Balkan InsightHow a Grassroots Initiative Became the Backbone of Bosnian Humanitarian Activism
The Japan TimesThe government Friday adopted a support program for the so-called employment "ice age" generation, planning to implement assistance measures intensively over three years through fiscal 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/10/japan/ice-age-generation-support-program/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japaneseeconomy #nonregularworkers #poverty #retirement #socialwelfare #jobs
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD#MargaretThatcher, one of the most destructive of modern politicians, finally died on #ThisDayInHistory in 2013. Her attacks on #SocialWelfare, on the right to dignified work at decent wages, her jingoism and #racism, all left her appropriately saluted at her end with #StreetArt.
WIST QuotationsWhether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all. Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the garment of the human race; the moment has at length arrived for tearing off that rag, and for replacing, upon the naked limbs of the Man-People, the sinister fragment of the past with the grand purple robe of the dawn.
[Italiens ou français, la misère nous regarde tous. Depuis que l’histoire écrit et que la philosophie médite, la misère est le vêtement du genre humain; le moment serait enfin venu d’arracher cette guenille, et de remplacer, sur les membres nus de l’Homme-Peuple, la loque sinistre du passé par la grande robe pourpre de l’aurore.]
[Italiens ou français, la misère nous regarde tous. Depuis que l’histoire écrit et que la philosophie médite, la misère est le vêtement du genre humain; le moment serait enfin venu d’arracher cette guenille, et de remplacer, sur les membres nus de l’Homme-Peuple, la loque sinistre du passé par la grande robe pourpre de l’aurore.]
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Letter (1862-10-18) to M. Daelli [tr. Wraxall (1862)]
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Hugo, Victor - Letter (1862-10-18) to M. Daelli [tr. Wraxall (1852)] | WIST Quotations
Whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all. Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the garment of the human race; the moment has at length arrived for tearing off that rag, and for replacing, upon the naked limbs of the…
Understaffed Croatian Care Homes Rife with Abuse, Restraints and Sedatives
A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
We understand the philosophy of those who offer resistance, of those who conduct a counter offensive against the American people’s march of social progress. It is not an opposition which comes necessarily from wickedness — it is an opposition that comes from subconscious resistance to any measure that disturbs the position of privilege.It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
Speech (1940-11-01), Campaign Address, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano - Speech (1940-11-01), Campaign Address, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York | WIST Quotations
We understand the philosophy of those who offer resistance, of those who conduct a counter offensive against the American people's march of social progress. It is not an opposition which comes necessarily from wickedness — it is an opposition that comes from subconscious resistance to any measure that disturbs the…
CBC Nova ScotiaNova Scotia budget leaves people on income assistance behind, expert says
A human rights lawyer says Nova Scotians on income assistance will see their standard of living worsen in 2026 unless the provincial government increases rates.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-budget-leaves-people-on-income-assistance-behind-expert-says-9.7143636?cmp=rss
A human rights lawyer says Nova Scotians on income assistance will see their standard of living worsen in 2026 unless the provincial government increases rates.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-budget-leaves-people-on-income-assistance-behind-expert-says-9.7143636?cmp=rss
‘They Forget We Exist’: North Macedonia Failing to Ensure Disability Access
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StrypeyI can see many obvious benefits in decentralising WINZ call centre and case management functions to local community groups, at the same level of funding. So why do we still need WINZ offices at all?
Because if we didn't have them, the benefit system would go the same way as the mental health system. It's much easier to get away with de-funding those community groups by 1000 cuts while expecting the same outputs, than to do it to WINZ.
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