How to save the world from fascism | Yanis Varoufakis interview

In this interview, renowned economist and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis discusses his powerful new book, Raise Your Soul: A Personal History of Resistance. Speaking with striking clarity and urgency, Varoufakis reflects on the growing wave of authoritarianism and right-wing populism sweeping across the world, from Europe to the United States and beyond, and offers a radical diagnosis of how we got here.

Drawing on decades of political experience and personal struggle, Varoufakis argues that the left has lost its connection with the very people it set out to represent. He explores how decades of neoliberalism, technocratic politics, and moral detachment have driven working-class communities toward the far right, creating fertile ground for the politics of division and resentment. Varoufakis sets out a vision of renewal, urging the left to reclaim empathy, solidarity, and collective action as tools of transformation.

In Raise Your Soul, Varoufakis blends autobiography, philosophy, and political analysis to chart a personal history of resistance — from the financial crash of 2008 and Greece’s debt crisis to the global struggle for democracy and justice in the 2020s. In this interview, he shares stories of defiance, betrayal, and hope, while calling for a new progressive movement capable of confronting climate collapse, corporate power, and creeping authoritarianism.

Watch for a deeply engaging conversation with one of the world’s most original and outspoken thinkers on economics, democracy, and freedom.

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