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Tens of thousands of people applying for disability support are being turned away

Around 60 per cent of people who apply for the Disability Support Pension are getting rejected, because of a crackdown that started under the Gillard government.

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So Many Women Are Miscarrying in Detention Centers That ICE Has Lost Count

A horrifying number of women are miscarrying at ICE's immigration detention centers, where they're being treated horribly.

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Eugenics, Border Wars & Population Control: The Tanton Network - UNICORN RIOT

Nearly everything Americans hear about the U.S.-Mexico border is wrong, and it’s very likely because of one relatively small but extremely well-funded and influential group of American racists. On Jul...

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War On The Weak

Listen and make your own on Suno.

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DWP could scrap PIP for millions of high earners to save £8bn, Burnham told

The controversial suggestion has been criticised by disability charities

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Early 20th Century Eugenics Movement Documented Through Historical Photographs

The article presents a collection of rare historical photographs that illustrate the promotion and application of eugenics in the early 20th century across various countries including Britain, the United States, and France. These images reveal how eugenicists used photography to classify individuals based on physical and supposed mental characteristics, often reinforcing racial and social prejudices. The photographs include portraits of 'criminal types' with measurements of body parts, demonstrations of anthropometric techniques like head measurements, and displays of 'ideal' human specimens. The text explains that eugenics, coined by Francis Galton in the late 19th century, gained momentum as a social and political movement that believed human reproduction could be deliberately managed to improve society. It describes how eugenic organizations like Britain's Eugenics Education Society (founded in 1907) promoted public awareness through lectures, educational materials, and research into family histories. The movement led to policies including forced sterilization, with Indiana passing the first compulsory sterilization law in 1907, followed by over 30 states adopting similar laws by the 1930s. The article notes that eugenic ideas were not confined to academic circles but influenced public policy, with the U.S. Supreme Court upholding Virginia's sterilization law in the 1927 Buck v. Bell case. The text also connects eugenics to Nazi Germany's racial policies, though it emphasizes that the movement began well before the Nazi era and was international in scope, with supporters in respected institutions and governments. The photographs serve as evidence of how eugenic claims were presented as scientific, using visual documentation to support the classification of people as 'fit' or 'unfit' based on flawed interpretations of genetics and racial biases. The article concludes by noting that the history of eugenics is inseparable from some of the most horrific abuses of the 20th century, including forced sterilization, persecution, and mass murder under Nazi rule. The collection of images provides a historical record of how these ideas were presented to the public and applied to real people through medical institutions, academic research, public lectures, exhibitions, books, and organizations claiming to apply scientific principles to human society.