Tag Archives: poverty

‘Socioeconomic Divisions have Worsened’

Posted on September 11, 2021 by borderslynn

9/11 did not change the world – it was already on the path to decades of conflict Republished on September 11th, 2021 September 10, 2021 11.47am BST Author Paul RogersProfessor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford Disclosure statement Paul Rogers is … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 9/11, climate change, Covid, famine, inequality, one percent, people vs people, poverty, profit before people, war on terror, weak vs strong | Leave a comment

Generic Drug Supply and Raw Materials Supply

Posted on April 28, 2021 by borderslynn

In March 2021, Boris Johnson, Prime Minister, announced the UK was acquiring 10m doses from the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer and the key source of doses for Covax, a vaccine-sharing agreement on which poor and middle-income countries are relying. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, black market, China, citizen ingenuity, costs of drugs, covid 19, crime, deaths from neglect, drug demand, drug making hubs, drug shortages, drug supply, elections, generic drugs, Hindi festival, human vulnerability, India, irresponsible decision making, lockdown easing, masks and no masks, poverty, power base, premature lockdown easing, reverse-engineering, rural areas, sanitation, social distancing, social distancing forgotten, tribes, vaccine industry | Leave a comment

For Now I See Through a Glass Darkly

Posted on April 5, 2021 by borderslynn

We humans have successfully reproduced until we have covered this Planet with our 7 billion plus persons, and despite many threats we still persist. However the dinosaurs lived millions of years and only died because of an extinction event; whereas … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 18th C, 19th C, anthropocene, colonizers, compromised immune systems, conditions for disease, disease, epidemics, human harm, industrialised nations, lung disease, poverty, TB, Tuberculosis | 1 Comment

Covid and Capitalism

Posted on January 25, 2021 by borderslynn

Around 80% of countries use the Capitalist system. In capitalist economic systems, the state doesn’t provide jobs. The private companies set the eligibility and pick the candidate most suited for them. But in times of recession, unemployment can reach very high levels. Some countries … Continue reading →

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Covid 19 and food poverty, Britain

Posted on December 8, 2020 by borderslynn

Back in 2014 a panel of people came together to put out a report on food poverty impacting on ill health in Britain. This was an All-Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry on Hunger and Food. Any country’s government group might have … Continue reading →

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Covid-19-driven need

Posted on August 22, 2020 by borderslynn

“With few exceptions, the richer the wealthy become, the more selfish they behave, from severely diminished contributions to charities to the failure to exert leadership to reverse the breakdown of society. Take all the failures of the election machinery from … Continue reading →

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Pandemic and benefits to banks

Posted on August 17, 2020 by borderslynn

“Pam Martens and Russ Martens have been very critical of the role of the Federal Reserve and BlackRock in the current economic crisis. They have anticipated that, if the current drift of events continues, American taxpayers will once again be … Continue reading →

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Clean Water Shortages Worldwide: how to fight disease, such as Covid-19?

Posted on July 16, 2020 by borderslynn

“According to a point of Buddhism, water is the most valuable and most important thing because of its connection with disease,” says the monastery’s facilities manager, Urgyan. “Clean water helps everything: healthy body, healthy mind.” https://www.sapiens.org/culture/nepal-water-insecurity/?utm_source=SAPIENS.org+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e84aebb98d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_18b7e41cd8-e84aebb98d-227345396&ct=t() India, March 2020 “The … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, brazil, clean water, covid 19, disease, India, infrastructure, lack of water, Mexico, poverty, unnecessary deaths, venezuela, washing hands | Leave a comment

Food Industry: using Covid-19 as an excuse to stop using Fairtrade produce

Posted on July 2, 2020 by borderslynn

Please read about the plight of Fairtrade farmers: “After a decade of sourcing cocoa and sugar for KitKat in the UK and Ireland, Nestlé have informed Fairtrade they no longer plan to buy Fairtrade cocoa and sugar from some of … Continue reading →

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Meat Processing Plants: Covid 19

Posted on June 23, 2020 by borderslynn

As we all now know, if we didn’t before, meat is processed by workers who are forced to operate in close proximity. As a result many have succumbed to Covid 19. “Latino communities and all communities of color in the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged covid 19, diet, health, labour protection, low paid workers, meat consumption, meat processing plants, poverty, wealth | Leave a comment

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