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November 16, 2016
DiEM25 Hamburg event: Varoufakis on ‘Why DiEm25?’ 15 NOV 2016
Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis
November 15, 2016
Why President Obama’s Athens visit is utterly irrelevant – on BBC Radio & tv
& TV Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis, Greek Crisis, US Politics
Why President Obama’s Athens visit is utterly irrelevant – on BBC Radio
Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis, Greek Crisis, US Politics
New Statesman interview: The Left’s duty after Trump’s awful victory
I had no doubt Donald Trump would win, just like I had no doubt Brexit would happen, so maybe I’m not as shell-shocked as you,” says Yanis Varoufakis. The former Greek finance minister is speaking to me several days after the … Continue reading →
November 11, 2016
Trump, our post-modern 1930s and DiEM25’s moment
[Originally published here] The election of Donald Trump symbolises the demise of a remarkable era. It was a time when we saw the curious spectacle of a superpower, the US, growing stronger because of – rather than despite – its … Continue reading →
November 10, 2016
Trump and Free Trade – on BBC Radio 4’s Today program, 10 NOV 2016
Filed under: DiEM, US Politics
Why America still matters
Why is America still important? Below I copy the answer I gave in 2011 in the last chapter of The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the World Economy. (For those not familiar with the economic meaning of my … Continue reading →
Resisting Resentment Politics Down Under – guest post by Paul Tyson
How owning our Resentment can save Australian Politics In this piece, Paul Tyson, honourary Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, outlines his take on the rise of rightwing populist resentment, as a powerful political force, from an Australian perspective. … Continue reading →
November 9, 2016
Trump is a wake up call. I am glad DiEM25 is awake – Brian Eno
I had a bet with my American friend Stewart Brand that Trump would win. He wrote to me this morning: “You called it right. And I called it wrong. Groan. Now the weirdness!” I wrote back to him: “Welcome to … Continue reading →
Trump’s Triumph: DiEM25 on how progressives must react
Donald Trump’s victory marks the end of an era when a self-confident Establishment preached the end of history, the end of passion and the supremacy of a technocracy working on behalf of the 1%. But the era it ushers in … Continue reading →
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