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Observatory of killed journalists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/16/observatory-of-killed-journalists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2018 New database from UNESCO. Shocki ngly the The Observatory records 1,293 killings since 1993, including more than 80 recorded in 2018 .
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Virtual Votes for Women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/01/virtual-votes-for-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2021 Based on the temporary exhibition held at the Museum of London between February 2018 and March 2019. It has biographies of key suffragettes, images of events and artefacts.
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Social Justice Day 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/social-justice-day-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 20th February was World Social Justice day the 2017 Theme was “Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work A key document is the adoption in 2008 by the ILO of...
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UK and Business with EU
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/26/uk-and-business-with-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 Business for Britain A new lobby group campaigning to press the government to renegotiate the UK’s deal with the EU. See news and the signatories on the website.
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US Armed Forces: Overseas activity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/us-armed-forces-overseas-activity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2013 Useful reference report from Congressional research services, 23 pages long.
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Human Rights reports
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/24/human-rights-reports/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2013 Amnesty international global annual report on human rights released . Read the whole report or look at reports for individual nations.
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Bloomberg: effects of QE in fixed income markets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/07/bloomberg-effects-of-qe-in-fixed-income-markets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 7, 2013 Quantitative easing has increased the level of liquidity in financial markets and helped drive down yields in government bond markets.
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Crisis Commons
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/04/04/crisis-commons/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 4, 2011 http://crisiscommons.org/about/ Crisis Commons is a network of individuals and community groups who explore how new technology can help with communication during humanitarian crises.
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Global Voices Online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/17/global-voices-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2011 http://globalvoicesonline.org/ has many citizen journalism postings from around the world there is a special section for the Egyptian protests http://globalvoicesonline.
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Open Secrets.org
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/22/open-secrets-org/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2011 http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/index.php From the Center for Responsive Politics. Includes data for the US 2012 presidential elections .