Yanis Varoufakis’s posts

Sep 7

Just in. The first copy of TECHNOFEUDALISM. If interested, read the Preface & Table of Contents here Plus, dates/venues in Bath (25/9), Manchester (26/9), Edinburgh (27/9), London (28/9) and Ely (29/9) where I shall be to discuss my outrageous hypothesis. yanisvaroufakis.eu/2023/09/07/tec

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55 yrs ago, today, a CIA-engineered coup brought the tanks out onto the streets of Athens, dissolved Parliament and plunged Greece into a 7yr-long ruthless fascist dictatorship. Just for the purpose of preventing a pro-Western centrist party from winning office! Lest we forget...

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Oct 14, 2019

I have no right to comment on Catalan independence. It is for the Catalans to decide. BUT, the rest of us must rise up against politicians being sentenced to long prison stretches in the heart of Europe for pursuing political agendas mandated by voters

Violent clashes over Catalan separatist leaders' prison terms

Chaos at Barcelona airport as protesters react to sentencing over 2017 bid for independence

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Apr 7, 2022

President Zelenski just abused the Greek Parliament's invitation by sharing its platform with members of the neoNazi Azov Battalion, thus undermining the Ukrainian people's heroic resistance to Putin's criminal invasion. We stand with Ukraine, not with the Azov neoNazi Battalion

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Feb 24, 2022

The only issue today should be to stop the war and to secure the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. The only way that could happen is a Washington-Moscow agreement that Russia withdraws in exchange for a commitment of Ukrainian neutrality. Anything else is war mongering.

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Oct 16, 2017

21st century Europe: Execution in Malta of activist exposing tax cheats. Racism triumphing in Austria. And political arrests in Catalonia.

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Dec 13, 2019

A victory for the politics of division and a spectacular own goal for the extreme centre who chose to conduct a war of attrition against J. Corbyn's sensible Brexit, while treating Leavers & democracy with contempt. Little Englandism triumphed vs a genuinely United Kingdom.

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May 1, 2021

You don't care that it is the 1st of May? You don't like trades unions? You abhor strikes & industrial action? OK. But then give back weekends, overtime pay, child labour laws, safety regulations, accident & health insurance, the 40-hr working week. And, yes, your pension!

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Nov 21, 2019

As an economist my assessment of Labour's 2019 Manifesto is simple: the measured, bold, well targeted, moderate response to the UK's need and capacities. My assessment as a citizen: A rare breath of fresh air!

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Nov 21, 2019

Labour just launched their manifesto for real change, and it's the most groundbreaking manifesto this country has ever seen. We know these ideas are popular, but this often isn't reported in the media. Show you back Labour's manifesto now!

#RealChange bit.ly/BackLabour

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Probably very similar to the place reserved for those who designed a monetary union without a proper banking union and, once the banking crisis hit, transferred cynically the bankers' gigantic losses onto the shoulders of the weakest taxpayers.

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Mar 8, 2022

Some sanity in the midst of warmongering and NATO fetishism: "Sweden’s centre-left prime minister has ruled out applying for membership of Nato, saying it would “destabilise” the security of northern Europe." As reported in the Financial Times

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Oct 30, 2022

Lula's election was a crucial victory for common sense and decency. From 1st January, the struggle begins to convert it into a victory for the many, not the few.

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Aug 14, 2021

I just heard that Kier Starmer expelled Ken Loach from the Labour Party. I hope this is fake news. If not, all he managed is to expel Labour's soul, leaving behind an arid, soulless Labour Party - one that is even poorer than under Blair and his fellow war criminals.

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Mar 21, 2020

Isn't it fascinating how, the same people who were until a few weeks ago saying there isn't enough money to invest in the green transition, suddenly divined trillions? Sure we must refloat the economy. But how about saving the planet immediately after the virus has been defeated?

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Nov 19, 2019

I don't suppose an apology is pending from those who, for years, referred to Julian as 'rapist' and denied that the whole affair was about shoving him in a supermax US black hole for the crime of having exposed crimes against humanity committed in our name

Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation

Prosecutor says country will not proceed with investigation into WikiLeaks founder

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Jul 6, 2015

Minister No More! yanisvaroufakis.eu/2015/07/06/min

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Apr 2

Yes, Mr Biden: It is disgraceful that Putin's regime arrested journalist Gershkovich on the charge of espionage. As is YOUR gvt charging Julian Assange with espionage. Your hypocrisy is noted. NO ESPIONAGE CHARGES FOR JOURNALISTS!

