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Yanis Varoufakis Dissects Trump’s Tariffs

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The former Greek Finance Minister in conversation with Novara Media’s Michael Walker    They spoke on April 8, 2025, when Donald Trump’s tariff’s had just collapsed the global stock markets and governments around the world were searching for a response.
Yanis Varoufakis is a university teacher, author in economics and technology, and engaged in European politics. Since 2018, he has been Secretary-General of DiEM25, that’s Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 a left-wing pan-European political party that he co-founded in 2016.
Varoufakis is being interviewed by Michael Walker, contributing editor at Novara Media. That’s an independent, non-profit media organization based in the United Kingdom.
Walker brings up questions not raised by many analysts in this extraordinary crisis in April 2025 – and Varoufakis answers are [ . . . ]

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How the demonstrations in Turkey and the US bombing of Yemen affect the fate of Gaza – and will Iran be next

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Mohammad Marandi from the University of Teheran gives a close-up portrait of the countries surrounding Israel/Palestine     Marandi was interviewed by Nima on the podcast channel Dialogue Works. They spoke on Monday, March 24, 2025.
The bombing of Yemen, that the U.S. Trump administration had launched, was continuing as they spoke. Analysts describe it as one of the largest bombing attacks on Yemen in years.
There also have been ongoing demonstrations in the streets of Istanbul, Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators show support for the city’s jailed mayor. He is seen as the main rival of President Erdogan in the upcoming elections.
Nima’s guest, Mohammad Marandi, is an Iranian-American academic and political analyst. He is currently a professor of English Literature and [ . . . ]

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How the demonstrations in Turkey and the US bombing of Yemen affect the fate of Gaza – and will Iran be next

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Mohammad Marandi from the University of Teheran gives a close-up portrait of the countries surrounding Israel/Palestine     Marandi was interviewed by Nima on the podcast channel Dialogue Works. They spoke on Monday, March 24, 2025.
The bombing of Yemen, that the U.S. Trump administration had launched, was continuing as they spoke. Analysts describe it as one of the largest bombing attacks on Yemen in years.
There also have been ongoing demonstrations in the streets of Istanbul, Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators show support for the city’s jailed mayor. He is seen as the main rival of President Erdogan in the upcoming elections.
Nima’s guest, Mohammad Marandi, is an Iranian-American academic and political analyst. He is currently a professor of English Literature and [ . . . ]

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Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill Hundreds, Francesca Albanese

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Reaction to the breach of the cease fire on March 18     Francesca Albanese is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. She was in London, England, when Israel broke the Cease Fire in Gaza on March 18, 2022, and killed more than 400 people in that first night.
She was being interviewed on Channel4News on the topic of genocide. And I’m presenting this half hour with minimal edits to show how many challenges an interviewer needs to build into the exchange in order to avoid the accusation of antisemitism. The interview is dated March 18 and, just a week later, had over a quarter million views.
This program has minimal edits to show how many challenges an interviewer needs [ . . . ]

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Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill Hundreds, Francesca Albanese

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Reaction to the breach of the cease fire on March 18     Francesca Albanese is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. She was in London, England, when Israel broke the Cease Fire in Gaza on March 18, 2022, and killed more than 400 people in that first night.
She was being interviewed on Channel4News on the topic of genocide. And I’m presenting this half hour with minimal edits to show how many challenges an interviewer needs to build into the exchange in order to avoid the accusation of antisemitism. The interview is dated March 18 and, just a week later, had over a quarter million views.
This program has minimal edits to show how many challenges an interviewer needs [ . . . ]

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Michael Parenti: Fascism, The False Revolution, Archive TWO

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How western capitalist states cooperated with Fascism as bulwark against communism    The overwhelming response from those who heard this program was disbelief – how can an analysis of Fascism made in 1995 be so relevant for 2025! This talk was recorded before a standing room audience of 1,200 in Berkeley, CA, on September 23, 1995.
Fascism, as Mussolini allegedly said, should be more properly called corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power.” And history, as told by Michael Parenti, shows that in all fascist societies, be it Italy, Germany, Japan, Spain, and into the present, corporate power increased. When the power of capital is untrammeled, Parenti says, all of us are at risk. The environment, the sacred [ . . . ]

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Michael Parenti: Fascism, The False Revolution, Archive TWO

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How western capitalist states cooperated with Fascism as bulwark against communism    The overwhelming response from those who heard this program was disbelief – how can an analysis of Fascism made in 1995 be so relevant for 2025! This talk was recorded before a standing room audience of 1,200 in Berkeley, CA, on September 23, 1995.
Fascism, as Mussolini allegedly said, should be more properly called corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power.” And history, as told by Michael Parenti, shows that in all fascist societies, be it Italy, Germany, Japan, Spain, and into the present, corporate power increased. When the power of capital is untrammeled, Parenti says, all of us are at risk. The environment, the sacred [ . . . ]

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The Assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, Michael Parenti – Archive

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A People’s History of Ancient Rome with Lessons for Today      Who was Julius Caesar, a dictator or a populist? And who really was Brutus, who murdered him on the Ides of March? A young hero or a participant in a deep seated conspiracy? This intriguing lecture by the noted author, speaker, activist and scholar Michael Parenti provides surprising new insights and parallels to today that are both shocking and amusing.
This rebroadcast is part of the very popular and ever expanding series on what Parenti called Real History, a different and intriguing reading of a surprisingly large number all too familiar stories.
Parenti spoke about his Pulitzer Price nominated book: The Assassination of Julius Caesar, a people’s history of ancient Rome. He [ . . . ]

