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To prevent Brexit from turning nasty, progressive internationalists must come close to winning 10 Downing Street

  Addressing a DiEM25-Another Europe event held at the LSE on Saturday 8th October 2016 Before the referendum DiEM25, our Democracy in Europe Movement, and Another Europe Is Possible, joined forces to argue the ‘IN the EU and AGAINST this … Continue reading →

Why did I sign the 20/2/2015 Eurogroup agreement? What is DiEM25’s strategy for democratising Europe?

Yanis Varoufakis responds to Alexis Cukier and Patrick Surain, who challenged him on his time as Greek finance minister, the feasibility of reforming existing EU structures, and a left-wing exit from the EU. Read ‘the challenge’ here. Friends, Thank you … Continue reading →

Impressive list of elected DiEM25 Coordinators & Advisors has been announced

Leading activists, artists, scholars and political figures take central role in DiEM25 Linguist Noam Chomsky, novelist Elif Shafak, artist/musician Brian Eno, activist Zoe Gardner and fashion designer/environmental activist Vivienne Westwood are amongst those elected by DiEM25’s members to coordinate the movement’s activities. (See full announcement at DiEM25.org).The teams that will … Continue reading →

Does it matter to Europe who is elected US President? Interviewed by Monocle

[Click here or the image above] Europe doesn’t always like to admit this but it needs the US. The US economy has an outsized effect on Europe’s, while Europe often needs the diplomatic and (sometimes) military heft of the US. … Continue reading →

Transparent Budgeting at its best – the City of Barcelona is showing the way

Imagine a city or state budget where citizens could see at a glance where every euro, pound or dollar went or came from, which services were paid for by their taxes or rates, the distribution of the tax burden across … Continue reading →

CERN Discovers New Particle Called The FERIR – Guest post by Steve Keen

When humour becomes essential in understanding the farcical reality we live in, pieces like this are priceless. CERN Discovers New Particle Called The FERIR CERN has just announced the discovery of a new particle, called the “FERIR”. This is not a … Continue reading →

Radical internationalism: What Europe & the Left need – The New Statesman

Yanis Varoufakis: The left never recovered from the fall of the Soviet Union — yet there is hope The left has been in disarray since 1991 – it never fully recovered from the collapse of the Soviet Union, despite widespread … Continue reading →

The Independent on my Brexit proposal: Trigger Article 50 and agree a 5yr Norway-like transition period

Yanis Varoufakis has told the UK government to get a move on with triggering Article 50 to begin a “robust debate” on what a post-Brexit Britain could look like. In an interview with the BBC’s Today programme, the former Greek … Continue reading →

Apple, Brussels, and Ireland’s Bruised Sovereignty – Project Syndicate op-ed

ATHENS – Despite their unequivocal Europeanism, the Irish have been serially mistreated by the European Union. When Irish voters rejected the Treaty of Lisbon in 2008, the EU forced them to vote again until they delivered the “right” outcome. A … Continue reading →

A broken-up Europe will breed monsters: Varoufakis on CNBC

Europe is disintegrating and this could come at great human cost, Greece’s fiery former finance minister warned on Tuesday. “The great fear is that the disintegration of the European Union — whatever you may think about the European Union — … Continue reading →