Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

Brian Eno correctly said that children play to discover how the world works and, once they grow up, art is the adult way of continuing to… play. But, then, he incorrectly surmised that art is not dangerous. True, in the good society art would not be dangerous. But, in our terrible societies the madmen in authority are terrified of good art. “When I hear the word culture I reach for my revolver”, opined Herman...

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Meet Yanis - former Greek Finance Minister who, a couple years ago, took on the European Union's strangling Greece economically. He lost. So did Greece. He promptly resigned from the Greek government. And began, with friends throughout Europe organizing Diem 25 to remake Europe into a principled democracy that nurtures the people not the corporations. Diem is relentlessly taking on the corruption of European governance. -- DiEM25.org - Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 DiEM25 is a...

A culture war is underway in Europe – not between the ‘anywheres’ and the ‘nowheres’, but between those who use culture to divide – by class, by race, by nation – and those who use it to connect and include. This war is not based in Parliament – but on the street, in our homes, and across the web. If these conflicts present real dangers, they also present opportunities to reach people that have disconnected from...

Bücher von Yanis Varoufakis Die ganze Geschichte: Meine Auseinandersetzung mit Europas Establishment – 20. September 2017 https://amzn.to/2zQEG9a Das Euro-Paradox. Wie eine andere Geldpolitik Europa wieder zusammenführen kann – 24. August 2016 https://amzn.to/2DZ2ITI Bescheidener Vorschlag zur Lösung der Eurokrise – 3. März 2015 https://amzn.to/2xZNaK9

Unabhängige Medien unterstützen: https://goo.gl/uc1Zxo acTVism Munich abbonieren: https://goo.gl/aMkRjb In diesem Video geht Yanis Varoufakis auf verschiedene Fragen ein, die acTVism Munich aus der Öffentlichkeit erhalten hat. Themen sind finanzpolitisches Waterboarding, die Auswirkungen von Aktivismus und sozialen Bewegungen auf die Politik, die Militarisierung der USA, Bernie Sanders und die Auswirkungen auf die Gesellschaft, wenn Menschen aus der Armut befreit werden. FOLGEN SIE UNS...

This is the English language (original) interview with Arcangelo Rociola, published on the AGI site in Italian, on the Italian government’s clash with Brussels over its budget deficit, the plans for a flat tax (that is not flat) and a universal income (that will never be universal), the 5S Movement’s claim to the mantle of the Italian Left, and my pronouncement that Mr Salvini has brought a Fascist Moment into...

The remarkable transformation of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn caught commentators by surprise. Against a backdrop of mainstream media scepticism, Corbyn galvanised his grassroots support and denied Theresa May an overall majority at the last election. In this event filmed live at the 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival, DiEM25 co-founder Yanis Varoufakis discusses with the Labour leader the renaissance of the left and the future of democracy.