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On the need to face the facts about big business before democracy gets a chance – NYT Athens Democracy Forum Debate

Paul Krugman, Ross LaJeunesse (Google), Yanis Varoufakis (DiEM25) and Yasheng Huang, economist, M.I.T.Filed under: DiEM, Politics and Economics

My letter to supporters of Another Europe Is Possible

In a letter addressed to supporters of Another Europe Is Possible, Yanis Varoufakis makes the case for the organisation to unite with the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 Dear friends, Before the referendum we worked together to convince the people … Continue reading →

Joining forces! In reply to Stefano Fassina

Stefano Fassina points out that in my article ‘Europe’s Left After Brexit’ I did not discuss his preferred option for Eurozone member-states: Stay in the EU but leave the euro. Of course the reason my article did not discuss that … Continue reading →

Speech at DiEM25’s pavilion, Fête de l’Humanité 2016

“It is time for Europe’s humanists to reclaim Europe” Last year, I came to La Fete with a message from Greece. The Athens Spring had just been crushed by the Troika because Europe’s Establishment was planning to bring the Troika … Continue reading →

Stefano Fassina on my ‘Europe’s Left After Brexit’

Stefano Fassina was kind enough to respond to my article entitled Europe’s Left After Brexit. His reply follows. On Sept 6, Yanis Varoufakis offered an interesting review here of the progressive positions addressing EU problems. The first one, he underlines … Continue reading →

Democratising Europe – a transnational project? A debate with openDemocracy

YANIS VAROUFAKIS, ROSEMARY BECHLER, ALEX SAKALIS, and ANTHONY BARNETT 13 September 2016 (Click here for the openDemocracy site) What role does national self-determination and ‘self-government’ play in European and human emancipation today? Yanis Varoufakis replies for DiEM25. Yanis Varoufakis has recently … Continue reading →

Interview with the Berlin Policy Journal in 140 characters

You left office about a year ago – any regrets?  None whatsoever. Once it was no longer possible to do good for Greece as minister, there was no reason to stay in office. Your proudest moment as #Greece’s Minister of … Continue reading →

Europe’s Left after Brexit

In reply to Tariq Ali, Stathis Kouvelakis, Vicente Navarro and Stefano Fassina on DiEM25’s plan for resisting within the European Union Preface: This article (published in edited form in Jacobin, Neues Deutschland, Il Manifesto,  Mediapart and elsewhere) addresses left-wing critics … Continue reading →

Varoufakis-Kipping-Lederer in Berlin, 17.09.2016

SATURDAY, 17.09.16, DOORS 16:00, START 17:00 Address: Astra Kulturhaus Berlin, Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin GOOGLE MAPS Contact: Club: +49 30 200 567 67 Office: + 49 30 69566840 Filed under: DiEM

Poetry in prose? Letter in the FT

AUGUST 20, 2016 – From Vijay Kumar. Sir, One often hears that people on the left of the political spectrum tend to be more intelligent, more articulate, better read and generally more fun to be with. Sir, One often hears … Continue reading →