A recent Oxfam study found that since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s richest 10 billionaires have seen a wealth increase of half a trillion dollars – enough to pay for every person on the planet to get a vaccine. In this UpFront special, Marc Lamont Hill discusses with economist and former Greek […]
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‘Trumpism after Trump’ – Premier of LET’S TALK IT OVER, co-hosted by Roger Waters & Yanis Varoufakis
In the premiere of LET’S TALK IT OVER, Noura Erakat and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor are the guests of Yanis Varoufakis and Roger Waters to discuss TRUMPISM AFTER TRUMP.
Speaking of antisemitism… – A personal view as related to my DiEM25 comrades (video + text)
On 4th February 2021, DiEM25’s coordinating collective held a discussion on how progressives can, at once, fight antisemitism and remain highly critical of Israel’s policies. You can watch a video of my speech and read an extended version of these thoughts below. Last week, while discussing competing identities, I argued that it is unacceptable to […]
From an Economics without Capitalism to Markets without Capitalism – Tübingen University talk
A lecture organised by University of Tübingen economics students, delivered on Monday February 3, 2020, on the theme “From an Economics without Capitalism to Markets without Capitalism”. Mainstream economic models lack some important features of really-existing capitalism, including money, time and space. Its models offer ideological cover for a capitalist system that has usurped competitive, […]
Greece’s slide to parliamentary dictatorship – video
My statement in the Greek parliament after MeRA25 MP Aggeliki Adamopolou was shockingly stripped of her Parliamentary immunity for daring to criticise the police in a speech she gave in Parliament. Greece is now a dictatorship under parliamentary cloak.
Από το Εμβολιαστικό Φιάσκο και το Ξέφρενο Χρέος στην Πανεπιστημιακή Αστυνομία – Ομιλία στη Βουλή (video)
Η Κυβέρνηση εν μέσω πανδημίας είχε τέσσερις υποχρεώσεις. Πρώτον, αξιόπιστη διαχείριση της πληροφόρησης για την πανδημία και αξιόπιστα μέτρα από τη μια μεριά, δεύτερον, ενίσχυση του Εθνικού Συστήματος Υγείας, τρίτον, οικοδόμηση ενός αποτελεσματικού δικτύου κέντρων μαζικών τεστ αρχικά που μετά θα μετατρέπονταν σε κέντρα μαζικών εμβολιασμών και θα έμεναν ως «προίκα» στην πρωτοβάθμια περίθαλψη του Εθνικού Συστήματος Υγείας και […]
What is at stake is the independence of Ecuador, not of its central bank. This is why the oligarchy is attacking Andrés Arauz- video
It is with considerable amusement that I follow the international oligarchy’s anxiety to prevent Andrés Arauz from winning the presidential election. I say amusement because they have chosen to damage his standing by painting him as a threat to the independence of Ecuador’s central bank – of which Andres was the youngest governor. Let’s get […]
Για την οικονομική πολιτική, την ανάγκη “κουρεμάτων” & το στοίχημα του εμβολιασμού – Αντ1 “Πρωϊνοί Τύποι”
Καλεσμένος στην εκπομπή “Πρωινοί Τύποι”, μιλάμε για την οικονομία, την επιτακτική ανάγκη για κουρέματα και όχι αναστολές των οφειλών των μικρομεσαίων, ως επένδυση στα μελλοντικά φορολογικά έσοδα του δημοσίου και τέλος, για το κόστος σε ανθρώπινες ζωές του εμβολιαστικού φιάσκου της κυβέρνησης Μητσοτάκη.
Watch Brian Eno, Ken Loach, Roger Waters, Frank Barat, Stefania Maurizi & Yanis Varoufakis discuss the Julian Assange case
Two days after a UK judge blocked the US request to extradite Julian Assange, we discussed this decision and what it means for the future of journalism and freedom of speech. The discussion took place at 5pm GMT on 6th January 2020
A Festive Message on behalf of DiEM25 for 2021: “Because things are the way they are, things will not remain the way they are.” B. Brecht
I am Yanis Varoufakis with a message for the New Year from DiEM25. 2020 leaves behind much debris – pain, fear, broken lives, smashed dreams. But, we also owe a debt of gratitude to 2020: It has helped expose seven fundamental secrets. We used to think of governments as powerless. But since Covid-19 struck we […]
“What New Institutions Do We Need For An International Green New Deal To Be Feasible?” Geneva Lecture Series, video & a review by Marie-Christine Ghreichi
Organised by Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic as part of the University of Geneva Lecture Series on ‘Contemporary World of Geo-economics’, I was honoured with an invitation to deliver a long lecture on the pressing need for new international financial institutions to address crushing global imbalances and inequalities. Watch the video and also read a review […]
Christmas Day message to Julian: A hard day to mark while you are locked up in Britain’s Guantanamo
I am Yanis Varoufakis with a message for my dear friend Julian Assange, for his father John Shipton, his partner Stella Morris, for their two young kids, for everyone who, on this day, Christmas Day 2020, cannot celebrate while Julian is locked up in Britain’s Guantanamo while US operatives convicted for war crimes by US […]
Μήνυμα στον φίλο Julian: Ανήμερα Χριστούγεννα κι εσύ να σαπίζεις στο Γκουαντάναμο της Βρετανίας…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5V57YKh4iM&feature=youtu.be