Tag Archives: history

Barbarism and Western civilisation

Posted on September 10, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this Substack by Chris Hedges:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged aiding and abetting, barbarism, complicit, cruelty, Gaza, genocide for winners, greed, history, injustice, losers, middle east, othering, persecution, proxy, sadism, silence, torment, Western civilisation, winners | Leave a comment

Alaska

Posted on August 14, 2025 by borderslynn

From Christopher Armitage List of Actions of Trump administration since Jan 2025: See Christopher Armitage, Substack Trump and Putin chose to meet in Alaska, Aug 15th 2025 Looking up the history now as Trump sometimes made it sound like Putin … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Alaska, america, climate change, conflict, flooding, gangster, history, Juneau, land grabs, mob Don, politics, Putin double, rare earths, real estate, resources, Russia, Trump pro Alaskan oil and gas drilling, ukraine, US subservience, war, war machine | Leave a comment

UK and Israel

Posted on May 17, 2025 by borderslynn

There is so much I don’t know. But the information is out there, and I just asked the question: why have I heard UK Politicians refer to the ‘Friends of Israel’? So here is a book which may enlighten me, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged apartheid, Britain, coercion, colonialism, disinformation, fascism, history, israel, lobbying, occupation, othering, Palestine, propaganda, racism, South Africa | Leave a comment

Poland: Lech Walesa letter to Trump

Posted on March 6, 2025 by borderslynn

March 3, 2025 – text of letter: Your Excellency, Mr. President, We watched the report of your conversation with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, with fear and distaste. We find it insulting that you expect Ukraine to show respect … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged all for one, betrayal, defense, democracy, Europe, history, insult, lech walesa letter, memories, NATO, one for all, oval office, pain, Poland, protection of sovereign state, Russian aggression, sovereignty, victimisation, Zelensky | Leave a comment

Normalizing relations

Posted on March 21, 2024 by borderslynn

Trade has played a major role in human benefits where mutual agreements occur. The expansion of the Roman Empire created great wealth and power through trade. Military prowess protected gains more for the Romans than those who traded under Roman … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged archives, arms and spyware sales, hedge funds, history, human rights trading partners, intelligence services, London, Maxwell, MI5, military prowess, Mossad, Novalpina, NSO spyware, Promis, Rothschild dynasty, vetting, war strategy | Leave a comment

Respecting Borders?

Posted on April 11, 2023 by borderslynn

In 2016, Ann Pettifor wrote, in her book The Production of Money, that if we allow the banking system to continue with no progressive changes, then: The recurring financial crises of the last four decades will roll on relentlessly and … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged alliances, catastrophe, climate change, conflict, debt, diplomacy, history, infrastructure, invasions, monetary systems, nomads, peace, trade, violence, war | 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

Adam Smith: Part X

Posted on December 4, 2016 by borderslynn

My current Historic Scotland magazine made me aware of the Medieval torture practices which extended into the 1700s. It made me think that we can always, as humans, raise our intellectual understanding but never seem to leave go of the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged adam smith, Britain, catholic, economics, history, politics, protestant, scotland, torture, victims | Leave a comment

The fox hounds are out

Posted on August 22, 2012 by borderslynn

I hear the fox hounds being brought out for their daily preparation for the season beginning September. Their baying sets my five dogs off barking, and I have to bring them in to shut them up. The local hunts involve … Continue reading →

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