‘Let him go’: Joe Biden calls on Russia to release US journalist

Human Rights Watch describes arrest of WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich as ‘depraved cynical move’ designed to silence critical voices

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An atrocity against your right to know is unfolding. Julian Assange is about to be thrown into the US supermax gulag. Years of fake news is now whittled down to a simple act of revenge against the person who embarrassed our states by exposing to us crimes committed in our name.

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Jun 9, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn just demonstrated the potential of Principled Progressive Politics. Last night was one for the True believers. Onwards now!

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Aug 15, 2019

By proposing a temp gvt to stop Johnson & hold a 2nd ref, Corbyn torpedoed the LibDems' image as the party whose top priority is Brexit reversal. By rejecting this offer, the LibDems have committed suicide. Again.

Labour sets out plan for temporary government to avoid no-deal Brexit

Corbyn seeks support for opposition pact aimed at toppling Boris Johnson

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Catalonia crisis: Sacked ministers held in Spanish jails

Jun 7

Ever so proud of Roger Waters. The ease with which, 40 yrs after its inception as a musical masterpiece at the forefront of Anti-Nazism/Fascism, THE WALL has been portrayed as, somehow, antisemitic or profascist is an affront to everyone who abhors antisemitism-fascism-nazism.

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Jun 7

Watch this from @rogerwaters & @DoubleDownNews Legacy media, in broadcast and print, is digging its own grave through a barrage of near constant misinformation. I take no pleasure in saying that, because honest journalism is critical to a free society.

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No Constitution in whose name politicians are jailed for pursuing peacefully a political agenda can be democratic

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Eight sacked ministers are remanded in custody over the push for independence, prompting protests.

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Julian is in custody for breaching bail conditions imposed over a warrant that was... rescinded. Anyone else would be fined & released. Except that JA's persecution is all about challenging our right to know about the crimes governments commit in our name.

Julian Assange faces US extradition after arrest at Ecuadorian embassy

WikiLeaks founder’s removal from London embassy brings seven-year diplomatic stalemate to an end

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Mar 27, 2022

Joe Biden just answered my question: His game plan is not a negotiated peace with Putin but regime change in Moscow. Like previous US attempts at regime-change, this will not go well - especially for the people of Ukraine who must now endure war until Putin falls...

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We demand the resignation of EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell over his racist remarks about...

Oct 18, 2022

PETITION: "We demand the resignation of EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell over his racist remarks about non-European countries" Sign here:

i.diem25.org

: On October 13, Josep Borrell – the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy – spoke at the inauguration of the Eur...

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Apr 29, 2021

Joe Biden addressing Congress: "“We can’t stop now— we’re in a competition with China and other countries to win the 21st century.” Do you also get a chill running up your spine ? Why must one country 'win' the 21st Century against others? Imperialism is alive & kicking...

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Jun 26, 2015

Democracy deserved a boost in euro-related matters. We just delivered it. Let the people decide. (Funny how radical this concept sounds!)

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Mar 28

Starmer's Labour Party is close to the point of no return. Blocking Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate is an affront to decency and a declaration of civil war within a Party about to metamorphose from a broad church to a toxic sect.

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Today's motion to the Labour Party NEC to block @jeremycorbyn from reselection is a purely factional attack on party democracy and an insult to the people of Islington North. It must be rejected or withdrawn. We stand with Jeremy. Join us: thecorbynproject.com/action

We stand with Jeremy Corbyn. Join us: thecorbynproject.com/action

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Lest we forget: 20yrs after illegal Iraq invasion & its 1 million deaths. No instigator tried, ever, in any court of law (national or international) No restitution for the victims BUT Chelsea Manning jailed for 7yrs for exposing them Julian Assange slowly killed in Belmarsh

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There is no doubt that Ukraine has the right to fight off an invading army. What I find sickening is Western spectators cheering on an endless bloodbath along slowly moving trenches out of which only death, devastation and losers will emerge. When will civilised people stand up… Show more

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Few leaders around the world have shown the same commitment to the many, to every single minority, to every decent and worthy campaign against the oligarchy as Jeremy Corbyn has. Labour is all the poorer now that Starmer, seeking to impress the oligarchy, is expelling Jeremy.

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Feb 15

A statement on my future as the MP for Islington North.

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And there you have it. EXXON, HALLIBURTON & CHEVRON, after Iraq, are now taking over the Ukrainian oil and gas fields. Planning to introduce large scale fracking - a clear and present threat to poison U's agriculture

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My daughter's reaction to the news of the Australian election: Goodbye ABC, goodbye Great Barrier Reef, goodbye public services, goodbye renewable energy, goodbye public health, goodbye public education and goodbye stunning river systems.

