Interviews
“Global Trade & Capital Imbalances imperil Global Stability” – Redaction Politics reviews my Holberg 2020 debate with John Bolton
, 30/12/2020
Redaction Politics published a review of my Holberg 2o2o debate with John Bolton on Global Stability. Their review is reproduced below. To watch the debate click here. Yanis Varoufakis lamented economic equality and pushed for global co-operation while John Bolton urged diplomatic confrontation as the pair battled over the question of “global stability” last week. […]
Christmas Day message to Julian: A hard day to mark while you are locked up in Britain’s Guantanamo
, 25/12/2020
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…
, 25/12/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5V57YKh4iM&feature=youtu.be
Η οικονομική κατάσταση σήμερα, το 5ο Μνημόνιο που δρομολογούν, και οι εναλλακτικές φορολογικές και θεσμικές προτάσεις του ΜέΡΑ25 – βίντεο από την συζήτηση του Π/Υ 2021 στη Βουλή
, 17/12/2020
Ό,τι πρέπει να ξέρετε για την οικονομική πανδημία, τις επιλογές της κυβέρνησης, τι θα μπορούσε γίνει διαφορετικά (αλλά δεν γίνεται επειδή ποσκρούει στα συμφέροντα της αρπακτικής ολιγαρχίας). Συν, η πρόταση του ΜέΡΑ2 να ανοίξει η Βουλή τον Φάκελο της Χρεοκοπίας & των Μνημονίων. Από την ομιλία μου στη Βουλή την 15η Δεκεμβρίου κατά την συζήτηση […]
In conversation on the postcapitalist vision in my ANOTHER NOW – JACOBIN interview & DISSENS podcast
, 17/12/2020
State socialism has failed because of its authoritarian excesses, but the idea of socialism still offers the only alternative for a viable future – says Yanis Varoufakis. In 2015, in the midst of the Greek sovereign debt crisis, he became finance minister under Alexis Tsipras until he resigned after the referendum. In the meantime, he has […]
“Ούτε στα πέτρινα χρόνια δεν έπληξε η Δεξιά τον Κοινοβουλευτισμό όπως τον πλήξατε σήμερα κ. Μητσοτάκη” – βίντεο
, 16/12/2020
Σε ποιές χώρες έχει διωχθεί, ποινικά, βουλευτής για πράγματα που είπε από το βήμα της Βουλής; Έως σήμερα μόνο στην Ουγγαρία και στην Τουρκία. Από σήμερα, ελέω Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη, και στην Ελλάδα – αρχής γενομένης με την άρση της ασυλίας της βουλεύτριας του ΜέΡΑ25 Αγγελικής Αδαμοπούλου. Το ότι αυτά που είχε πει η Αγγελική από […]
On CHANGE MAKERS discussing personal drive, happiness, capitalism, socialism and… Star Trek
, 11/12/2020
Our guest today on Change Makers is former finance minister of Greece, economist and author, Yanis Varoufakis. His view on the current world order may be critical, but this is as much a story of romance as it is reproach. Yanis believes happiness, like love, can only truly be found when you are not seeking […]
‘The Jimmy Dore Show’ goes to town with my take on the US Presidential election…
, 11/12/2020
For my complete assessment of the US Presidential 2020 election results see below:
“Is Global Stability A Pipe Dream?” Watch Yanis Varoufakis debate John Bolton at the Ηolberg 2020 Debate
, 08/12/2020
While the catastrophic pandemic is pushing hundreds of millions into economic destitution, our world is being subjected to an escalating climate emergency and a New Cold War between the West and China, not to mention ominous tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, Libya etc. In the midst of all this instability, is Global Stability […]
DiEM25-TV’s ANOTHER NOW is back, with an episode linking our anti-AMAZON campaign with visions of… Another Now
, 04/12/2020
As our Progressive International campaign against Amazon is gathering pace, DiEM25-TV’s ANOTHER NOW is back. Our first episode of this season links our Amazon campaign with my vision of… Another Now – a democratic socialism that comes about as a result of such global campaigns against Techno-feudalism, the new mode of production that is already […]
A chat on ANOTHER NOW with The Guardian’s Zoe Williams – The Guardian Live
, 04/12/2020
‘Another Now is structurally, ideologically and linguistically an extraordinary work’ Zoe Williams
«Είναι η Παγκόσμια Σταθερότητα άπιαστο όνειρο;» Μπόλτον vs Βαρουφάκη στο 2020 Ηolberg Debate, Σάββατο 4μμ
, 04/12/2020
Τι χρονιά κι αυτή! Ένα πραγματικό annus horribils που σημαδεύτηκε από μια καταστροφική πανδημία, από την κλιμακούμενη κλιματική καταστροφή, από το φάσμα ενός Νέου Ψυχρού Πολέμου ΗΠΑ-Κίνας, και βέβαια από τύμπανα πολέμου στο Αιγαίο και την Ανατολική Μεσόγειο. Κι ενώ ποτέ δεν ήταν τόσο απαραίτητη η πολιτική παρέμβαση σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο, ποτέ δεν ήταν τόσο καταρρακωμένοι οι παγκόσμιοι […]
