Interviews
On Merkel’s Legacy, European Politics & the “Sordid Arms Race” on the Seas – On Democracy Now, with Amy Goodman
, 11/10/2021
The centre-left Social Democratic Party in Germany has narrowly claimed victory in an election that marks an end to the 16-year era of Angela Merkel’s conservative chancellorship. We look at what this means for Europe and the world with Yanis Varoufakis, a member of the Greek Parliament and the former finance minister of Greece. The […]
Μανιφέστο εναντίον της αναδυόμενης Τεχνοφεουδαρχίας σε 15′ – Βουλή 21/9/2021
, 28/09/2021
Όταν ζούσα στην Αυστραλία, είχα συναντήσει οδηγούς φορτηγών που το προηγούμενο βράδυ είχαν απολυθεί από την εταιρεία τους, η οποία τους έλεγε μην ανησυχούν καθώς θα τους έφερνε νέες συμβάσεις το 1991, με τις οποίες όμως θα έπρεπε να δανειστούν και να βάλουν υποθήκη το σπίτι τους για να μπορέσουν να αγοράσουν τα οχήματα τους […]
ANOTHER NOW – Interviewed by Radio New Zealand
, 27/09/2021
A well-known critic of the neoliberal world order, economist Yanis Varoufakis believes capitalism has become ‘techno-feudalism’ – with tech companies and Covid making the rich even richer and the poor poorer. But he also believes there is a democratic socialist alternative, which he presents in his 2020 novel Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present. Varoufakis asks […]
Hypatia: my choice of a great life to re-visit and celebrate – on BBC Radio 4’s Great Lives
, 27/09/2021
When I was still in primary school, I sought my mum’s help in countering a friend’s bigoted assertion that “women are useless”, which he had based on the fact that our teachers never mentioned a single woman mathematician or scientist. My mum’s reply came immediately: Hypatia! So, when the producers of BBC Radio 4’s Great […]
Gillian Tett & Yanis Varoufakis, through their books Anthrovision & Another Now, revisit capitalism – An IQ2 event, live and in situ, Union Chapel, London, Monday 4th Oct 2021
, 20/09/2021
SPEAKERS Yanis Varoufakis: Greek MP & former finance minister of Greece and author of Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present Gillian Tett: Chairman of the US editorial board and U.S editor-at-large at the Financial Times Gillian Tett is the pioneering columnist who has spent the last decade documenting the rise of ‘conscious capitalism’, a movement led […]
Remembering Mikis Theodorakis – BBC Radio 4, The World Tonight
, 03/09/2021
My first inkling that his music was significant was when my parents warned me – I must have been 6 or 7 yrs old – that merely whistling a Theodorakis tune was an arrestable offence – such was the fear that his music caused in the minds of our fascist rulers during the awful dictatorship […]
Barcelona City Council’s fight to shield flamingoes from rent-seeking flights of fancy: An excellent case study in municipalism vs corporate greed
, 05/08/2021
Covid-19 forced billions of humans to re-assess the way we live, work and travel. Monstrous wildfires (from British Columbia to Greece and Croatia) and murderous floods (e.g. Germany) have confirmed that which we should have known: We, humans, have damaged the planet, possibly, beyond repair. Against this background, it is heartbreaking to observe how our […]
Προς Κεραμέως: “Είστε για την Παιδεία ότι το ΤΑΙΠΕΔ για την Δημόσια Περιουσία!”
, 02/08/2021
Κυρία Κεραμέως, αναρωτηθήκατε ποτέ γιατί κανένας συνάδελφός σας Υπουργός Παιδείας χωρών στις οποίες στέλνετε τα παιδιά σας να σπουδάσουν, κανένας τους δεν εισήγαγε ποτέ ελάχιστη βάση εισαγωγής; Και μην διαμαρτυρηθείτε, μην πείτε άλλη μία φορά ότι αυτό δεν ισχύει! Μην επαναλάβετε το λάθος που κάνατε τότε που μιλούσαμε περί πανεπιστημιακής Αστυνομίας και επιμένατε ότι υπάρχει […]
What political lessons can we learn from football? A lively chat with Brian Eno, Ken Loach & Roger Waters (plus a short text on the politics of football)
, 16/07/2021
On this, the 6th edition of LET’S TALK IT OVER, the whole gang (Brian Eno, Ken Loach, Yanis Varoufakis & Roger Waters, chaired as always by Frank Barat) is on stage – to chat about lessons progressives must/can learn from… football. It turned out a fun, and possibly, insightful, hour. Whatever the quality of our […]
From the creation of DiEM25 to Technofeudalism’s takeover during the pandemic – in conversation with The Cambridge Journal of LAW, POLITICS & ART
, 10/07/2021
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Discussing books by Atwood, Balchain & Reid with Harriet Gilbert & Patrick McGrath – On BBC Radio 4’s A GOOD READ
, 05/07/2021
In this episode of Radio 4’s THE GOOD READ, I found myself choosing Margaret Atwood’s treatise on debt (Payback: Debt & The Shadow Side of Wealth) for discussion with presenter Harriet Gilbert and author Patrick McGrath. In Payback, Atwood examines money lending throughout the ages and how it has been portrayed in classic literature. Meanwhile, […]
Who is afraid of Julian Assange? Why are they so determined to suck the life slowly out of his body?