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Catalonia crisis: Sacked ministers held in Spanish jails

Nov 2, 2017

No Constitution in whose name poticians are jailed for pursuing peacefully a political agenda can be democratic

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Eight sacked ministers are remanded in custody over the push for independence, prompting protests.

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Well said Diane Abbott: "Julian Assange is not being pursued to protect US national security, he is being pursued because he has exposed wrongdoing by US administrations and their military forces.”

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Nov 3, 2022

They tell you that the price of bread rose ~22% because the price of flour&electricity rose by ~22%. But they don't you that bread&electricity account only 15% of bread's cost, the rest=labour. So, given that wages are stagnant, bread costs rose by 3.3% (15%X22%) => Profiteering!

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Jul 29

Mr Biden, you voted yes to the illegal invasion of Iraq by US forces. Now you are pursuing, to the death, Julian who exposed the crimes committed by said US forces in Iraq. When will you stop doubling down, adding one criminal choice to another?

Julian Assange: US rejects Australia’s calls to end pursuit of WikiLeaks founder during Ausmin talks

Ministers’ meeting focused on military cooperation and agreed to increase ‘tempo’ of US nuclear-powered submarine visits to Australia as part of Aukus pact

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Our NO is a majestic, big YES to a democratic, rational Europe! yanisvaroufakis.eu/2015/07/06/our

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Apr 11, 2016

Europe first lost its soul (agreement with Turkey on refugees), now it is losing its humour. Hands off

@janboehm

! justpaste.it/svdv

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Apr 9, 2020

And here you have it: Italy et al buckled. They accepted ESM loans that will lead to stringent austerity next year, pitiful EIB business loans, a pseudo-federal unemployment re-insurance scheme, plus a few crumbs of philanthropy. In return they committed to permanent depression

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Jan 31

Wonderful meeting with Mexico’s inspiring President. I thanked him for his steadfast support of our campaign to Free Julian Assange. We also discussed how the New Cold War begets an urgent need for a New Non-Aligned Movement & a New International Economic Order

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I am proud, deeply proud, to count Francesca Martinez amongst my personal friends and comrades. Well said Francesca!

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Jun 14, 2019

Everyone must watch this. #BBCQT

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Jun 13, 2020

Hertz went bust but can now sell $1 billion worth of shares to survive. When shares of a bankrupted company sell like hot cakes (due to Central Bank liquidity) you know that this is not even capitalism any more. Socialism for the very, very few, insolvency for the rest.

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The game is up. Years of lies exposed. It was never about Sweden, Putin, Trump or Hillary. Assange was persecuted for exposing war crimes. Will those duped so far now stand with us in opposing his disappearance after a fake trial where his lawyers will not even now the charges?

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Oct 1, 2017

Rajoy and PP, imbued with Franco's authoritarian legacy, doing their best to ferment... Catalan independence! #CatalanReferendum

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Oct 2, 2017

What message does the Commision's implicit support of violence against peaceful crowds send to authoritarian governments in Hungary/Poland?

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Sep 2, 2019

Isn't it hilarious how the 'very serious people' celebrate the transfer of shares to oligarchs but are aghast when shares are transferred to the company's workers? The class war is raging (and only the radical centre won't see it):

UK’s Labour would seize £300bn of company shares

FT analysis reveals potential scale of confiscation while landlords face ‘right to buy’ plan

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Nov 11, 2019

When they could not get rid of Lula or Evo Morales through the ballot box they used brute force to stop them from contesting elections. Then Bolsonaro types rose to power with an agenda of misanthropy & climate change enhancement. DiEM25 stands in solidarity with Lula and Evo.

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Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו

Dec 28, 2022

Israel's semi-permanent PM just proclaimed Israel's right ethnically to cleanse all the Palestinian occupied territories & subject them to the spirit & letter of Apartheid. Our message to him: We shall not allow you to legitimise Apartheid in Palestine. Not now. Not ever!

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@netanyahu

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אלה קווי היסוד של הממשלה הלאומית בראשותי: לעם היהודי זכות בלעדית ובלתי ניתנת לערעור על כל מרחבי ארץ ישראל. הממשלה תקדם ותפתח את ההתיישבות בכל חלקי ארץ ישראל - בגליל, בנגב, בגולן, ביהודה ובשומרון.