Invited by Ian McMillan, along with a poet and an archaeologist, to discuss ANOTHER NOW – On BBC Radio 3’s The Verb
, 28/11/2020
What might a zero-growth world mean for writers? The Verb offers this provocation to this week’s guests, and asks how poets in particular can adjust to a world economy that’s changing rapidly under long-down. Is there such a thing as a sustainable poem? Ian McMillan is joined by: Yanis Varoufakis, economist, author and member of […]
Discussing ANOTHER NOW with Joe Walker – The Jolly Swagman Podcast
, 27/11/2020
The Triumph & Tragedy Of Capitalism – a conversation occasioned by my new book ANOTHER NOW: Dispatches from an Alternative Present Also listen on: iTunes: tinyurl.com/y5quz6nt Website: tinyurl.com/y4ekbpfv Spotify: tinyurl.com/yxmwnmh4 Show notes Selected links Follow Yanis: Website | Twitter Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present, by Yanis Varoufakis The Sovereignty of Good, by Iris Murdoch ‘Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: […]
Today, Black Friday, we are boycotting Amazon, globally – Damien Gayle in The Guardian
, 27/11/2020
The economist Yanis Varoufakis has called for a one-day boycott of Amazon on Black Friday as trade unionists, environmental activists, privacy campaigners and tax justice advocates plan coordinated actions against the company’s sites and supply chain. Amazon’s success during the coronavirus pandemic – at one point the company was reported to be making sales of $11,000 (£8,200) […]
A discussion I enjoyed hugely with Matthew Taylor of the Royal Society of the Arts on my ANOTHER NOW
, 24/11/2020
How can a Marxist-feminist, a libertarian ex-banker and a maverick technologist help us navigate our new future? Economist Yanis Varoufakis explains all. Global crises cause big changes and reveal deep structural weaknesses. In this special interview series from the RSA its chief executive, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot – from scholars to […]
Live discussion of ANOTHER NOW with Zoe Williams – A GUARDIAN LIVE event this Monday at 19.00GMT
, 21/11/2020
In Another Now, Varoufakis imagines a post-capitalist democracy. Set in 2025, through three contrasting characters – a banker, a feminist and a technologist – he paints a radical and thought-provoking blueprint of how democratic socialism could work today, in a world without billionaires, stock markets or tech giants. Can we truly critique capitalism without genuinely considering the […]
The capitalism alternative in ANOTHER NOW – BBC World Service Business Daily 17 NOV 2020
, 18/11/2020
With Covid rampaging and many economies on life-support, some say we need to look beyond capitalism. A blue-sky thinker, the outspoken former Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, gives his thoughts on a radical alternative to standard market economics, including making all employees shareholders in corporations. And Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive of the New Economics Foundation, […]
Την ώρα που η πανδημία θερίζει η κυβέρνηση επιδίδεται σε όργιο αυταρχισμού υπέρ της ολιγαρχίας – Βουλή των Ελλήνων, 12 Νοεμβρίου 2020
, 14/11/2020
Κυρίες και κύριοι συνάδελφοι, την ώρα που ξεκίνησε την ομιλία του ο κύριος Πρωθυπουργός σήμερα το πρωί, κοίταζα την ιστοσελίδα της «ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗΣ». Και το μάτι μου έπεσε πάνω σε άρθρο στο πρωτοσέλιδο της ιστοσελίδας της «ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗΣ», όπου αναφερόταν σε μία συνέντευξη του κ. Δερμιτζάκη, του γνωστού γιατρού, καθηγητή από τη Γενεύη -αν δεν κάνω λάθος- […]
In conversation with Eurointelligence’s Wolfgang Munchau on Trumpism, European fiscal discipline & the US-China Cold War – 10th November 2020
, 11/11/2020
For the Eurointelligence site click here.
Joe Biden, we are happy that you beat Trump. But here is why we shall oppose you, starting today – video
, 09/11/2020
Biden has won. And thank goodness for that. BUT, it is the Biden Democrats who have proven time & again their determination to prevent ANY challenge to the power & wealth of the few causing the discontent that is propelling Trumpism. As of today, after one day of celebrations, progressives must unite against the reactionary […]