Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, John McDonnell has now joined forces with DiEM25.   John is the latest in a rapidly expanding list of illustrious DiEM25 participants, including Ken Loach and Brian Eno (from the UK), Noam Chomsky and James K. Galbraith (from the US). John McDonnell and Yanis Varoufakis (DiEM25 co-founder) have been campaigning alongside for months to usher in a progressive economic agenda for the UK as well as to present the radical, progressive case for...

On 28th May, a landmark event took place in London – the largest event presenting the radical, progressive case for Britain to stay in the EU. Speakers included Yanis Varoufakis, Caroline Lucas MP, John McDonnell (MP and Shadow Chancellor) and many others. At the end of the event, all speakers signed THE LONDON DECLARATION. For full details of the event co-organised by DiEM25, Open Democracy and Another Europe is Possible, click here. [embedded content] Transcript of Varoufakis’ speech...

On 28th May 2016, at the event organised by DiEM25, Open Democracy and Another Europe is Possible, the speakers signed THE LONDON DECLARATION. Signatories included: Yanis Varoufakis (DiEM25), Caroline Lucas (Green Party MP), John McDonnell (Labour MP & shadow chancellor), Clive Lewis (Labour MP & shadow climate), Owen Jones (author and activist), Anthony Barnett (openDemocracy), Sirio Canós Donnay (Podemos), Neal Lawson (Compass),  Zoe Gardner (migrants’ rights activist), Matt...

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On 31st May 2016 the New York Times published the op-ed below (under a title that is unfortunate and not my choice). (For the NYT site, click here.) The version below is the original and contained graphs and data that could not be fitted in the printed version. (You can also download a pdf of the full article here.) Athens — After last summer, when the clash between Greece’s recently elected Syriza government and the insolvent state’s creditors ended, the world’s media moved on. The...

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‘Sovereignty is dear to our hearts. We reject the notion that Britain must settle for diminished sovereignty as the price of global influence.’  Referendums can throw up some odd bedfellows. But there is nothing odd about the company descending on London today to present the radical case for keeping Britain in the EU. We may come from different backgrounds, political organisations and nations. John McDonnell, the UK’s shadow chancellor, the Green MP Caroline Lucas and I may harbour...