We Are In A New Cold War | Downstream IRL with Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis is an economist and author who served as Greek Finance Minister in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crash. Since then, he has become one of the most sought after public speakers on the left.
He joined Aaron for a IRL edition of Downstream at EartH in Hackney, North-East London to talk about China, Gaza and the new cold war being waged in 'the cloud'
Set decoration was provided by After Noah - / afternoahhome
Filmed at EartH Hackney - instagram.com/earthackney...
Yanis was in London to promote the new documentary series, 'In The Eye Of The Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis' which can be watched here: www.eyeofthestorm.info
00:00 Intro
03:03 2023 for Yanis
05:36 Israel & Palestine
13:45 The Problem With Liberals
24:45 Is The US a Dying Empire?
35:49 China, Russia & Iran
43:51 The New Cold War
55:45 Nordsteam & Germany
1:04:04 Novara Germany Wouldn’t Be Possible
1:06:23 Banning Fascists Doesn’t Work
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As an American, I appreciate your rational perspective. Keep sounding the alarm. Our mainstream media have only one perspective that’s completely skewed in favor of Israel.
Me too
and i appreciate the two dimensional views/screens that provide opportunities to gain information and perspective
you certainly mean Claudine Gay, Judith Butler and all these soooo pro israel people
yeah keep going even if this show will be cancel by you tube, hope it will not..🙏🙏
With all respect, the western media, Politicians, TVs, BBC, CNN, etc, etc have taken their own population, their own audience, and their own readers for a BIG FOOLS, feeding them absolute garbage of the day. We all need to turn their words by 180 Degrees then we may get near truth. Shame on their democracy, Human Right, UN, Amnesty International, freedom, etc, etc
England practiced genocide with the Highland Clearance 1700-1820, In Scotland.
Cool story. Know any about the Ottomans? Here's a fun thought experiment, what religion is responsible for killing by far the most muslims?
... and the genocide in Ireland.
And the Muslims slaughtered 2 million Christian Armenians in the 1900s. What’s your point?
Also getting rid of all ' juice ' in England 700 years ago .
Without forgetting 4 million Indians as well, pretty much genocide too, it's common in British history
“If a lie is only printed often enough, it becomes a quasi-truth, and if such a truth is repeated often enough, it becomes an article of belief, a dogma, and men will die for it.”
I have a great appreciation for this man since I got to know him on social media. We may not agree with him on all matters, but the man in my view is the man of the explicit position. Free Palestine. Greetings from Morocco.
Indeed ! Greetings from Meknes!
Varoufakis is absolutely right about the Germans. His take on the US and it’s grip on the global payment system is very enlightening. I knew about it, but hadn’t joined the dots. Great talk! Thanks.
He's talking about something that has some truth & making huge leaps unfortunately. I agree with most of Yanis' positions. But his reasoning of why there is "a new cold war" has HUGE holes & conveniently frames things/cherry picks to make his argument work. Just bc China always wanted Taiwan, isnt some definitive predictor of the future, China didnt say by X date our military must be ready to take Taiwan, as they do now. China didnt have the capacity to do so. And just bc your not selling something to a country, doesnt make it "economic warfare". US wont sell nukes to Germany, is that warfare? All countries have economic interests. High end microchips & the machines that make sub 10nm microchips are sensitive technology, which can and are used for military weapons... and btw, ONLY the Netherlands produces these machines, is Netherlands waging war on the US? China is well known for stealing & reverse engineering technology. He also ignores that EVEN BEFORE TRUMP China started being aggressive & doing illegal things. Such as declaring the ENTIRE Red Sea its territory, building islands in international waters for military bases, & attacking other states shipping like the Phillipines & Vietnam. Ignoring stuff like that makes his commentary on that topic less authoritative.
Cheers! m@@jdogdarkness
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@@jdogdarkness brilliant take....final argument is simply astonishing..."US wont sell nukes to Gerrmany""....Are you from US and A or at least decent "WASP."....
@@jdogdarkness What's your point here? That the US is in no way behaving with hostility towards China? That conclusion seems quite obviously flawed.
