So what lessons can we learn today from the history of the witch trials? "Not to scapegoat vulnerable or isolated members of the community in order to shore up public confidence and security,"
#fascism #marginalized #disadvantaged #poor
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250516-how-historys-brutal-witch-trials-still-resonate-now
Day 26 cont 🚫⚫️🟡🔴
“Nationals leader #DavidLittleproud says one of his “proudest” moments of his #leadership has been to oppose #TheVoice to # parliament.
Speaking to the #NationalPressClub, Littleproud says it wasn’t a decision that was made quickly by his party room.
Within our party room, in a #respectful way we undertook a #committee within our party room to listen [to the] yes and no case, to understand what the machinery would look like, what it would mean for us who represent some of the most #disadvantaged #Indigenous #Australians in remote areas.
Littleproud says the voice would have repeated “mistakes of the past” and was not the way to empower local communities.”
A reminder Littleproud has no tertiary #education, a rarity in leadership teams in #Labor, #LNP, #Greens and #Independents.
#AusPol / #racism <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/24/australia-election-2025-live-labor-coalition-teal-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-policy-cost-of-living-voting-spender-pamphletntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-6809ab7d8f08e65b05d1de6e#block-6809ab7d8f08e65b05d1de6e>
Day 18 cont 🟢🌳🌳🌳☀️🌊
“When it came to #TheGreens, however, #Advance’s research showed that 52 per cent of respondents said the Greens stood for looking after the local environment, water and wildlife, while 26 per cent nominated action on climate change.
Only 20 per cent of respondents said the party stood for nothing. Eight per cent said the Greens were about looking after the #disadvantaged, and 6 per cent saw the party as either #LeftLeaning, #progressive or #socialist.
“There’s 78 per cent of the #Australian people – not just #GreensVoters but all voters – think they either stand for action on climate or protecting the environment,” #MatthewSheahan said. “So, they clearly have the strongest brand in this country, politically.”
#AusPol / #propaganda / #extremism / #DirectAction / #SandraBourke / #AFP <https://archive.md/tvTUg> / <https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2024/08/17/advances-plan-destroy-the-greens> (paywall)
A good-tempered antinomianism rather of Dickens’s type is one of the marks of Western popular culture. One sees it in folkstories and comic songs, in dream-figures like Mickey Mouse and Pop-eye the Sailor (both of them variants of Jack the Giant-killer), in the history of working-class Socialism, in the popular protests (always ineffective but not always a sham) against imperialism, in the impulse that makes a jury award excessive damages when a rich man’s car runs over a poor man; it is the feeling that one is always on the side of the underdog, on the side of the weak against the strong.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1939), “Charles Dickens,” sec. 6, Inside the Whale (1940-03-11)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/75272/
#quote #quotes #quotation #darkhorse #defiance #disadvantaged #downtrodden #laws #littleguy #rules #underdog #weak
DISASTERS LIKE THE LA FIRES ALWAYS HIT THE POOR THE HARDEST. TRUMP WANTS TO MAKE IT WORSE. https://theintercept.com/2025/01/22/la-fires-aid-trump-fema/ #LosAngelesWildfires #trump #poor #disadvantaged #uspoli #ClimateDenial #ClimateDisaster #ClimateChange
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-social-economic-disparities-impact-wildfire.html
risk of homes being destroyed by #wildfires within 30 years is 29% greater in communities designated by the US government as #disadvantaged than it is in less disadvantaged communities. At the same time, the rate of roof renewals is 28% lower. This also has an impact on future risks, because a new roof can reduce the risk of a residential building being destroyed by fire by up to 27%.
"We speak for those who cannot speak. We have a duty to tell the stories for those who do not have the advantages that we have to tell stories. We must not speak falsely. The stories that we are entrusted to tell are stories of our tribes, or the tribes into which we have been initiated." — Billy Marshall Stoneking — — — #BillyMarshallStoneking #quote #quotes #speak #disadvantaged #stories #tribe #tribes #representation #underserved #entrust #truth
@gutocarvalho @isik5 @jt_rebelo @netblocks
#X operates in & generates profits within #Brazil. & it broke Brazil's laws.
On one hand, the judiciary is simply seeking some recourse to enforce their laws. This is commonplace & expected. X & #Musk have no leg to stand on.
But, is #blocking #domains an appropriate lever for #lawEnforcement to use?
I would argue it isn't. I believe #openInternet access should be a #humanRight. Restricting access always hurts the #disadvantaged.
