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Disabled people praise shocking TV care home experiment that mirrors Nazi rhetoric

By John Pring on 29th October 2026 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disabled people praise shocking TV care home experiment that mirrors Nazi rhetoric
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Disabled people have praised a shocking documentary “experiment” that exposes how Nazi ideology is being used to argue the case for cutting spending on disability support. Although some disabled people who watched the Channel 4 documentary were horrified by the programme, […]

DWP figures on total cost of disabled people who cannot work are ‘chilling’ echo of ‘useless eaters’ propaganda

By John Pring on 20th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP figures on total cost of disabled people who cannot work are ‘chilling’ echo of ‘useless eaters’ propaganda
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The decision of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to publish figures showing the total cost to the economy of disabled people who cannot work has been described as a “chilling” echo of the “useless eaters” propaganda of 1930s Germany. […]

Disability History Month’s stark messages after Tory austerity decade

By John Pring on 21st November 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disability History Month’s stark messages after Tory austerity decade
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Two leading disabled campaigners have delivered stark messages about the impact of a decade of austerity on disabled people, including the deaths of countless benefit claimants and the “unprecedented” loss of user-led organisations. Professor Peter Beresford, co-chair of Shaping Our Lives, […]

BFI’s free film collection shows 100 years of disabled people on film

By John Pring on 24th January 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

BFI’s free film collection shows 100 years of disabled people on film
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Leading disabled actors and directors and key figures in the disability movement are featured in a new collection of free online content that shows how disabled people have been represented on film in Britain over the last century. The British Film […]

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