Thank you Yanis for continuing to be a voice for humanity 🕊️
…from USA.
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I learned so much that I didn’t know
What a liar….if that’s the case then Arabs are all the blame for Russia and West Papua…22 Arab countries supported Russia….youll never heard Muslims speak on this
Aaron Bastani is truly a great inteviewer, often just as apt on the topic as the guest
He asked excellent questions.
Wow
Love listening to Yanis, he is not a coward and says things for what they are! Much respect !
As a German citizen, I sadly agree with him. We're in a sorry state and all of our politicians are indeed cowards.
Haha there is no cure for our european sadness but thats ok let us be sad.
Good word Cowardice Very important movement in America today The gutless I call them ….. Dangerous when It comes to Mobocracy
Govt of Germany supports isrhells genocide in gaza. It will be recorded in worlds history! Shame Shame Shame!
Guys like Yanis Varoufakis are in short supply. We need more like him.
* and women
Why isn't the average citizen as aware as he is?
@@peaceforall1996 Where are the few of them even?
@@ariaslamb7789 ... because US\European mass media keeps spouting the same old "We're right and the rest of the world is wrong." That fools the average citizen.
Because of the US capitalism, global trade routes protections, democracy and technological innovation.. the worlds poverty levels are at all-time lows Islam has done very little positive things for the rest of the world but they’ve done a lot of bad things You can’t just look at the US and pick the negatives
No one else can explain complicated economic ecosystems as well as this person. He gives only the information a layman needs to understand the dynamics . I suppose its a skill aquired as a professor. But iI very much appreciate it.
I'm from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 .. and I love Yanis for proclaiming TRUTH.. I wish we have more LEADERS like him in the WORLD.. and thank you Novara Media for the interview.. ❤
Yanis Varofacus is brilliant I have been following him since 2008 , He is a gift to the world!
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I voted for brexit after listening to about @ dozen of this videos. Which he showed clearly that the eu was totally undemocratic.
The sad path for me is 49:15 till 54:05
can you identify the commentator? Thank you!
@@johnvodopia6659 His name is Aaron Bastani a British writer, co founder and contributing editor of Novara media
I agree 1000% with the opening note of Yanis about Novara Media, “Thank you for existing.” You guys are the ones making some sense in a world that increasingly doesn’t make sense any more.
Well almost. There are definitely elements of their analysis that is shallow and underdeveloped.
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@@Nadia-mk2xi Interesting, which bits?
it's a chatshow on camera not a seminar discussion in a uni department...@@Nadia-mk2xi
@@nottrobin What a liar….if that’s the case then Arabs are all the blame for Russia and West Papua…22 Arab countries supported Russia….youll never heard Muslims speak on this
Putin won that long war in Chechnya. This war had been going on since czarist times,; Lev Tolstoy fought in it as a young soldier. Many Russian and Chechen young men had been sacrificed to feed the egos Of old men on both sides. Putin put an end to this long running carnage. Then he rebuilt the Caucasus, respected the moslem leaders, listening to their needs. Now there is not only peace but genuine respect between Chechens. and Russians
And happily he is now busy respecting the Ukrainians, putting an end to the war there, and rebuilding genuine respect between Russia and the nations on its western frontiers. What a glorious leader and pacifist he is.
Great interview!! 👏👏👏👏Thank you Aaron for making this platform. We all have a responsibility to stand up and speak out.
ok, were is your action?
@@Berlinrevue if we do live in true democracies the only action we need to take is vote for the best parties. If we don't live in true democracies we should arm ourselves. So do we live in true democracies and are you voting for the best parties or are you arming yourself or do you only expect of others to do the right thing?
He's a master at drawing out the big picture shining a light on all the consequences and is such an engaging communicator. Much appreciated Novara & Yanis 👍
And a master of selling bs at the same time.
@@janosik4984Gonna need an example from you, buddy.
master double speak like Hareets.
@@janosik4984and your contribution to the world?
truth. sadly he said "star of david" and not "star of david between two lines" (the river and the sea...)