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The Assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, Michael Parenti – Archive

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A People’s History of Ancient Rome with Lessons for Today      Who was Julius Caesar, a dictator or a populist? And who really was Brutus, who murdered him on the Ides of March? A young hero or a participant in a deep seated conspiracy? This intriguing lecture by the noted author, speaker, activist and scholar Michael Parenti provides surprising new insights and parallels to today that are both shocking and amusing.
This rebroadcast is part of the very popular and ever expanding series on what Parenti called Real History, a different and intriguing reading of a surprisingly large number all too familiar stories.
Parenti spoke about his Pulitzer Price nominated book: The Assassination of Julius Caesar, a people’s history of ancient Rome. He [ . . . ]

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Ambassador Chas Freeman Explains Why Trump and Zelensky Argued

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Freeman speaks from 30 years of experience in diplomacy for the U.S. in China, the Middle East, and Europe     Just one day after the world famous fight between Presidents Trump and Zelensky in the oval office on February 28, the podcaster Jyotishman Mudiar asked Ambassador Chas Freeman the following questions:
Why doesn’t Zelensky want a ceasefire? What is the reason for US-Russia normalization and why are there divisions within Europe regarding Russia and NATO. Will the US Deep State survive and are we watching a U.S. Coup d’Etat??
Ambassador Chas Freeman is a retired American diplomat and writer. He served in the U.S. Foreign Service, and the State and Defense Departments over the course of thirty years.
Most notably, he worked as the [ . . . ]

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Ambassador Chas Freeman Explains Why Trump and Zelensky Argued

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Freeman speaks from 30 years of experience in diplomacy for the U.S. in China, the Middle East, and Europe     Just one day after the world famous fight between Presidents Trump and Zelensky in the oval office on February 28, the podcaster Jyotishman Mudiar asked Ambassador Chas Freeman the following questions:
Why doesn’t Zelensky want a ceasefire? What is the reason for US-Russia normalization and why are there divisions within Europe regarding Russia and NATO. Will the US Deep State survive and are we watching a U.S. Coup d’Etat??
Ambassador Chas Freeman is a retired American diplomat and writer. He served in the U.S. Foreign Service, and the State and Defense Departments over the course of thirty years.
Most notably, he worked as the [ . . . ]

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Jeffrey Sachs’ Explosive Speech to the EU Parliament Shakes Europe

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On February 19, 2025, in the middle of an uproar over President Trump’s start of peace negotiations for Ukraine with Russia’s President Putin, Professor Jeffrey Sachs gave a 100 minute long information session to members of the European Parliament about the Geopolitics of Peace.
His candid and personal account made a deep impression. In only 24 minutes Prof. Sachs covered many important flashpoints in the region, among them:
The Nato expansion beginning in 1999 – with the US claiming the right to place missile systems into the new Nato members – including later Ukraine.
To the US decision, in September 2001, that it would launch seven wars in 5 years (according to General Wesley Clark) – beginning with Iraq – and only Iran [ . . . ]

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Jeffrey Sachs’ Explosive Speech to the EU Parliament Shakes Europe

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On February 19, 2025, in the middle of an uproar over President Trump’s start of peace negotiations for Ukraine with Russia’s President Putin, Professor Jeffrey Sachs gave a 100 minute long information session to members of the European Parliament about the Geopolitics of Peace.
His candid and personal account made a deep impression. In only 24 minutes Prof. Sachs covered many important flashpoints in the region, among them:
The Nato expansion beginning in 1999 – with the US claiming the right to place missile systems into the new Nato members – including later Ukraine.
To the US decision, in September 2001, that it would launch seven wars in 5 years (according to General Wesley Clark) – beginning with Iraq – and only Iran [ . . . ]

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Picks And Shovels by Cory Doctorow, with Yanis Varoufakis

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On the most powerful tool for crime ever invented: The personal computer      David Moscrop invited Cory Doctorow and Yanis Varoufakis to a conversation. They discuss how the concentration of wealth and power and surveillance is made possible by the internet where someone like Elon Musk uses digital power to determine the outcome of an election, and then proceeds to dismantle democratic institutions.
Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, science fiction author and activist. Doctorow had just announced that his most recent book: Picks And Shovels was going into distribution. Picks & Shovels is the origin story of the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer.
Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, former Finance Minister of Greece and author [ . . . ]

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Picks And Shovels by Cory Doctorow, with Yanis Varoufakis

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On the most powerful tool for crime ever invented: The personal computer      David Moscrop invited Cory Doctorow and Yanis Varoufakis to a conversation. They discuss how the concentration of wealth and power and surveillance is made possible by the internet where someone like Elon Musk uses digital power to determine the outcome of an election, and then proceeds to dismantle democratic institutions.
Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, science fiction author and activist. Doctorow had just announced that his most recent book: Picks And Shovels was going into distribution. Picks & Shovels is the origin story of the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer.
Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, former Finance Minister of Greece and author [ . . . ]

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