Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

Introductory speeches by Brian Eno, Yanis Varoufakis, Elif Shafak, Srecko Horvat & Agnieszka Wiśniewska. To be followed by a two hour interactive meeting for the purposes of establishing DiEM25 UK as a movement in every British city and town. Our purpose? To harness the discontent that surfaced during 2016 in order to make 2017 the year when progressive politics returns to Britain. JOIN US! SATURDAY 28TH JANUARY 2017, 10.00am at CONWAY HALL 2016 was the year of Brexit – the year when...

On 9th January 2017 I had the pleasure of linking up with Benoit Hamon in Paris, to discuss with him DiEM25’s Progressive Agenda for Europe and, in particular, our policy of constructive disobedience.  See below for a report of that meeting. It is with great pleasure that I heard the news that Benoit has just won the first round of the Socialist Primaries. Congratulations Benoit! The following is a re-post from DiEM25’s site – click here – … PARIS (FRANCE).- “We do not have to accept...

The answer to neoliberalism’s Waterloo cannot be the retreat to a barricaded nation-state and the pitting of ‘our’ people against ‘others’ fenced off by tall walls Click here for The Guardian – or… A clash of two insurgencies is now shaping the west. Progressives on both sides of the Atlantic are on the sidelines, unable to comprehend what they are observing. Donald Trump’s inauguration marks its pinnacle. One of the two insurgencies shaping our world today has been analysed ad nauseum....

by Eric Reguly for The Globe and Mail Having lost the old fight over Greece’s financial future, Mr. Varoufakis is focused on a different cause: preserving the European Union Click here for The Globe and Mail site and here for a pdf of the article. Alternatively… The explosive public career of Yanis Varoufakis started in January, 2015, and ended less than six months later, when he resigned as Greek finance minister after accusing his boss, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, of wholesale...

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Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Yanis Varoufakis (Former Greek Minister of Finance) about the Greek financial crisis. What is the current state of the international political economy? Is US foreign policy damaging international politics? We are more aware than ever of international news stories and the effect of our foreign affairs, but do we truly understand the perspectives of our global neighbors? Listen to a variety of international perspectives on a wide array of topics...

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Yanis Varoufakis (Former Greek Minister of Finance) about why he did not support Brexit and is against the division of the EU. Watch Dave Rubin’s full interview with Yanis Varoufakis here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DP_v8f8ihs&list=PLEbhOtC9klbAW0xRw062xX5hmjAqhoHaN&index=15&t=0s What is the current state of the international political economy? Is US foreign policy damaging international politics? We are more aware than ever of international...

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Yanis Varoufakis (Former Greek Minister of Finance) about the aftermath of Greece's bailout, economics, his views on Marxism, and more. Watch Dave Rubin’s full interview with Yanis Varoufakis here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DP_v8f8ihs&list=PLEbhOtC9klbAW0xRw062xX5hmjAqhoHaN&index=15&t=0s What is the current state of the international political economy? Is US foreign policy damaging international politics? We are more aware than ever of...

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Yanis Varoufakis (Former Greek Minister of Finance) about explaining the Greek financial crisis. Watch Dave Rubin’s full interview with Yanis Varoufakis here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DP_v8f8ihs&list=PLEbhOtC9klbAW0xRw062xX5hmjAqhoHaN&index=15&t=0s What is the current state of the international political economy? Is US foreign policy damaging international politics? We are more aware than ever of international news stories and the effect of...

Consecutive interpreting with the digital recorder of a speech by Yanis Varoufakis held at the Diem25 general assembly in Rome on January 7th 2017.