Always like when Yanis on screen!!!! Thank you Novara!
I learned so much that I didn’t know
Possibly one of the greatest thinkers of the 21st Century
Mr. Yanis is a man with integrity and stands for the truth. He can explain world unfair practices of the West so clearly. From Singapore.
America is to blame!!!
The 🇬🇧 too.
Russia is to blame
San Marino is to blame!
Natzis always say that. 😂
Nah, ONLY THE JEWS.
Yanis Varoufakis is a voice of sanity in these dreadful times. The partiality of memory among Western Governments is positively Orwellian. I am old enough to recall the Napalming of Vietnamese children and the carpet bombing of Laos and Cambodia. The double speak is endless.
Still he speaks such an awful matter about Putin
I'm glad we're old as what is coming due to these elitist govts is going to be painful for the average people in an America headed over the cliff.
Please, don't forget all the dictatorship implanted in Latin America architected and supported by the USA that cost millions of lives, economic stagnation, change of the schools' curriculums in favor of the USA politics and English language, and more than 3 decades to re-democratization of the Central and South America.
Yanis should be president of the planet. What a beautiful mind and heart.
As a black South African I have to say Yanis is the man
This man is a man with integrity, knowledge and self criticism. Yanis, thank you for being a man of honesty especially in these difficult times! And novara media is a rising star as it should be! Keep up the great work!
TY Novara - Yes, we also enjoying listen to Yanis every time - a very normal and human-thinking person, which we do not have in our country! Greetings from Vienna.
Chills running down my spine for this great and unique human, Yanis forever.👑
Dear Novara, Can you get Yanis to talk about whst is happening in Turkey. I would love to hear his anslysis of the political and the economic state of the country.
Thank god for Novara media 😊 x
Varoufakis always adds clarity - looking forward to this - Novara seems to be getting great speakers recently
CLARITY?! LMAO.
He is just making stuff up but just because he is saying it with a lot of confidence people think its true.
@@davidshapiro292the truth can be uncomfortable
@@patrickemmett6269 delusional
What's he making up? You don't think saddam hussein was backed by US and UK, that the US benefits from the dollar being the reserve currency, that Palestinians were kicked off their land in 1948? @@davidshapiro292
By following Yanis just for one year now i learned more than i have in my 50 years of my adult life
Well done Novara media for getting on Yanis Varoufakis; and what a headline; I applaud your effort to (rightly) discredit yourselves in this way.
This man is so brilliant and such a decent human being. I learn every time I listen to what he has to say. I’m thankful he’s alive, on the planet and doing what he does.
Jozef Borrel is a decent human
Absolutely 💯
Yes but he doesn't understand that Jews themselves also had a hand in anti-semitism of the Pogroms etc.. in many Slavic lands the aristocracy left their liquor distilleries and other functions in the hands of the Jews. When grain was prioritized for liquor vs bread in times of famine or when Slavic peasants found themselves in overwhelming debt to the Jews they often resorted to Pogroms. It isn't a simple story of just one kind of bad guy, the European.. You have an uncaring out of touch aristocracy, you have a group that took advantage of their capabilities at administration or their lack of proscription against usury that Christians faced and exploited others for gain and you have the vice filled Slavic peasants that drowned their troubles with alcohol instead of organizing and helping each other. Don't blame European Christians for all of the problems. It's multifactorial including some blame going to a class of Jews as well.Even among Jews the leaders of Kehilla oppressed the average Jew.
I agree 200 percent.
BTW please please free Assange
holler it & never forget him! Thank you!
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After he stands trial
@@carlodefalco7930 In a Kangaroo court in the US.
Thank you Yanis Varoufakis for a very frank, interesting and informative discussion. I love it.
In this empty period of our history Yanis Varoufakis IS A GIANT...I enjoy allhis speech
I’m a big fan of Novara media and Yanis here from Brazil
Cant help people like yourself.
I am a big fan of Lula here in the US
another Brazilian comrade here!
