Tag Archives: persecution

Creating Enemies

Posted on August 22, 2023 by borderslynn

Commenting in The Indian Express on the shocking violence, clearly green-lit by the government, Pratap Mehta wrote: The targeting of enemies—minorities, liberals, secularists, leftists, urban naxals, intellectuals, assorted protestors—is not driven by a calculus of ordinary politics….When you legitimize yourself … Continue reading →

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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

Fight the cause of the refugee crisis

Posted on November 5, 2022 by borderslynn

Use satellite imagery and track the problems and build solutions: https://www.planet.com/

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged asylum, authoritarian regime, child abuse, climate change, conflict, cruelty, discrimination, drought, drugs, environment, exploitation, famine, human rights, inhuman living conditions, low paid work, male domination, misogyny, no freshwater, persecution, poverty, rape, rebuilding, rehoming, replanting, rescue, satellite imagery, sustainable living, terror, torture, tracking, trafficking, unsanitary conditions, value every human, violence | Leave a comment

Exploitation of food industry workers: Covid 19 highlights their plight

Posted on June 29, 2020 by borderslynn

We know how we get our food to our table. To get it cheaply we rely on exploited workers. The economics of the food industry needs analysing whilst it is under the spotlight of Covid 19. Note suggestions for us … Continue reading →

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