Tag Archives: occupation

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

Insult upon insult

Posted on February 9, 2025 by borderslynn

Each of us has either lost our homeland, knows of family who has, or doesn’t know their ancestors did so in recent centuries. But all of us have origins from thousands of years ago back in pre- Christian times, when … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged america, Gaza, homeland, Jews, land grabs, occupation, Palestine, real estate, refugee in own land, terrorist, wealth | Leave a comment

Blue collar or white collar? Is it universal?

Posted on August 17, 2024 by borderslynn

https://www.payscale.com/career-advice/salary-comparison-blue-collar-white-collar/ Reading the above, created in 2009, it is interesting to see their comparisons of salaries. This was as the world was trying to recover from the sub prime mortgage risk lending catastrophe which resulted in a global financial crisis. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged blue collar, careers, conflict, education, fulfilment, middle class, occupation, opportunity, oppression, poverty, salaries, trades, training, upper class, wealth, white collar | Leave a comment

1918: Peace not War

Posted on August 2, 2024 by borderslynn

After the horrors of WW1 many countries tried to come together to forge peace. But, somehow, along the way, those who saw the possibility of weapons manufacturing as a means to create jobs and bring wealth, won the arguments. Now, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged arms trade, banks, carnage, contamination, death, destruction, genocide, harm, human rights, international, investors, jobs, land grab, law, murder, occupation, returns, uninhabitable, wealth | 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

Ralph Nader’s Perspective on Dec 2023 Israel-Hamas War

Posted on December 10, 2023 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this letter from: https://nader.org/2023/12/08/israeli-governments-war-crimes-enabled-defended-by-biden-congress Israeli Government’s War Crimes – Enabled & Defended by Biden & Congress Share on FacebookFacebook 𝕏Share on TwitterTwitter Share on RedditReddit Share on EmailEmail Share on PrintPrint By Ralph Nader December 8, 2023 … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged collective punishment, conflict, death, destruction, economics of war, human aggression, innocents, international law, land theft, mental illness, murder, occupation, perceptions, perceptions of power, savagery, war, war crimes, weapon sales | Leave a comment