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On Podemos, Greece and DiEM – Interview in El Mundo

For the El Mundo site (in Spanish), click here. To read my original English language responses… Why did you resign the very next day after the ‘no’ victory in the Greek referendum? Because the Prime Minister told me, on the … Continue reading →

On the need to democratise Europe – Real News Network

Filed under: Democratise the Euro!, European Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives

In conversation with Gerardo Pisarello on democracy, Europe and municipalism

Gerardo Pisarello, Barcelona’s First Deputy Mayor, posing crucial questions on the state of capitalism, whether democracy has room to breathe nowadays, the need for a pan-European movement, the place of City Halls and municipalism in such a movement…  Filed under: Democratise … Continue reading →

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 →