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16. July 2026

Prof. Mearsheimer: The Defeat of the United States

In this video, political scientist John Mearsheimer and economist Yanis Varoufakis explain how the United States has lost one war after another while preserving its global power—and why the Iran war may have crossed a decisive threshold. What happens when military superiority is no longer enough to maintain alliances and project power across the Persian […]


7. June 2026

Varoufakis & Wolff: The End of the U.S. Dollar?

In this video, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Richard D. Wolff, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, discuss a central question: Are we witnessing the beginning of a new crisis of the U.S. dollar? Starting from the Petrodollar system, the Iran conflict, and growing uncertainty in financial markets, Varoufakis […]


22. November 2016

Varoufakis: Trump victory comes with a silver lining for the world’s progressives

With permission from Yanis Vaourfakis, acTVism Munich translated this article into German. For the English article, visit the original source on yanisvaroufakis.eu.


19. May 2016

Varoufakis: “Clinton ruled herself out of progressive politics when she backed the war in Iraq”

In this video produced by Business Insider, the former finance minister of Greece and the founder of DiEM25 (Democracy in Europe Movement 2025), Yanis Varoufakis, provides his take on Hillary Clinton’s politics. Varoufakis ellaborates on the reasons why he thinks the presidential candidate does not qualify as a representative of the left & progressive politics.