Taíno, a tribe of the Arawak Indians. At the time of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 15th century, Americas, Arawak, Columbus, genocide, gold, greed, New World, power, Roman Catholic Church, supremacy delusions, Taíno, wealth, world food | 1 Comment