Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

In a recent article entitled “Varoufakis and the 2015 debt talks – behind closed doors”, published on the English language site of Kathimerini, Yannis Paleologos is putting forward an innovative new criticism of my 2015 negotiating stance regarding Greece’s public debt. His criticism’s first leg is standard troika-speak, insisting that by pressing for a deep re-structuring of Greece’s public debt I brought “the...

[embedded content] ΑΝΤΙ ΣΧΟΛΙΟΥ: Κάποτε o Άπτον Σινκλαίρ είχε πει: “Μου είναι δύσκολο να κάνω κάποιον να καταλάβει κάτι όταν ο μισθός του εξαρτάται από το να μην το καταλάβει.” [‘It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.’]...

Donate today to support independent & non-profit media: http://www.actvism.org/en/donate/ For Part 1 visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qngxkXpMly8&t=7s This is part 2 of our video series with the founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, author & former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis, in which we talk about the European New Deal - a socioeconomic plan proposed by his movement that aims to tackle the difficulties faced by Europe today. FOLLOW US ONLINE:...

Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister, resigned back in 2015 at the height of the crisis in Greece. Yanis spoke to Evan Davis about Brexit and the UK's general election. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Source: BBC Website: www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight

Spenden Sie heute für gemeinnützige & unabhängige Medien: http://www.actvism.org/donate/ In diesem Video spricht der Gründer von Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, Autor und ehemalige Finanzminister Griechenlands, Yanis Varoufakis, über die Rolle Deutschlands in der Europäischen Union. Zudem erklärt er, was unter dem Begriff "Europa der zwei Geschwindigkeiten" zu verstehen ist. FOLGEN SIE UNS ONLINE: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acTVism/ Website: http://www.acTVism.org/ Twitter:...

08.07.2017, 14:00 | Από το 2010 όλες οι ελληνικές κυβερνήσεις, όλοι οι υπουργοί Οικονομικών ήρθαν αντιμέτωποι με παράλογες απαιτήσεις από δανειστές που δεν δίστασαν να τους εκβιάσουν στη βάση τού: «Είτε περνάτε τα μέτρα που σας υπαγορεύουμε είτε σας κλείνουμε τις τράπεζες και σας πετάμε από το ευρώ». Η οργανωμένη άμυνα της χώρας απέναντι στον ωμό αυτόν εκβιασμό ήταν, και είναι, καθήκον κάθε κυβέρνησης, κάθε...

The lecture was presented by Professor Yanis Varoufakis at the University of California, Berkeley, on 11/7/2014 Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist. Varoufakis was a member of the Parliament of Greece between January and September 2015. He represented the ruling Syriza party and held the position of Minister of Finance for seven months. He voted against the terms of the third bailout package for Greece. In February 2016, Varoufakis launched the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25)...

A speech from DiEM25 co-founder Yanis, given at our “Constructive Disobedience” event during the 2017 G20 Summit in Hamburg. For more info, see www.diem25.org

Future of Work – 04.05.2016, at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. Keynote Presentation by Yanis Varoufakis (GRE), former Greek Minister of Finance and economist.

A few days ago, I received a letter from Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi that works like a punch-in-the-stomach type of wake up call addressed to all Europeans. To crown its tough message, Bifo concludes that his conscience cannot fathom being a European any longer, given Europe’s daily crimes against logic and humanity. Thus, Bifo concludes, he is compelled also to resign from DiEM25’s Advisory Panel. You can read his...