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Where is the international condemnation of this new war crime? The deafening silence augurs ill for international law and every people's right to self-determination everywhere

Israel attacks Jenin in biggest West Bank incursion in 20 years

At least eight Palestinians killed and dozens injured as major Israeli offensive targets city of Jenin

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Just heard the news that the judge ruled against Julian Assange's extradition to the US. The US government will, of course, appeal. So, though Julian is not safe, yet, a ray of hope seems to have pierced a long, dark shadow over human decency and press freedom.

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Jul 2, 2018

Congratulations to Mexico's brand new hope. Amlo's victory proves that there comes a time the mafia-like establishment loses its grip and hope takes root. It is now up to the progressives in Mexico and beyond to seize the day and ensure that the people's verdict is honoured

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Aug 21

Watched Barbie last night. Went in fearing that I might be won over. Misplaced fear. Found it excruciatingly awful. Shame on progressive-feminist critics who gave it good reviews. A triumph of corporate propaganda over cinematic values/art. Miss it if you can!

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Hideous war after hideous war, the pattern remains the same...

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Oct 25, 2019

The sad, but also hopeful truth, is that Corbyn's opponents in the Labour Party dread an election not because they fear Jeremy will lose it but because they fear he may win it! Moreover, they know that only a Corbyn victory can push a hard Brexit off the proverbial table.

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Feb 26, 2021

Not a good day for US progressives: The $15 minimum wage was killed off, more or less. East Syria was bombed by the President they helped elect. And Trumpism re-affirmed its potency. [The fact that all this was predictable does not make it more palatable]

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Dec 13, 2019

Sterling up on the news that the economy is about to suffer as Brexit cuts through supply lines and wrecks services. 'Investors' happier with the shrinking of the overall pie than the prospect of a Labour gvt that shifts some of their gains to the many. Class war rules OK

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Aug 6, 2021

While Greece is burning, and friends are dying, I cannot repress a question: Where the hell is the EU? Do they only know how to intervene (eg shutting our banks) to save the bankers & their austerity program? Never to save common people? Brussels, you sicken me!

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Dec 31, 2019

May 2020 give us all strength to continue to rage against the dying of the light. In every continent. In every country. In every community. In the no man's lands where refugees struggle to exist. Within every soul. Hasta la victoria siempre!

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Feb 24, 2020

Yesterday I visited him in prison. He is in a dark place. Under circumstances inconsistent with a liberal state's treatment of human beings. But I also met a man who confirms daily Kant's, Ghandi's, Mandela's point: they can chain a man, break his body but never imprison his mind

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Apr 7, 2022

Our Parliament did not invite a Nazi. It invited the President of Ukraine. It was the President of Ukraine who brought along the Nazi. And, yes, it was our Parliament's Speaker who, by failing to intervene, failed to defend our Parliament.

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Apr 7, 2022

Replying to @yanisvaroufakis

Can we condemn the Greek Parliament for normalising nazism too then?

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Jeremy Corbyn calls for civil service inquiry after health claims

Jun 30, 2019

The anti Corbyn brigades have just proven that no depths of toxic bile are too deep for them to plunge into. A Corbyn-led Labour government has never been more necessary as a bulwark against industrial strength misanthropy

bbc.com

The Labour leader says the civil service must be "non-political" after a newspaper reported some officials had questioned his health.

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Nov 8, 2020

Biden has won. And thank goodness for that. BUT, it is the Biden Democrats who have proven time & again their determination to prevent ANY challenge to the power & wealth of the few causing the discontent that is propelling Trumpism.

Hoping for a return to normal after Trump? That's the last thing we need | Yanis Varoufakis

The discontent that swept Trump to power in 2016 has not gone away. To pretend like it has will only invite future disaster

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May 9, 2021

76 years ago, today, the Red Army entered the centre of Berlin, eradicating on behalf of humanity the Nazi regime's kernel . We shall not forget. And we shall not underestimate the capacity of the serpent egg to hatch in a world of widespread hopelessness.

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Apr 9, 2020

The Bank of England just announced it will finance the gvt directly. Meanwhile in the eurozone the tragi-comedy of errors, also known as the Eurogroup, will reconvene tonight to proclaim that the crisis is SO urgent that it will do NOTHING of macroeconomic significance.

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Governments (like Macron's) setting retirement age according to average life expectancy are indulging in class war. In 1930, the richest could expect to live 5 yrs longer than the poorest. Today it is at least 13 yrs longer. Using averages in a class society is class war.

