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Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

What is BDS? (Boycott Divestment Sanctions) | Omar Barghouti interviewed by Yanis Varoufakis

Learn about the history of BDS, its rejection of antisemitism and racism, and its current successes, from the person who should know best, Omar Barghouti, co-founder of this movement and recipient of the 2017 Gandhi Peace Award. This is an excerpt from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n76IACVBsXM - a one-hour DiEM25 TV interview in which Omar talks about all issues Israel and Palestine. For DiEM25 TV, DiEM25 co-founder Yanis Varoufakis and other DiEM25 intellectuals invite interesting...

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The Israeli mainstream has moved to the far right | Omar Barghouti interviewed by Yanis Varoufakis

This is excerpted from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n76IACVBsXM - a one-hour DiEM25 TV interview of Omar Barghouti by Yanis Varoufakis. Omar Barghouti is an activist and intellectual best known as one of the initiators of the BDS movement. He has been awarded jointly the 2017 Gandhi Peace Award. For DiEM25 TV, DiEM25 co-founder Yanis Varoufakis and other DiEM25 intellectuals invite interesting people onto their virtual "couch" in order to discuss politics, economics and...

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Why do people speak of apartheid in Israel? Omar Barghouti interviewed by Yanis Varoufakis | DiEM25

This is excerpted from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n76IACVBsXM - a one-hour DiEM25 TV interview of Omar Barghouti by Yanis Varoufakis. Omar Barghouti is an activist and intellectual best known as one of the initiators of the BDS movement. He has been awarded jointly the 2017 Gandhi Peace Award. For DiEM25 TV, DiEM25 co-founder Yanis Varoufakis and other DiEM25 intellectuals invite interesting people onto their virtual "couch" in order to discuss politics, economics and...

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Yanis Varoufakis interviews Omar Barghouti (BDS) – Palestine – 24 May 2021

Omar Barghouti is a co-founder of the BDS movement for Palestinian rights. BDS has emerged as a consensus movement that is increasingly recognized around the world, by trade unions, social movements, racial and climate justice groups, churches, among others, as the most effective form of solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality. Instead of adopting a specific political solution, it strategically focuses on ending international complicity in Israel's system...

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Where is Global Capitalism Going?

Join Yanis Varoufakis and Ammar Ali Jan for a thrilling debate about the direction of global capitalism in a post-Covid world. Covid-19 shut down the global economy, driving the worst economic depression in a century. But with markets bouncing back, many people are wondering: What actually changed? What remained the same? And for progressive forces around the world, what is to be done? Honoring the one-year anniversary of the Progressive International, Council members Yanis Varoufakis and...

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Dr. Nimi Wariboko: global currency, bitcoin, and the international lender of last resort

Dr. Nimi Wariboko is the Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics at the Boston University School of Theology, and the author of well over a dozen books.  In this April 27th, 2021 interview with Adam Reese, he discusses his argument for a global currency, the subject of his 2008 book God and Money.  He also talks cryptocurrency and reacts to Yanis Varoufakis's proposal for a global currency (a proposal published in response to Facebook's 2019...

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Yanis Varoufakis on why DiEM25’s Green New Deal for Europe is the #RealDeal

Varoufakis on why the The Green New Deal for Europe is the #RealDeal. Our plan to: ✅ end poverty ✅ revive public services ✅ create jobs ✅ improve quality of life ✅ reduce living costs and much more at: https://gnde.diem25.org/ #RealDeal #GNDE SUBSCRIBE --------------------- DiEM25: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiEM25offic... SUPPORT US --------------------- Join DiEM25: https://diem25.org/join​ Donate to DiEM25: https://diem25.org/donate License...

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