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Varoufakis details vision for ending ‘Global Empire of Capital’ to avert catastrophe – Pearls and Irritations

Yanis Varoufakis

Varoufakis says nothing new but repeats something necessary

Humanity faces a grim fate because the global ruling class refuses to depart from the capitalist status quo even as their quest to maximise profits intensifies the climate crisis and the prospects of a nuclear war. But with enough solidarity, progressives around the world can build an egalitarian, democratic, peaceful, and sustainable society.

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Varoufakis Details Vision for Ending ‘Global Empire of Capital’ to Avert Catastrophe

Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis speaks to the media after visiting Julian Assange at Belmarsh prison in London on February 23, 2020.

Creating a new international economic order “sounds like an impossible dream,” said the former Greek finance minister, but “not more impossible than the principle of one person, one vote, or of the end of the divine right of kings once sounded.”

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