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Our movement to democratise Europe & developments in Latin America and China – Interview with Brazil’s GLOBO TV

Recently I was interviewed by Brazil’s Globo TV. The extensive interview covered a large number of issues – from the European crisis and our fledgling movement to democratise the European Union (to be launched on 9th February in Berlin – … Continue reading →

The Labour Party’s 2016 NEW ECONOMICS lecture series: Mazzucato, Stiglitz, Varoufakis, Ha-Joon Chang et al

The UK’s Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, is convening a series of public lectures to broaden the debate around economics in Britain. “Economic Policy: from market fixing to market creating and shaping” with Mariana Mazzucato, RM Phillips Professor in the Economics of … Continue reading →

DiEM and the movements – Reply to Open Letter by John Malamatinas

The news is out: DiEM25 (Democracy in Europe – Movement) will be launched in Berlin on 9th February, at the Volksbuehne Theatre in Berlin (pictured above). Before the official announcement and the manifesto saw the light of day, DiEM25 has … Continue reading →

Europe under construction: Tonight in Munich, with Christian Ude

Moderation: Christian Ude Vortrag und Diskussion in englischer Sprache Unter dem Titel underconstruction: europe möchte das Muffatwerk in 2016 Persönlichkeiten einladen, die sich kritisch und wach mit dem Jetzt-Zustand Europas auseinandersetzen und einen ganz eigenen Blick auf die Gegenwart und … Continue reading →

Greece’s two currencies – Project Syndicate Op-Ed

ATHENS – Imagine a depositor in the US state of Arizona being permitted to withdraw only small amounts of cash weekly and facing restrictions on how much money he or she could wire to a bank account in California. Such … Continue reading →

Jacobin’s Illustrated Interview – Europeans seem ready for a new kind of politics

Jacobin Magazine honoured me with the publication of an interview that I gave to  Francisco de Zarate, journalist and comic writer with the Argentine newspaper Clarin, and illustrated by Fernando Calvi. Thank you Francisco, Fernando and Jacobin. Click here for … Continue reading →

United European democrats we stand. Divided we fall. El Diario interview with Luis Martin

For the El Diario site click here. For the original English language version of the interview… As much as I would like this piece to be forward-looking, it is hard not to start by asking you how different Greece and Europe … Continue reading →

Stories of 2015: Yanis Varoufakis – in The Guardian, 24th DEC 2015

The year 2015 did not begin – or end – as Yanis Varoufakis might have predicted. This time last year, having finished a busy academic term at the University of Texas in Austin where he was a visiting professor in … Continue reading →

On the two ‘moments’ when the battle was lost – Interview by Paul Mason

Filed under: Democratise the Euro!, European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Post-MinFin missives

It was a coup – interviewed by de Volksrant

  The English text(*) of the discussion with Peer Peeperkorn, on which this article in de Volksrant was based, follows:  -Let’s go back to your brief period in office first. What were the happiest moments during that time? “When I would … Continue reading →