Big fan here SHEFFIELD, UK
I'm not sure Yanis has all the answers, but if he has half the answers, that's ten times better than Sunak or Starmer. Above all, Yanis has morals and principles in addition to intellect and economic competency. With the death of the real Labour party, I think Yanis can offer the UK a true alternative political party. I say Yanis for Prime Minister or the UK.
Is that why Greece went bankrupt ? and now he's the expert ?
Basing his conclusion on misinformation leads to wrong conclusions.
@@Joeyknows924 well asked, that´s what i was wondering all the time too.
Yanis makes many good critiques, but his solutions and policies would turn the UK into Venezuela.
@@Joeyknows924 Greece was already bankrupt, but Yanis (SYRIZA & Tsipras) made it much more bankrupt.
This man is truly a Greek and very knowledgable about world events
This man make me feel proud again to be Greek after 2000years!
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No need to be conflicted about Iran Yanis. Nobody wants to live under a theocracy or a dictatorship but true change can only come from within organically, if imposed by a superpower to serve their interests it will backfire.
What if you live inside the superpower? Do you have any ideas?
@@susanmercurio1060 if you live in the West, be grateful. I understand how frustrating it can be to see how the political class is so disconnected from the people and how the system is rigged but at least you have a minimum of human rights, a passport that allows you to travel the world, the right to protest and speak truth to power and a vote. I live in Egypt and we are not only oppressed from the wider imperialist structure but also stripped of any right and dignity from our dictatorship. Gaza is a border away and we can't even protest. Our lives just don't matter.
@@mouwafakchourbagui8296saw footage of a protest starting up near the border. Was it stopped?
@@mouwafakchourbagui8296 it took two world wars for their people to achieve those freedoms you refer to. But at this times of age the same system that caused those war's are getting more smater with their crimes & control of power with wealth . A good healthy nation's is not what they are looking for. Don't wish on lies because it won't last.
@@mouwafakchourbagui8296I am sorry to hear this - same in Turkey where my parents are from . I don’t know if it’s the same situation but erdogan jails journalists that speak against him . I guess we are lucky in Australia/ western world - we can make noise and protest at least.
Remember, the EU is very compatible with the far right.
Ha, the success of the nascent european caliphate suggests you are wrong.
Satire, obviously.
@@mr2981You think groups like Al-Qaeda are liberals? Lol Al-Qaeda and pals are far-rightwing.
@@lmbas8501 Meloni, Orban, the Poland guys... The EU is a machine of perpetual austerity that empowers the far right while it adopts far right border policies
@@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc They are far-right in that they are authoritarian. However, their policies are far-left. The leaders you mention are on the right but that doesn’t mean the EU is.
Yanis Varoufakis is an absolute genius and perfectly eligible to become the Prime minister of Greece ..
Best talk with Yanis I’ve seen here.
This man integrity is amazing.
Read his books. The material can be tough, but it just means I have to google and read more sources, which in turn makes me more informed.
@@oh_acesagreed that it’s much more rewarding to read challenging material, you will learn a lot.
The tragedy is that it is amazing.
What integrity???
@@susanathompson1458 The same one you lack. And here’s the proof: you will never cite concrete examples of his alleged, mysterious flaws
The best overview of global politics you'll get in an hour, banger of an interview
Absolute banger, fire on the track. Nonstop bars and lyricism
One of the few I listen to unconditionally, yes a chosen brother Yanis.
amen, or maybe a chosen sister or transwoman.....
Yanis , as a Australian I find your statement that there was - 5 and half million Aboriginal living in Australia when the British arrived preposterous! There were actually between 300,000 to 950,000 Aboriginal people living in Australia when the British arrived in 1788
Precisely...statements such as these were utterly fraudulent yet waved through by the fawning host and audience.
That’s why I’m always careful whenever he is throwing around numbers 🤷♀️ There’s a lot of sources to check and verify his content out there!
Love this guy, gives me hope that we are all not going insane
We're not have faith . Come the revolution..... yeah?
