E78: Election update! With Yanis Varoufakis, Erik Edman and our political candidates from Bremen
In the next few days, we’ll make history: for the first time ever, an international left-wing movement will be running in elections in two different countries, just a week apart. Our political parties MERA25 will be on the ballot in general elections in Greece, and in the German state of Bremen. In a sense, these […]
Yanis Varoufakis: Help DiEM25 defend Jeremy Corbyn and the rights of his London constituents
Help DiEM25 defend Jeremy Corbyn and the rights of his London constituents. Watch this video message from Yanis Varoufakis. Donate: https://i.diem25.org/en/donations/to/corbyn Click ‘CC’ in the player to choose the language of the caption. SUPPORT US ——————— Join DiEM25: https://diem25.org/join Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiEM25official #JeremyCorbyn #UK #england source
Yanis Varoufakis on why DiEM25’s transnational politics is the only answer to Europe’s decline
The anchorwoman of a Greek TV channel owned by a Greek oligarch (who happens to be the wife of an ex-minister of the ruling party) recently accused MeRA25 of being anti-Europe. In his response in the Greek Parliament, Yanis Varoufakis explains how the transnational politics of DiEM25 is the only answer to Europe’s decline. Click […]
E77: Is Europe a vassal of the US? With Yanis Varoufakis, Julijana Zita, Erik Edman and more!
Speaking during an official visit to China, Emmanuel Macron said that Europe should chart its own course and be a ‘third pole’ in world affairs between Washington and Beijing – and not be a vassal to either as the New Cold War threatens to escalate. Unsurprisingly, his comments have caused unease among many European leaders, […]
Q&A with Stella Assange and Yanis Varoufakis: Ithaca film screening – A Fight to Free Julian Assange
The most important political prisoner of our time remains for the fourth year in the maximum security prison of Belmarsh in Britain, awaiting extradition to the USA where he is threatened with a 175-year prison sentence. The ‘crime’ for which Julian Assange is suffering this slow death sentence was his courageous contribution to exposing the […]
E76: GPT-4 and beyond: Discussing AI with Yanis Varoufakis, Julijana Zita, Maja Pelevic and more
Join Yanis Varoufakis and the coordinating team of DiEM25 for a live discussion on the potential impact of AI on our lives, in light of the recent release of GPT-4. We’ll explore the ways in which AI could revolutionise the political landscape, potentially altering the way decisions are made and how we engage with our […]
Yanis Varoufakis explains how citizen councils can revolutionise democracy
Speaking in the Hellenic parliament, DiEM25 co-founder and MeRA25 leader, Yanis Varoufakis, explains how citizen councils can revolutionise democracy. SUPPORT US ——————— Join DiEM25: https://diem25.org/join Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiEM25official Donate to DiEM25: https://diem25.org/donate #democracy #politics #diem25 source
E75: Housing is out of control
Across Europe, the cost of housing has risen sharply in recent years. Rents have exploded; neighbourhoods gentrified; public spaces privatised. The result: more and more people facing homelessness or precarious living conditions. What are the root causes of this growing — yet relatively under-reported — crisis? What are the different housing challenges people are facing […]
Yanis Varoufakis to Yuval Noah Harari: Neither Israelis nor Palestinians deserve to be enslaved
DiEM25’s co-founder and MeRA25 Greece leader Yanis Varoufakis meets with the Palestinian ambassador to Greece and responds to Yuval Noah Harari’s assertion that “Israelis are not good raw material for making slaves”: Neither Israelis nor Palestinians deserve to be enslaved. SUPPORT US ——————— Join DiEM25: https://diem25.org/join Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiEM25official Donate to DiEM25: https://diem25.org/donate #Israel #Palestine #democracy […]
Varoufakis on first appearance since attack: “I will recover. The 57 who lost lives in Tempi won’t.”
On Friday, March 10, DiEM25 co-founder and MeRA25 leader, Yanis Varoufakis, was brutally beaten up while having dinner with members of DiEM25’s Coordinating Collective. Now he appeared in public again for the first time, commenting on the attack and also talking about the current mass protests of mainly young people in Greece, sparked by the […]