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Does it matter what you think of him? Have we not fought, as humanists, for centuries against the right of state authorities to make those who embarrass them disappear? If you let people you dislike disappear into a black hole, who will come to your aid when it is your turn?

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Apr 6, 2019

Assange is a horror show. Not in the slightest bit sorry for him. twitter.com/yanisvaroufaki…

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May 1, 2019

Anti-Corbyn plotters are getting desperate. To perpetuate their antisemitism slander they are lambasting Jeremy for writing, in a blurb to JA Hobson's Imperialism's new edition, that it was both “brilliant” and “very controversial at the time''. They need to try much, much harder

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Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92

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Do you want to honour the memory of the magnificent Daniel Ellsberg, as we all should? Campaign to release Julian Assange! This is what Daniel would want from us

nytimes.com

Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.

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Today I was vaccinated for Covid-19 to demonstrate that the vaccine is both a rational personal choice & also a public good. However, no miracle vaccine must be allowed to reduce the pressure on gvts to strengthen our decimated public health systems. Privatised health is lethal!

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Putin has outdone himself: He dared compare Prigozhin to Lenin, making the absurd comparison of Wagner's mutiny to the Bolsheviks' principled stance against the inhuman WW1. A reminder to leftists who erred into tolerating Putin: He always hated the Left!

‘Those behind the mutiny will pay’: Vladimir Putin’s statement in full

Here is the text of the Russian president’s emergency address as Wagner chief leads armed rebellion

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Humour, satire & self deprecation are great solvents of blind nationalism. We politicians need you badly.

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Feb 24, 2020

The court case for Julian Assange's extradition begins today. For hours lawyers acting for the US gvt will do their best to keep our eye off what matters: that he is persecuted for revealing war crimes that embarrassed the war criminals who are now orchestrating his slow murder

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Jul 30, 2019

Best news of today for Jeremy and Labour. Let us not keep you AC

Jeremy Corbyn, I no longer want to be a member of your Labour party | Alastair Campbell

Your losing mentality and lack of Brexit leadership mean I won’t return, says Alastair Campbell, former communications director for Tony Blair

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The UK needs an economic and constitutional revolution

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Παρεμπιπτόντως: Δεν ήταν αναρχικοί, αριστεριστές, κομμουνιστές ή νέοι μέλη κανενός κινήματος. Μπράβοι της Νύχτας ήταν (και φαινόντουσαν) οι οποίοι επικαλέστηκαν άτσαλα το ψέμα ότι ψήφισα Μνημόνιο. Δεν θα αφήσουμε το παρακράτος και τον υπόκοσμο να μας διχάσει. Συνεχίζουμε! 2/2

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Who should deliver the sorely needed Speech of Hope for Britain? There is only one British politician who can do so credibly today: Jeremy Corbyn.

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A Speech of Hope must set out a vision for an open Britain that is a beacon of hope in Europe and beyond.

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Mar 3, 2021

I have tried and tried to see what the real charge against Nicola Sturgeon is. But, for the life of me, I am failing to see anything beyond minor issues regarding who said what to whom in highly inconsequential meetings. Where? In a UK led by BJ???

Sturgeon to give evidence to Holyrood on Salmond inquiry amid calls to resign

First minister under pressure to answer multiple allegations that she misled parliament

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Apr 4, 2019

Contrary to the cynicism of Hard Leavers & Hard Remainers, Jeremy Corbyn's discussions with Theresa May are serious and important. The rift must be healed. Hysteric delusions must end. We need a solution that leaves everyone slightly dissatisfied but no one particularly incensed.

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Jul 5, 2015

"In 24h we COULD have an agreement", I said. But our toxic media rushed to report that I predicted an agreement within 24h. Go figure!

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Nov 14, 2021

Yes, China bullied Vietnam and had several bloody skirmishes wth India. But to call this imperialism is as laughable as calling Pakistan imperialist (viz repeated skirmishes with India). Especially when we come from the US or Europe, whose imperialism enslaved & murdered millions

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When a former Mossad chief says that Israel is imposing apartheid on Palestinians, the case has been made. End Apartheid now! For the sake of Jews and Arabs, Palestinians and Israelis, who deserve to live in dignity

Israel imposing apartheid on Palestinians, says former Mossad chief

Tamir Pardo comments, slammed by ruling Likud party, carry weight because of high regard for intelligence agency in Israel

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Still waiting for the condemnation of this gross violation of International Law from the 'civilised' West. Instead, the British gvt bans boycotts of states that violate International Law. Could there be a greater gift to the villains of world peace?

