Yanis Varoufakis has met with Jeremy Corbyn a few times “We’re very close politically,” he says “and the chemistry is excellent. We’re on the same page on almost everything.” Almost? “I have my own perspective on what European capitalism means.”
While Varoufakis has an “iron clad” opposition to austerity, he says, he thinks leftwing parties should stop talking about it, and focus instead on a determinedly positive, pro-investment, pro-innovation narrative. Are there lessons Corbyn could take from the Syriza experience? “I think it’s important to broaden one’s appeal and to create a coalition with entrepreneurs who are investing in things that would mobilise Labour in a productive and creative way,” he says. “I think this is essential for Labour. If it succeeds in doing this, it has a chance. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t.” Excerpt from http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/24/stories-2015-yanis-varoufakis-syrizas-anti-austerity-motorbiker _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
