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FOR THE PUBLISHED VERSION IN SPANISH, CLICK HERE. For the original Q&A (in English)… -Has Europe become a new bureaucracy? Are we governed by technocrats? As you describe them in the book, European Union and the European Central Bank have turned into completely inefficient organizations. Have they?  The Commission was, from the beginning, devised as the bureaucracy to run the affairs of a heavy industry central European cartel. This is not new. What is newer is the ECB that was...

A few weeks ago, The Guardian asked a number of authors to write an intimate letter to… Britain (Dear Britain,…) explaining why we want ‘her’ to stay in the EU. Here are two of those letters, written by two DiEM25 initiators: Slavoj Žižek and yours truly Slavoj ŽižekSlovenia Dear Britain, When Stalin was asked in the late 1920s which is worse, the right or the left, he snapped back: “They are both worse!” And this is my first reaction to the question of whether or not to leave the EU. I...

by Victoria Bateman Source: iStock Written by the anti-austerity rebel economist and former finance minister in Greece’s Syriza government, this is not simply a book about the modern-day problems of Yanis Varoufakis’ native country. Neither is its object of study the plight of the eurozone. What this ambitious book aims to provide is a history of our entire global financial order – and not just in the present but for the past century. For most of us, the phrase...

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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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