Tag Archives: poverty

Argentina, whilst US farmers struggle……

Posted on October 19, 2025 by borderslynn

China no longer purchases soya beans from American farmers due to the current trade war between the US and China. American farmers feel cheated: American Soybean Farmers Sold Out by Trump While Argentina Gets Bailed Out “The farm economy is … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agriculture, Argentina, China, commodities, creditor countries, crime, cryptocurrency, debt, developing countries, entrapment, exploitation, farmland for sale, fentanyl, foreign investment. real estate, global industry, inflation, instability, investment, land grab, minerals, opioid trade, poverty, precious metals, soybeans, the americas, trade, US farmers, wealth | Leave a comment

Let’s cut them off at the pass……

Posted on October 15, 2025 by borderslynn

So now another Trump ally has bought Dominion: https://abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-voting-systems-sold-company-run-former-republican/story?id=126378259 Earlier in the year, The Republican plan to silence millions of voters Voting rights advocates are sounding the alarm after Trump and House Republicans roll out sweeping changes to how elections … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged authoritarian, citizen documents, democracy, Fact Check, gerrymandering, ID proof, immigration, minority voting, poverty, private data, Project 2025, redistricting, reliable sources, right to vote, targeting enemies of regime, US, voting rights, wealth, white supremacy | Leave a comment

Being born after World War Two: friends and foes

Posted on August 17, 2025 by borderslynn

On February 9, 1942 crowds gathered at New York City’s pier 88 to witness a spectacle. The largest ocean liner in the world was on fire. Fire fighting efforts successfully contained the fire after five and a half hours of effort, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged america, boss of bosses, bribes, casinos, CIA, construction industry, economy, extortion, gangsters, legalised gambling, mob, organized crime, OSS, poverty, rackets, Russia, the boss, threats, victims, waste disposal, wealth, world economy | Leave a comment

Killing a country

Posted on August 8, 2025 by borderslynn

I read this recently on a Substack: The night before I read this, I had been watching the excellent TV series, Babylon Berlin: Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged brown shirts, cruelty, detention, exploitation, fear mongering, gangs, inequality, mobs, no due process, poverty, thugs, USA | Leave a comment

19th century, London and Moscow

Posted on May 1, 2025 by borderslynn

This classic book is a ‘must read’ by any British person or anyone fascinated by the emergence of the ‘class system’ in this country. Penguin have managed to keep this book available as a hardback,but also as an eBook. I … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 19th century, alcohol, ales, aristocracy, capital cities, industrialisation, labourers, land owners, London, Moscow, poverty, slums, squalor, unsafe water, vodka, wealth, working class | Leave a comment

Al Gore, his speech at Climate Week

Posted on April 29, 2025 by borderslynn

April 2025, Climate Week, 77 year old Al Gore gave this speech which you can also see and hear on YouTube. Thanks to Robert Reich for reproducing this speech on Substack. It is abundantly clear, after only three months and … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, Africa fossil fuel mapping, climate change, CO2, con tricks, earth warming, emissions, extinction, falsehoods, fossil fuels, lies, politics of fear, pollution, poverty, propaganda, toxicity, warming oceans, wealth | Leave a comment

Apartheid: Zulus – Gazans

Posted on March 11, 2025 by borderslynn

What do Gazans and Zulus have in common? Under apartheid, Zulus were confined to KwaZulu-Natal and denied South African citizenship from 1981 to 1994. Today, about 10-12 million Zulus live in KwaZulu, preserving their language, customs, and identity amid South … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged acts against humanity, Amnesty, apartheid, death, Gaza, health, HIV, KwaZulu-Natal, Palestinians, Pepfa, poverty, South Africa, USAID | Leave a comment

Gulf of Mexico: fossil fuel supply from 1940s to present day

Posted on October 9, 2024 by borderslynn

It seems ironic to see articles like this: https://www.marineinsight.com/know-more/major-oil-rigs-in-the-gulf-of-mexico and, knowing our refusal to move away from dependence on fossil fuels has increased ocean temperatures. We know the high temperatures of the water in the Gulf are causing the intensification … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged best practise, climate change, displaced people, extreme weather, Florida, fossil fuels, gas, homelessness, Hunters Point, hurricane withstanding homes, meeting the needs, net zero living, no insurance, oil, poverty, profits from fossil fuel industry, responsibility of industry, victims, vulnerable people | 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

Globalization Casualties

Posted on August 3, 2024 by borderslynn

I’m reading ‘Paper Soldiers: How weaponization of the dollar changed the world’ by Saleha Mohsin. I am most grateful to the author, for it has taken me until now to learn the history behind what led to Globalization being caused … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 2008 financial crisis, authoritarian control, banks, capitalism, China, corporates, developing nations, dollar, economy, england, free trade, globalization, high risk, industrialization, manufacturing, mining, open borders, poverty, Scottish Borders, strong dollar, toxic loans, Treasury, UK, USA, wealth | Leave a comment

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