Owen Jones Meets Yanis Varoufakis: Where Does The Left Go Next?

How should we explain the 2019 Conservative landslide? Is factional struggle inherent to the Labour Party? How should European progressives tackle the economic crisis caused by COVID-19? Recorded on the evening that Joe Biden was formally declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election, Owen Jones and Yanis Varoufakis tackle some of the biggest issues facing the Left in 2021.
Owen Jones is the author of the bestsellers Chavs and The Establishment: and How They Get Away With It. He is also a columnist for the Guardian and a frequent broadcaster. Yanis Varoufakis is the author of the bestselling Talking to My Daughter: A Brief History of Capitalism, is co-founder of the international grassroots movement, DiEM25, and in 2019 won election as one of its representatives in the Greek Parliament. He is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Athens.
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[@antimattv]

I joined DiEM25 a couple of days ago. Looking forward to casting votes the next time around. *thumbs up* Doesn't matter that I'm in Canada by the way. All can join!

[@chrisbailey2098]

Also Jeremy Corbyn has stood by his standards rather than a kid changing his mind to sell books

[@FazRasheedify]

Subscribed to the channel and will be regularly tuning in. I've lived/worked in West Africa for 15 years. I really want to hear an analysis of politics/capitalism/neo colonialism in Africa. How do we connect current progressive leftist analysis to Africa? I would like to hear intellectuals /progressives from Africa.

[@nickfiggis6396]

Love Owen and Yanis. Both deep thinkers and committed to the fight for justice truth and a decent society based on solidarity.

[@ashleyKennedy5]

Jones doesn't think much. Jones supported fuhrer starmer in the face of all evidence that fuhrer starmer was a right wing failure. Jones shout out that "Corbyn upset Jews" was in of of itself anti semitic and stupid. Which "British Jews" did Corbyn piss off? Right wing will never vote Labour tory supporting British board of deputy Jews. Jewish labour party members supported Corbyn. Jones was part of the anti socialist leader attacking Corbyn in the guardian. The guardian was the most virulently anti Corbyn publications in Britain according to studies of MSM.

[@josephinestabel9647]

Yanis Varoufakis is like a New Greek God. Strong Men, high IQ and EQ. Very Honest. 👈 🌍. ⚖️

[@m1863m]

This is just lifted content

[@christinemarshall6606]

Fantastic discussion analysing the difficulties the left face. Owen is so articulate and Yanis is too (and sexy with it!). Thank you. Will buy the book.

[@jazznroll5]

...to the rubbish bin of history...is the answer...

[@burner9147]

Tories have been in control my entire life and look around a NHS which almost collapsed during covid, we were the 14th highest covid deaths per capita in the world, poverty at a all time high, everything getting privatised. Honest question mate when you read lefty bashing tabloid or listen to socialist bashing radio does it never occur to you that the rich Torys who own that media who set the agenda might not have your best interests at heart?

[@ChrisBeard]

Answer =Away. You need to spot thinking in polar opersites. The world is t like that anymore

[@the_9ent]

12:31 I think it is one sided to say that the middle of the Labour Party hated the left of the party. There are plenty on the left who saw everyone who didn’t share the same stance as them as being right wing. The attitude of ‘why don’t you fck off and join the Tories’ did Labour no favours.

[@markogregoric3314]

What you call "socialism" is beginning to have every single feature of what my socialist parents and grand-parents, who fought against fascists in the woods - and who were extremely well educated - called "fascism". I hope my explanation will do, once when you asked for it

[@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc]

What a stupid thing to say

[@plebjames]

Are you just spamming Owen Jones, or does your comment pertain to something either of them said?

[@kayedal-haddad]

52:50 Transport?

[@deanmthomson]

What owen Jones fails to appreciate is the ‘explosion of labour membership’ did not happen among working class Brits, but rather ABC2 types.

[@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc]

What is "the working class" exactly?

[@ashleyKennedy5]

As a home owning pensioner Owen Jones is to the right of my politics. Owen Jones is exaggerating the youth/pensioner divide. There is a drift between youth/pensioner but not nearly as far as Owen pumps up. I don't see why we can't have a dual PR and FPP system. We have two chambers. What is wrong with abolishing Lords and having a PR chamber in its place? Which "British Jews" did Corbyn piss off? Right wing will never vote Labour tory supporting British board of deputy Jews. Jewish labour party members supported Corbyn. Owen Jones shouting "Corbyn upset Jews" is in itself anti semitic. Jews are not a homogeneous group.

[@daddycool228]

Yanis I can listen to. Jones....not on the same level

[@abrambadal8997]

Here is what we can start doing ! Start building different institutions than Bourgeoisie , such as Open Social Political Global Universities , associated to worker's Cooperatives , , on five continents , whereever easier and free to do it ! It's beginner's Charter : Transparence , Directe Democracy , Scientific, Equality , Freindly Solidarity , Save People and Living Beings, and The Planet on Long Run , Improved Human Rigghts Respected for all ! Promote use-value property , made by members of OSPGU all over the world , and make use-value crypto , to register all members' social activities from birth , giving it a use-value unit which will be Her or His OSPGU STATUS , and will represent each person's individual share of world produced wealth in use-value social hourly useful activity graded by OSPGU members !

[@conjugatemethod]

Owen is not on the left.

[@burner9147]

........what?

[@liorsilberman6757]

25:20 It's Thatcher's fault that industry moved away from Britain? I guess you'd have fallen for Trump's promise to revive the Rust Belt?

[@plebjames]

There were significant import tarrifs and other protectionist barriers before Thatcher and Reagan spearheaded efforts to dismantle them worldwide. So, yes, it's not far off the mark

[@lewreed1871]

Two titans? Yanis Varoufakis is brilliant, but please don't describe Owen Jones as a "titan" along with Varoufakis. Tintin is not a titan. Tintin is a silly little woke brat.

[@abcdfgeh5891]

Calling a 36 year old a silly little brat is a bit odd. Probably should do some research before making ad hominem arguments.

[@lewreed1871]

@@abcdfgeh5891 Research? How's your name pronounced?

[@markogregoric3314]

I don't know what "spamming" means. I'm new in this... Not my cup of tea anyway, I'm off(-line) for good and my comment was just a "spontaneous reaction" to all the bullshit of today's Left. Sorry for attracting attention

[@liorsilberman6757]

8:32 entirely eliding how evil communism is.