, 03/07/2021
My dear friend Julian continues to waste away in Britain’ Guantanamo, the victim of ruthless Western governments determined to suck his life slowly from his body as a cautionary tale to anyone who dares expose inconvenient truths. DiEM25, the movement that Julian co-founded, is moving heaven and earth to stop them. Today, Saturday 3rd July, […]
FRAPORT: H Μεγάλη Ληστεία με υπογραφή τρόικας, ΝΔ, ΣΥΡΙΖΑ που θα μείνει στην Ιστορία μαζί με το δάνειο από τους Αδελφούς Ρικάρντο & το Κατοχικό Δάνειο
, 24/06/2021
Φαντάσου να έχεις μουσαφίρη στο σπίτι σου που, ξάφνου, σου λέει: «Ωραίο το σπίτι σου. Το παίρνω.” “Δεν το πουλώ”, του λες. “Ασ’ τα αυτά”, σου απαντά κοφτά. “Το παίρνω!” Και σαν να μη έφτανε αυτό το σοκ, ο μουσαφίρης συνεχίζει: “Δεν έχω λεφτά να σου δώσω αλλά θα στο πάρω. Κοίτα να δείς τι […]
Η “ΜΗΤΣΟΤΑΚΗΣ ΑΕ” κήρυξε τον πόλεμο στην μισθωτή εργασία. Το ΜέΡΑ25 σήκωσε το γάντι – Βουλή 16 ΙΟΥΝ 2021
, 24/06/2021
Στο προοίμιο του νομοσχεδίου του για τα “εργασιακά”, ο κ. Χατζηδάκης έθεσε πολλά ενδιαφέροντα και σημαντικά ζητήματα για τα θέματα που αφορούν τον κόσμο της εργασίας. Ζητήματα, για παράδειγμα, όπως η εξισορρόπηση της εργασίας και της προσωπικής και οικογενειακής ζωής. Ποιος διαφωνεί ότι έχει σημασία; Η προστασία του πρεκαριάτου, δηλαδή των ανθρώπων «λάστιχο» που δουλεύουν με το […]
Revisiting the causes & effects of Brexit – New Statesman video interview
, 24/06/2021
Here I am conversing with New Statesman’s George Eaton, reflecting on five years since the EU referendum, Scottish independence, a UK progressive alliance, and whether the EU can stay relevant post Brexit. Lest I be misunderstood, viz the New Statesman’s title: Given the EU’s post-2008 trajectory, & its behaviour more recently, if I were a […]
Debt as Power: Discussing the true nature & purpose of debt with Astra Taylor and Jayati Ghosh – LTIO & DiEM-TV
, 20/06/2021
Debt is power. Extractive power over people and planet. Class societies ensure that the debts of the extractors are never paid while insisting that the debts of the exploited are sacrosanct. In this episode of LTIO we dissect debt and discuss how to overthrow its hold over the many.
Discussing the Great Sausage War, Foreign Aid, Lockdowns & Taking the Knee on BBC-TV’s Question Time – 10 JUNE 2021
, 11/06/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Gillian Keegan MP, minister for apprenticeships and skills, Conservative; Lucy Powell MP, shadow secretary of state for housing, Labour; Yanis Varoufakis, economist, author, former finance minister of Greece, member of the Greek parliament and founder of […]
Is Universal Basic Income a good idea? My debate with Daron Acemoglou on Pairagraph
, 11/06/2021
Pairagragh hosts structured debates between pairs of scholars, politicians etc. taking opposing views on some issue. In this one, Daron Acemoglu and I are debating Universal Basic Income – Daron opposing it and I defending it. Enjoy! Daron Acemoglou’s opening salvo We need a better and stronger social safety net. We need ways of combating […]
Where is Global Capitalism Going? My discussion with Ammar Ali Jan on the occasion of the 1st Anniversary of the Progressive International
, 27/05/2021
Honouring the one-year anniversary of the Progressive International, Council members Yanis Varoufakis and Ammar Ali Jan engage in a wide-ranging debate about the direction of global capitalism in a turbulent age of crisis, pandemic, and political unrest. Ammar Ali Jan is a historian and member of Haqooq-e-Khalq Movement in Pakistan. Yanis Varoufakis is Member of […]
ΣΚΛΗΡΟ ΜΑΡΚΑΡΙΣΜΑ, Επεισόδιο 4ο: Η Λαμπρινή Θωμά ανακρίνει τον Γιάνη Βαρουφάκη
, 27/05/2021
Στο τέταρτο «Σκληρό Μαρκάρισμα» ο γραμματέας του ΜέΡΑ25 Γιάνης Βαρουφάκης απαντάει χωρίς περιστροφές στα ερωτήματα της δημοσιογράφου Λαμπρινής Θωμά που ρίχνουν φως στο ιδεολογικό στίγμα του ΜέΡΑ25 μέσα από πρίσμα κριτικά ιστάμενο “εξ αριστερών”. Ερωτήματα όπως: Ευρωπαϊστές ή διεθνιστές; Ποιά η σχέση του ΜέΡΑ25 με τα κινήματα της Λ. Αμερικής, της Παλαιστίνης κλπ; Που πάει […]
