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The Speech That Got Yanis Varoufakis Banned From Germany (jacobin.com)
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[–] Galli@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They've probably been looking for a pretense ever since he entertained the idea of not letting Germany do an IMF on Greece.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Never underestimate the pettiness of capitalists and their mandarins.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

EU states barring interstate travel of residents and IP packets over words is some wild shit.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I love how any pretense of free speech and democracy is completely gone in EU now.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JXXBhruGhc

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Damn, that was even a pretty restrained stance too.