I learned so much that I didn’t know
He is able to tell you many a lie and you are able to believe them all. Because the same backdrop to his preaching and your receiving has been built for almost a hundred years. The blind are leading the blind. And together they fall into the same ditch.
@@pellaxestorba4836 Prove they’re lies.
@@corpsefoot758 I've seen some of his comments in other threads and you're not missing much if he doesn't reply. Word salad and fascist edge.
Varoufakis is great speaker - he's absolutely correct, nobody should be banned or censorsed regardless of their views they jus need to be challenged.
He the most honest person in the world i thank him for his bravery and for his humanism I wish his success in political life with the same brilliant and powerful idealogy
Love Novara Media. Thanks for doing what's right. Grateful for Yanis's abundant integrity. You're the best!
much Love & Respect to Yanis. SILENCE = Complicitiy, STAND UP, SPEAK UP so that when your children, your friends, your conscience ask WHAT did YOU do when a Genocide was happening, they, your Heart and Soul will know YOU Stood for Justice, YOU were on the Right side of History... Free Palestine !!!
Warmth, empathy and humanity. The fact there are people in the world like these two gives us all hope.
he hasen´t got warm eyes, they are cold as ice; to me not a pleasure to look in
@@Berlinrevuebecause those cold eyes got a glimps of a cold war
He's so right about the atmosphere in Germany.
I admire Mr Varoufakis for expressing the facts that plague humanity so bluntly so accurately so passionately with heart and soul, he tells it like it is, he brings a sense of clarity 😊Thank you ❤
Always interesting to listen to Yanis.
EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! Yanis & Aaron the world is grateful. ❤
Not really... I find it kinda backwards... Scratching the surface doesn't cut it really
Give at least one moment where yanis had surface level analysis, then share your great ideas since youre so elightened
@@oiaeyu Basically during the whole interview he is using false binary horizontal vocabulary - "Liberals versus Left"/ "White versus black"/"Europeans versus Palestineans" - these are all artificially induced fake horizontal conflicts. The real war in vertical The 1% and their think tank minions and Fortune 1000 offshore owned corporations - against Free Humanity. "Man City versus Man United" is just a disruptive PSY OP fake horizontal "sports game". These are fabricated sideshows.
@@oiaeyu I just spent an hour answering you in an academic and documented manner - and both my comments were censored. Will post again tomorrow. Truth will prevail!
Thank you Novara media and many thanks to Yanis for the illuminating speech.
To Yanis, Meloni is no Thatcher, Meloni she folded the first day she met Ursula Crazy VDL. I expected more anti-EU from her! - It's allway a pleasrue listening to you, Yanis, you are so inspirational!
Novara going from strength to strength - vive la revolucion
So sad but Yes We do
viva la revelutionali ! .
Thank you Yanis, it's very informative and and entertaining. Thanks Novara too.
I love listening to this man
A debate between Mosab Hassan Yousef and Gianis Varoufakis would be something I'd watch
Fuckin masterclass, beacons of light in a dark dominated world. I received hope and give prayer.
Love this gentleman, he is amazing!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
He has a wife, calm down. 😂
World class Knowledge. Nothing but respect
By rather perverse logic of Mr. Varufakis, the guilt for Gaza ethnic cleansing goes to antient Egyptians actually, because as far as we know, Egyptians treated Jews so badly that they had to escape from Egypt to Izrael and then again escape to Europe and so on and on and on ... So for Gaza ethnic cleansing are responsible not Jews, not Europeans, but antient Egyptians actually. And Adam and Eve then. Very interesting.
Great and brilliant dicussion of current affair,unlike the corrupt western corporate entertainment legacy media.Thank you both.
Brilliant!! Yanis, you are simply wonderful! Thank you, Novara Media for your commitment to sensible and fearless journalism!
I respect speakers when they comment or make a statement ; they have all the facts to support what come out from his/her mouth. Thank you ! 🔥🔥🔥 👏👏👏 💪💪💪
I just love truth tellers!! Howdy from Texas! We are not giving up on this planets freedom!