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#TheGuardian reports on #teenager #happiness in #Europe
" #Dutch #teenagers [rank] #happiest…, with supportive #parents, low #inequality, #teachers who are not #authoritarian but accept the feelings of #pupils, and high levels of #selfDetermination – for example #cycling to #school and being allowed to decide when to come home" whereas "#British #girls [and] children from #disadvantaged backgrounds, with #food #poverty …a key reason", are particularly affected.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/29/uk-teenagers-low-life-satisfaction-europe
#Trans #athletes could actually be #physically #disadvantaged in some areas, #IOC-backed #study #finds.
A #groundbreaking #study has highlighted the “#complexity” of #trans #inclusion in #sports, finding that – contrary to what some #farright #pundits and #politicians people would have you believe – #transgender #athletes could actually be #disadvantaged in some #competitive #events.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/23/trans-athletes-sports-study-ioc/
The #EPA awarded $20B to finance #CleanEnergy projects, marking 1 of #Biden’s biggest investments in combating #ClimateChange & curbing #pollution in #disadvantaged communities.
The money comes from the #GreenhouseGas Reduction Fund established by #POTUS’ signature #climate #law, the #InflationReductionAct. The #fund uses #public & private dollars to invest in #clean #energy #tech such as #solar panels, #HeatPumps & more.
#law #ClimateCrisis #equity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/04/04/epa-greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund/
Disadvantaged children's struggles at school have 'little to do' with character, attitude or a lack of 'growth mindset'
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-disadvantaged-children-struggles-school-character.html
> The relative underperformance of disadvantaged students at school has little do with them lacking the "character," attitude, or mindset of their wealthier peers, despite widespread claims to the contrary, new research indicates.
#inequity
#inequality
#DisadvantageGap
#disadvantaged
#children
#Irish government policies of the past 10 years are fueling #deprivation and #inequality. There has been a 37% increase in the number of people classified as "very #disadvantaged" or "extremely disadvantaged" between 2016 and 2022 census dates.
#Vote #SocialJustice #equality #CorkCity #Cork #Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1102/1414227-pobal-deprivation-index/
CSO #Ireland #Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS) are due out tomorrow. Major opportunities for #community analysis of #housing, #health and #employment changes, impacts on #older and #disabled people, #disadvantaged groups.
@CSOIreland #statistics #local #community
https://www.cso.ie/en/census/census2022/census2022publicationschedule/
School suspensions rise sharply among disadvantaged children in England | Schools | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/13/school-suspensions-rise-sharply-among-disadvantaged-children-in-england
#SchoolSuspensions
#SchoolExclusions
#Disadvantaged
#England
#DisadvantageGap
#WhosLosingLearning
#DFE
#Poverty
#ChildrenWithSocialWorkers
#SEN
#Black
#GRT
#NASUWT
#Racism
#NFER
The #SBA’s 8(a) Business Development program was meant to open a pipeline to billions in #government contracting dollars for historically #disadvantaged groups. But in July, a federal judge in #Tennessee struck down a provision of the program that equated #race w/social disadvantage.
Disadvantaged teenagers at greater risk of falling foul of email scams – study | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/university-college-london-teenagers-data-more-schools-b2403055.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-07/referendum-campaign-becoming-a-tale-of-two-polls/102695338 “The truth is, #IndigenousAustralians are among the most #disadvantaged in the country, and that split becomes obvious at the #GarmaFestival.
Speaking to Yolŋu people on the sidelines, they say they love coming here to share culture and knowledge with both Indigenous and balanda (non-Indigenous) people.
But they also love getting three square meals a day — and for many in remote communities, that's a luxury they can't afford.”
#IndigenousVoice
Sunak to force English universities to cap numbers of students on ‘low-value’ degrees | Students | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jul/14/rishi-sunak-force-english-universities-cap-low-value-degrees
#Sunak
#Universities
#Degrees
#LowValueDegrees
#Oxbridge
#Elitist
#WorkingClass
#GraduateJobs
#Disabled
#Disadvantaged
#EthnicMinorities
#ClassCeiling
#Tories
#Labour
#LibDems
#Aspirations
#FoundationCourses
#LimitOnFoundationCourses
#UniversityFunding
There is so much to unpack in this one paragraph: "From the town on the fringe of the #French capital’s high-rise business district, with its #disadvantaged #housingProjects, glaring #WealthGaps, and melting-pot mix of races and cultural influences imported from France’s former #colonies, the flames of fury quickly spread."
#France #protests #SocialJustice
https://apnews.com/article/france-riots-police-shooting-5618c6749ea9d9e5f30f5865f79b7fbb
