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Anti-Semitism growing in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/anti-semitism-growing-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 Shocking data this week that anti-Semitic incidents recorded by the Community Security trust continue to grow. Their 2018 annual report lists 1,652.
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Google public alerts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/google-public-alerts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 http://www.google.org/crisisresponse/publicalerts/ Google is now advertising public service crisis and disaster alerts.
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Bloomberg: Nike bonds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/29/bloomberg-nike-bonds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2013 Nike Inc., the world’s largest sporting-goods company, has raised $1 billion with its first new debt sale in a decade. The company is offering 10- and 30-year securities.
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Bloomberg: Macroeconomic data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/22/bloomberg-macroeconomic-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2013 The U.K. economy grew 0.3 percent in the first quarter, avoiding a triple dip recession. Bloomberg functions show much of the recovery comes from the services industry.
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Street protests and their repression
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/street-protests-and-their-repression/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations released a report: Take back the streets about the repression of street protests worldwide. Countries covered include: U.S., U.K.
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Report the Abuse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/report-the-abuse/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 A recently launched NGO which seeks to expose crimes and supports victims of abuse within the humanitarian and development aid sector.
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Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/social-institutions-and-gender-index-2019-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 Pioneered by the OECD in 2009, this index has been updated for 2019 It covers 180 nations providing profiles and cross-country rankings classifying countries according to their level...
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Middle East Women’s Activism collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/25/middle-east-womens-activism-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2020 A digital collection from SOAS.
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A healthy US election
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/12/a-healthy-us-election/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 12, 2020 Stanford-MIT Project on a Healthy Election A joint project to bring together resources about the conduct of the US 2020 presidential elections includes report cards and data on...
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Examining UK government performance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/examining-uk-government-performance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 Just released from the Institute for Government the Annual Whitehall Monitor 2015 .