Yanis possesses Incredible knowledge, understanding of history, and is a man of great integrity. We need people like him at the helms of the governments if we want world peace. Thank You Yanis for using so much energy in the service for of mankind.
Yanis is a great COMMUNICATOR, VERY INTELLIGENT , FACTUAL INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINING! Thank you to NORVANA!
protect this man at all cost!
Outstanding person and honest Host
Great chat with professor Yanis 👍
Omg he's brilliant! 😍 ❤❤❤ I just love the truth of things. thanku, Yanis Varoufakis ❤
Is the only European I love in my life. Since he became the Finance Minister of Greece he was very humble and speaks the truth during EU Finance Ministers meeting in Brussels. He travel by scooter and can be seen lecturing them . I really admire him 100%
Greece economy was very bad.ppl had no money & many Greeks left
What a fabulous talk. Thank you ❤
The mechanisms to which Nazism would be banned can easily be used to ban Communists, Socialists. To provide that mechanism, and to legitimise it, sets a stage where it can be used against anyone.
I'm a leftist and I'm proud to be European and a part of the western tradition of thought. I don't feel responsible for anything happening im Gaza nor will I accept being held accountable for it on the account of something that happened before I was even born. This narrative is disgusting, demoralizing and frankly inane.
it the jews blaming u
right you are.
Quite so. It's ridiculous and dangerous. If the West and all its values collapse, the result will be hell on earth.
Yes but the question is do you support what the tories and labour are doing now, blindly supporting and arming , funding israel. Also the wider activities of us and european countries bombing, invading and undermining countries in the middle east and africa. If you do then you have no right to complain about migrants coming to europe and uk.
Yanis is a blessing to any decent human being. I am serious. I mean this!
Yes Yanis, I am down in the dumps and the world is in a terrible place and seems to get worse with every passing nano second. Good to hear from you .
"Rules based international order" doesn't exist Aaron. I think we can clearly say that now.
yes we can.
“Rules based international order” exists only when the collective West especially the US see it fix.
Yanis it is a pleasure to listen to you.
I love how Yanis evokes the spirit of Tony Benn and touches on his part in the Corbyn's Labour Manifesto of 2017 and the impact it would have had on the UK if Corbyn would have won. You have to have a plan and it seems like Starmer has none. Missed opportunities.
Thank you Novara for amazing broadcast
I have ADD. I usually don’t like long videos because my mind is all over the place. But, I was able to focus for the length of this video. Bravo Novera Media. This was a fantastic interview
Very well organized, and well informed person, moving in the right direction. A great plesire to listen to him. Congratulations.
A joy to listen to such an interesting conversation.
Its give me hope to see honest people like yanis speak the truth 👍🇵🇸🇵🇸🤲
One of the greatest voices of our times.
How interesting that what he was saying about German opposition to free discussion was shown to be absolutely true after he himself was stopped from speaking there.
Γιάννη, ευχαριστώ πολύ που με καθησύχασες στη σκέψη μου. Χαιρετίσματα Αγος Νικόλαος, Πέτρος από Πολωνία 🇬🇷🇵🇱🇬🇷
Always 100% aligned with Varoufakis, it's as if he eas speaking my mind out!!
TY Aaron and Yanis what a wonderful talk. Hold U.S. politician feet to the fire. Us Comrades from the U.S. stand in Solidarity with Palestine. We will fight against both parties. I'm old AF I marched for Roe v Wade in 1972. In 73 marched against War in Vietnam. Also in 73 because I'm Trans stood in Solidarity with Sylvia Rivera for "Gay Liberation Now!" We will win perhaps not in my lifetime but maybe.
What a liar….if that’s the case then Arabs are all the blame for Russia and West Papua…22 Arab countries supported Russia….youll never heard Muslims speak on this
And Gay Liberation is going to win by supporting an Islamic jihad, is it?
The man Yunis is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !
OMG, this guy is fearless in saying the things (all true) that he say. Unfortunately, honesty is often not promoted nor accepted.
We need in the Eye of the Storm broadly available for free. We need the whole world to see it.