Video

“A mixture of stupidity and nastiness… The liberal establishment is primarily responsible for the genocide of the Palestinians.” In this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC, Yanis Varoufakis unleashes a fierce critique of Western liberalism, and tells us why he feels that the global system is in crisis. This episode explores the facade of Western moral superiority, the […]

The post How Europe’s sheer stupidity combined with its ethical downfall to underwrite Israel’s genocide of Palestinians – Middle East Eye appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

The current “Pax Bukele,” a state of emergency in which constitutional rights have been invalidated, was only made possible by a secret deal between President Nayyib Bukele and some of the country’s most violent gangs, which actively assisted Bukele’s rise. The Grayzone spoke with veteran Salvadorean journalist Walter Raudales about the stunning revelations of Bukele’s covert arrangement with the cartels, and interviewed human rights lawyer Alejandro Diaz about the corruption and cruelty underlying Bukele’s notorious CECOT mega-prison project.

The post VIDEO: Bukele’s secret deal with the devil exposed first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post VIDEO: Bukele’s secret deal with the devil exposed appeared first on The Grayzone.

Journalist Jeremy Loffredo travels to Puerto Rico to investigate how a new wave of U.S. crypto billionaires and wealthy transplants are reshaping the island. Drawn by tax breaks and lax regulations, these elites are buying up land, displacing locals, and transforming the entire Latin American country. Through on-the-ground reporting Loffredo unpacks how this economic invasion is eroding the island’s sovereignty under the guise of “investment,” echoing earlier eras of U.S. dominance—most notably the island’s long history of American military presence.

The post VIDEO: How the rich are remaking Puerto Rico first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post VIDEO: How the rich are remaking Puerto Rico appeared first on The Grayzone.

Max Blumenthal meets Professor Mohammed Marandi in Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra war martyr’s cemetery and visits the graves of friends Marandi lost during Iran’s eight year-long war with Iraq. Marandi explains what he thinks Iran is fighting for, why he believes the US is ultimately responsible for filling up the cemetery, and addresses his country’s situation as it is faced with the threat of a new war. Video produced by Ahmad Saadaldin.

The post VIDEO: A walk through Tehran’s war martyrs cemetery with Prof. Marandi first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post VIDEO: A walk through Tehran’s war martyrs cemetery with Prof. Marandi appeared first on The Grayzone.

Max Blumenthal tours Iran’s aerospace park and gets an inside look at the country’s missile, drone, air defense and space program, and what its development means for US-Iranian negotiations.

The post VIDEO: Iran’s missile program – Max Blumenthal tours Tehran’s aerospace park first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post VIDEO: Iran’s missile program – Max Blumenthal tours Tehran’s aerospace park appeared first on The Grayzone.

The hitherto US-centric economic model has exhausted itself, and Trump’s government is pushing to restructure the international economic architecture to maintain US hegemony. China is the main rival in this new reality, while the Europeans are becoming an impoverished appendage to the US. The Europeans could chart a more favourable path forward, except that they […]

The post Our New Economic World Order & Europe’s Suicide: In discussion with Glenn Diesen appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers interviews renowned economist and former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Eurointelligence founder Wolfgang Münchau as they dissect the escalating trade war between Europe and the United States. With the US recently striking a so-called trade deal with the UK, and news of India signing a comprehensive agreement with the UK, tensions […]

The post UNHERD’s Freddie Sayers interviews Y. Varoufakis & W. Munchau on Europe’s prospects in the era of Trump appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

Eighty years ago today, the monstrous machinery of the Third Reich was finally ground to dust. The swastika was torn from the Reichstag, the death camps liberated, and Europe—bloodied, traumatised, but unbowed—emerged from history’s darkest night. It was not merely a military victory; it was the triumph of solidarity over fascism, of internationalism over racial […]

The post Some thoughts on the 80th Anniversary of Victory over Fascism appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

The post What’s behind Trump’s tariff policy? Will it work? On BREAKING POINTS appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

In this interview with Oli Dugmore, for Politics JOE, I had a chance to lay out – in around 30 minutes – the political economics and economic history behind Donald Trump’s tariff war. As I said to Oli, those of us who oppose Trump have a duty to understand what his team are up to […]

The post On the political economics and the history behind Donald Trump’s tariff war – Politics JOE appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.