Thousands of Palestinians flee Jenin refugee camp after major Israeli raid

Deputy governor says about 3,000 have left, to be housed in schools and shelters, as Arab states condemn military operation

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Reports on my demise are greatly exaggerated. (And not for the first time, I might add.) Still here folks... twitter.com/MinIntLv/statu

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This May Day, this first day of May, may the forces of labour find the inspiration, the strength and the wisdom necessary to defeat the forces of capital that are destroying the planet, that are poisoning humanity, that are making freedom and shared prosperity impossible.

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I am equally anti-Putin, anti-Azov, anti-Wagner and anti-NATO. I am working toward a just Peace for the peoples of Ukraine, Russia, Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia. I am, in other words, a humanist internationalist. What are you?

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Replying to @yanisvaroufakis

Perhaps you should revisit this and actually become pro-Russia and (and therefore anti-NATO) in this conflict

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The High Court will deliver its decision on Monday morning at 10.45am on whether to permit Julian Assange to appeal his extradition to the UK Supreme Court. If it does not, it is down to Priti Patel. The time to put the pressure on to Stop Julian's Extradition is now

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Jul 1, 2021

The news from Canada is unambiguously hideous: Climate change is threatening humanity with extinction. Meanwhile, the various 'green transition' plans of the global oligarchy, whose real purpose is the greenwashing of the brownest investments, are impeding our common efforts.

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Corbyn faces major crisis amid threat of further Labour resignations

Feb 19, 2019

The resignation of Labour MPs at odds with Corbyn's Labour is excellent news both for Labour and for them. Those who still hanker for Blair's New Labour should have quit long ago allowing Labour to proceed on the path of its excellent 2017 Manifesto

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Deputy leader Tom Watson said others are considering leaving a party which he admitted he sometimes 'no longer recognises'

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Apr 26, 2015

FDR, 1936: "They are unanimous in their hate for me; and I welcome their hatred." A quotation close to my heart (& reality) these days

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Jan 13, 2019

100 years today they murdered Rosa Luxembourg. Her dictum that we face a dilemma, socialism or barbarism, is more pertinent than ever: Resistance to financialised capitalism or a permanent crisis of humanity and the planet #RosaLuxemburg

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Congress Has Removed a Ban on Funding Neo-Nazis From Its Year-End Spending Bill

Mar 3, 2022

Congress Has Removed a Ban on Funding Neo-Nazis From Its Year-End Spending Bill

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Under pressure from the Pentagon, Congress has stripped the spending bill of an amendment that prevented funds from falling into the hands of Ukrainian neo-fascist groups.

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When you ask Wall Street for a cool billion bucks to fund your election campaign, you have already lost the last iota of any smidgeon of the mere possibility of governing for the people

Joe Biden urges Wall Street donors to fill $1bn-plus campaign war chest

Backers say president will have an incumbent’s advantage in fundraising but see concerns about his age and popularity

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Trump is out, thank goodness. Eagerly awaiting evidence that I am wrong to see Biden as the representative of a ruling class that fuelled Trumpism - and is dead eager to continue to do so by doubling down on socialism for themselves and austerity for the rest.

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Yesterday should be a day that our universities' media schools should use as an example of the establishment's undiminished capacity to manufacture consent. Yesterday Greece entered 32 years of permanent harsh austerity while the world media celebrated the end of Greek austerity

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Brian Eno & Yanis Varoufakis: Restore Julian Assange's access to visitors and the outside world! -...

Mar 28, 2018

Statement by Brian Eno & Yanis Varoufakis: Restore Julian Assange’s access to visitors and the outside world. Now! yanisvaroufakis.eu/2018/03/28/bri #Yanis Varoufakis

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It is with great concern that we heard that Julian Assange has lost access to the internet and the right to receive visitors at the Ecuadorian London Embassy. Only extraordinary pressure from the US...

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Mar 31, 2020

Private health insurance is a scourge that must eradicated. Not ifs no buts

UK insurers tighten terms to explicitly exclude coronavirus

Industry moves to close remaining loopholes, with many contracts up for renewal on April 1

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When Julian took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, he explained he was fleeing from US extradition orders. Many mocked him. Today he is being held awaiting extradition to the US. Time for those doubting mockers to admit they were wrong - even if they loathe Julian.

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Mar 8, 2021

So predictable, so sad: Mario Draghi hired McKinsey to 'organise' Italy's distribution of Recovery Fund monies. What next? Get the Mafia to re-organise the Ministry of Justice?

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