Why are they saying no to the eurobond? The case for constructive disobedience in the EU Council
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTil8xccFJA
Κορωνοϊός: Η οικονομική κρίση | Συζήτηση στο BBC μεταξύ του Γ. Βαρουφάκη, της S. Flanders (Bloomberg), της L.Yueh & της Veronique de Rugy (George Mason University)
Κορωνοϊός: Η οικονομική κρίση – Πόσο άσχημη θα είναι και τι μπορεί να γίνει για να αμβλυνθεί; Συζητούν: Η Stephanie Flanders – επικεφαλής του Bloomberg Economics. Ο Γιάνης Βαρουφάκης – γραμματέας του ΜέΡΑ25 . Η Linda Yueh – οικονομολόγος και συγγραφέας του βιβλίου “The Great Economists”. Η Veronique de Rugy – ανώτερος ερευνητής στο Κέντρο […]
What should the EU do NOW: DiEM25’s 3-Point Plan for averting a Covid-19 Depression
With Lives, Livelihoods and the Union on the brink, the COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest test of the European project in the history of the Union — and we are failing. Solidarity was meant to be a foundational principle of the EU. But solidarity is missing at the moment it is most needed. COVID-19 has revealed a fundamental truth: […]
Τι πρέπει να κάνει η Ευρώπη τώρα: Το Σχέδιο 3-Σημείων του ΜέΡΑ25-DiEM25
Η πανδημία είναι το σκληρότερο τεστ στο οποίο έχει υποβληθεί η ΕΕ – και, δυστυχώς, βαθμολογείται πολύ κάτω της βάσης. Η αλληλεγγύη υποτίθεται είναι ιδρυτική αρχή της ΕΕ. Κι όμως, ποτέ η αλληλεγγύη δεν ήταν τόσο απούσα από την Ευρώπη σε μια φάση που είναι τόσο αναγκαία. Ο κορωνοϊός αποκάλυψε μια θεμελιώδη αλήθεια: Η Ευρώπη […]
Last night Julian Assange called me. Here is what we talked about
Last night, immediately after our first DiEM25 TV event, my phone rang. It was Julian. From prison. It was not that first time that he honoured me deeply by using the few phone calls prison allows him to make to call me. Like every other such occasion, when I unexpectedly recognise his voice a torrent […]
How deep will the Depression occasioned by Covid-19 be? Debate on BBC World Service’s THE REAL STORY
Coronavirus: The economic crisis – Just how bad will the downturn be and can anything be done to soften the blow? Contributors Stephanie Flanders – head of Bloomberg Economics Yanis Varoufakis – Greek economist, politician, secretary-general of DiEM25 who also served as Greek finance minister during 2015Linda Yueh – economist and author of the book: ‘The Great Economists’ […]
Monetising misery & the future of capitalism – ABC Radio National, BIG IDEAS program
Enormous global corporations and financial institutions are now, some say, more powerful than governments. Rules that once constrained and regulated capitalism have gone. And when their power causes massive destruction, the captains of Big Capital find ways to profit from the destruction. So, is modern capitalism, itself, a threat to capitalism? Or will corporations always […]
Γιατί απαιτούνται άμεσα δημοσιονομικά μέτρα χωρίς διαπραγμάτευση με το Eurogroup – Συνέντευξη τύπου για το μάθημα των Euroleaks
Το κύριο μάθημα των Euroleaks για την αντιμετώπιση της διπλής επιδημίας που φέρνει ο κορωνοϊός: ΔΡΑΣΗ ΤΩΡΑ! ΜΟΝΟΜΕΡΩΣ! ΧΩΡΙΣ ΚΑΜΙΑ «ΔΙΑΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΕΥΣΗ» ΣΤΟ Eurogroup Η επιδημία του κορωνοϊού έχει δύο διαστάσεις: την υγειονομική και την οικονομική. Στο υγειονομικό σκέλος έχουμε υποχρέωση ως πολίτες την πλήρη τήρηση των κανόνων και των συμβουλών του Υπουργείου Υγείας – δεν […]
The Eurogroup fails Europe once again. Brace for a hideous EU recession
The Eurogroup met yesterday, Monday 16th March, to hammer out its coordinated fiscal response to the massive recession already in progress following the lockdown of much of Europe’s society. The task they faced is enormous: If sales, tourism, services etc. fall by 50% for just one month (which is certain), and then by 25% for […]
On the lethal interaction between the coronavirus contraction & global capitalism’s never-ending post-2008 crisis – VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm-wpDZkie4&feature=youtu.be
EUROLEAKS: Letting light in to how crucial decisions are made (or not) in the EU
On March 14, for the first time, European citizens will be able to take a front seat in the meetings where their future is decided: DiEM25’s #EuroLeaks will take YOU inside the Eurogroup that has no standing in law, but where the most far-reaching decisions about all our lives are made. WHY AND WHY NOW? – […]
Yanis Varoufakis: “Syriza Was a Bigger Blow to the Left Than Thatcher” – JACOBIN
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis told Jacobin why he’s publishing his secret recordings of the critical Eurogroup meetings of 2015 — and why the Left around Europe is struggling to overcome Syriza’s disastrous legacy. Yanis Varoufakis during his speech in Hellenic Parliament. Dimitrios Karvountzis / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty INTERVIEW BY George […]