Andrew Dunn
Subscribe to Andrew Dunn's postsMargaret Thatcher Foundation online papers
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/ The Foundation has released online private papers http://www.margaretthatcher.org/archive/1981cac4.asp from former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, from 1981 which include coverage of private discussion with Rupert Murdoch about his bid to buy the Times newspaper. The website also contains biographical information plus numerous online speeches and quotes. http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/default.asp The BBC archive http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/thatcher/index.shtml also has a […]
Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project
http://archives.nelsonmandela.org/#!home New resource created by Google in association with the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory to commemorate the life and political career of the man. On the blog you can find photographs, letters written during imprisonment and draft manuscripts for his autobiography. http://blog.google.org/2012/03/explore-mandelas-archives-online.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OfficialGoogleorgBlog+(Official+google.org+Blog) Other useful sites for full text documents on this period of South […]
US Election Advertising
Electad: http://electad.com/ An independent site which claims that it posts all examples from the different campaigns online. The site also indexes polls, tweets and interviews. Many newspapers also analyse the latest ads. See this example from the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/track-presidential-campaign-ads-2012/ If you are interested in ads, the Living room candidate enables you to view examples from […]
CITI for Cities.
Major project of CITIbank which aims to help revitalise the infrastructure and economic development of modern cities worldwide. Its remit includes regeneration, urban development, regulation, infrastructure, transport and services. The website includes news case studies and reports. http://www.citigroup.com/citi/citiforcities/
Year in Hate and Extremism 2011
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/spring Released by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Sobering reading on the extent of racism and extremism (both left and right wing in USA). The website also has an online map of active US hate groups http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map
Britain’s 50 New Radicals
The Observer and NESTA have published a list of people and organisations that they believe are changing the UK for the better. Many are community organisations or activists. View the full list by location. Each entry has a profile and link to website. http://www.nesta.org.uk/news_and_features/britains_new_radicals
Internet enemies report 2012
Reporters without Borders has publishes the Internet Enemies 2012 Report http://march12.rsf.org/en/#ccenemies This provides rankings and information on nations that censor internet access. Other useful sites on this topic: The Ifex international Freedom of Expression Exchange http://www.ifex.org/ is a good starting point; it aims to rapidly disseminate news and information about freedom of expression violations around the […]
Digital Archive of Japan’s 2011 Disasters
The Digital Archive of Japan’s 2011 Disasters is a project by Harvard University to collect, preserve and make available the digital records of the Japan’s disasters to assist scholarly research.
Oral History of the Runnymede Trust 1968-1988
Runnymede is the UK’s leading independent race equality think tank. The Oral History of Runnymede website tracks the history of race relations in Britain including an archive of research and audio interviews. Follow @RunnymedeTrust on Twitter at https://twitter.com/runnymedetrust
UKREN: UK Race and Europe Network
The UK Race and Europe Network is a national network of UK non-governmental organisations interested in combating racism in Europe. UKREN works to keep UK NGOs interested in race equality informed of the latest European developments in policy and current affairs in the fields of racism and discrimination. UKREN acts as the official UK coordination of […]
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