We purchase only what we need – and the world economy collapses
In all the uncountable articles on the present economic crisis unleashed due to the covid-19 pandemic I find the above the most interesting. We purchase only what we need – […]
Coronavirus . Stop covid or save the economy? We can do both.
MIT Technology Review Contrary to what you’ve heard, shutting down the country is also the quickest way to get it started back up again by David Rotman April 8, 2020 Francesco Ciccolella In the first employment report after social distancing measures had taken hold in many US states, […]
Airlines and oil giants are on the brink. No government should offer them a lifeline
By George Monbiot for THE GUARDIAN This crisis is a chance to rebuild our economy for the good of humanity. Let’s bail out the living world, not its destroyers ‘Governments […]
It’s not just a second wave of the coronavirus we’re facing, but of unemployment too
If employers know that the government’s payroll support will be suddenly cut off at the end of June it’s inevitable that many will be thinking of starting to shed staff now https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-uk-job-cuts-furlough-unemployment-redundant-treasury-a9489881.html?jwsource=cl (video link) Ben Chu @Benchu_ 12 hours ago The historian AJP Taylor argued that the […]
EU grants protection to nearly 300,000 asylum-seekers in 2019
European Union member states granted protection to 295,800 asylum-seekers in 2019, the EU’s statistical office announced Monday. According to the latest data released by Eurostat, the largest group of beneficiaries […]
Netanyahu’s son calls for return of a ‘free, democratic, Christian’ Europe
By MARCY OSTER/JTA APRIL 29, 2020 JERUSALEM (JTA) — Yair Netanyahu, a son of the Israeli prime minister, called for the return of a “free, democratic and Christian” Europe in […]
Don’t dismiss philanthropy: it’s crucial during the coronavirus crisis
Whether it’s helping research a vaccine or supporting those worst hit by the pandemic, private giving is needed as never before Beth Breeze and Paul Ramsbottome 28 Apr 2020 […]
‘Worst contraction in history’: Economic hit of Covid-19 in UK
26th April 2020 Shahzeb Athar, Jamia Ahmadiyya UK The world as we know it has drastically taken a turn into unprecedented waters, a turn so uncharted that the entire economic outlook seems dire and calamitous. I, nevertheless, deem it quite hard to believe that anyone could have predicted an […]
France: investigation launched over ‘racist remark’ by police officers
Two officers recorded on video using derogatory term against man in Paris banlieue Kim Willsher Mon 27 Apr 2020 The video was allegedly shot in the Seine-Saint-Denis banlieue north […]
I’m a long-time Saudi dissident — Newcastle United have no idea what they’re getting into
The notion that Newcastle United’s new owners would use their cash to transform the club into a football powerhouse along the lines of Manchester City is a pipe dream Ali […]
What if Covid-19 isn’t our biggest threat?
by Andrew Anthony, The Guardian When eventually the coronavirus crisis begins to recede and we return to an approximation of normality – no matter how socially distanced or how much […]
In the UK, white immigration is an asset – while everyone else is undesirable
Source: Independent These laws have been racialised since their inception, argues Afua Hirsch. There’s a reason only some nationalities are seen as unthreatening to British identity A conversation that has […]
Ahmadiyya community announce virtual Iftar during quarantine
By Orlando Jenkinson Lando_j Reporter – Kingston, Elmbridge & Epsom South London and Surrey’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community announced plans for a virtual Big Iftar meal to mark Ramadan during […]
Erdoğan offers condolences to Turkey’s Armenian community over 1915 events
Source: Daily Sabah President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan offered condolences to the Patriarch of Turkey’s Armenian community, as he highlighted determination to ensure that no citizen would be discriminated against based […]
Prince Charles pays respects to the Muslim NHS workers who died treating coronavirus patients in video marking the start of Ramadan
By Sophie Tanno For Mailonline Prince Charles has paid his respects to Muslim NHS workers who have lost their lives on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Ramadan 2020 – When homes become mosques
24th April 2020 ALHAKAM.ORG Abstaining and refraining from things for our own benefit is something that sounds all too familiar in the current climate. With Ramadan now […]
Foreign-born healthcare workers risk their lives in Western countries for victims of a virus that does not discriminate according to colour, religion
Apr 22,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN While watching satellite television coverage of the coronavirus pandemic it is impossible to ignore that many doctors and epidemiologists consulted by the US satellite CNN channel and ,to a lesser extent, the BBC are brown or black men and women. White men in […]
Help the Hungry: The volunteers making The Independent’s campaign possible
These super volunteers are the backbone for London’s fourth emergency service – food provision to the capital’s hungry – and the Felix Project could not function without them David Cohen Today Duncan MacNichol was up at 5am to begin his 12-hour shift on the frontline. He picked up a van […]
Worst UK slump in ‘centuries’ looms as lockdown slams business
Arab News Thursday . April 23, 2020 The UK economy should recover its pre-coronavirus growth pattern once the pandemic is over, but it could take time, a British central […]
No faithful, no cash: Lockdown proves critical for German mosques
Apr 21, 2020 – swissinfo.ch By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) – Mosques in Germany that depend on donations from Friday prayers face bankruptcy as the coronavirus lockdown strips them […]