E96: BANNED from Germany for speaking out for Palestine - with Yanis Varoufakis
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- The long repression of pro-Palestinian voices in Germany reached a peak last Friday.
German police shut down the Palestine Congress, a vital event to unite activists around a ceasefire for Gaza. They detained participants, including Jewish activists; they deported a Palestinian speaker. And then they banned our own Yanis Varoufakis, not only from making political speeches in Germany, but also from doing so over Zoom (!).
These authoritarian moves make it clear: Germany is intent on silencing anyone who speaks out against its complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.
So for our livestream this week, Yanis Varoufakis and colleagues who attended the Palestine Congress will be dissecting this brazen act of state repression against Palestinian solidarity. What lessons can we draw? How has the reaction been? And what could all this mean for the future of free speech and pro-Palestine activism in Germany, and around the world?
Join us live and have your say!
Read Yanis Varoufakis' banned speech here: diem25.org/yanis-varoufakis-p...
0:00 Intro
3:08 Yanis Varoufakis
16:06 Georg Ismael
25:27 Karin De Rigo
30:51 Amir Kiyaei
34:32 Judith Meyer
42:20 Johannes Fehr
48:15 Danae Stratou
50:04 Julijana Zita
52:20 Yanis Varoufakis
59:33 Final comments
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*German construction companies have been building for ten years on Palestinian land for Israeli payments which Obama decried in 2015 before leaving office to Trump, who in turn undid all that Obama did. ..for racist reasons. German government have instigated and ignited he Hamas attack by aiding Israel to steal land!*
...and oddly enough all the German employees on these building sites were German as compared to building sites in Germany which are almost entirely Turkish or Albanian or Bulgarian. so, the Germans who built on stolen Palestinian land were hand picked. Germans usually don't work on building sites in German...the sector is totally foreign in Germany.
You are nly bright spot in this mess , But i refuse to bellive you are so naive , the ''elections voting '' can be change something ? WISH YOU BEST.
In Portugal we are 2 weeks away from commemorating the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of fascism
But you just voted an extremely white nationalist group in. I suspect Portugal will return to dictatorship.
Wow! Poor Portugal. I visited in 2019. Nice friendly people.
@@vawan9160 Fascism is on the march in Israel and the Knesset on Potomac!
It's been on the march for along time, all round.
Never remain silent. Always speak up against oppression
Always speak against Islamic terrorism.
Always speak against Islamic terrorism.
Always speak up against apartheid
Always speak up against occupier
Always speak up against imperialism
NOO they are'' sophisticated '' and politicly correct , they arent some balkan tribes .thats why they keep silent , and dont mind to be slaves to the fashists and zionists,
Always speak against Zionism 💩.
This must be added to the case Nicaragua has brought against Germany for complicity in genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
Not genocide
@rebelmango. What the f*** is it then?
Wow, I'm quite shocked by Germany walking all over democracy and free speech. Thank you for speaking out and informing us of these horrendous abuses by the German government
They aren't doing any of these things
Living in Germany feels bizarre! But having experienced the end of the GDR brings up a lot of similarities. Especially in the talking of the professional politicians that believe that their job is to keep the narrative alive.
@@TheDeepnoise This is nonsense
Troll@@rebelmango2141
@@rebelmango2141Always denying- you must be a Zionist 🤥 or a small child 👶🏼.
We in Germany need to protest way more!! It’s so dystopian rn here with the oppression
as a German you should be sharing this with your friends and relatives. your country has already slid back into a police state
@@fallschirmjager0000What a pure nonsense
@@fallschirmjager0000 yes I will :)
Scrib has quotes from 1933 of international Jews to take over Germany. Poor Germans paying for something that did not happen. Hollywood production.
Explain. Anne Frank Diary written in ballpoint pen, not developed until 1948. It has been admitted it is fiction
The bribes are very tempting to the government, loan's from IMF enyoked the whole Western world as they did with Africa for centuries.
FREE JULIAN ASSANGE! FREE EDWARD SNOWDEN 💗 ❤️
How about no
You fascists
The last words of Yanis are very very important - they are the base of freedom. We have to get out of our comfort zone and fight for freedom of everyone, so we can be free ourselves.
"Long live critical thinking!" Indeed.
Free Palestine, from Ireland!
This comment illustrates the importance of punctuation. :)
@susiex6669 aye...
~its significance with written word
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Ireland learned NOTHING after having their kids stabbed by Islamic extremists.
Ireland learned NOTHING after having their kids stabbed by Islamic extremist.
@@susiex6669 removing the comma is funny though, you have to admit.
"Free Palestine !" - Solidarity from France.🗽🗽🗽☮🕊
Free from Hamas
They don't feel guilt about the Herero, the Nama, the Romani, or the Poles. I don't think this has anything to do with guilt or history. It's all about money, power and geopolitical interests. And it isn't just Germany but most of our western elite and oligarchy.
As an East European you don't know what oligarchy is
@@rebelmango2141 I'm not from Eastern Europe. Though I can't really follow your logic why Eastern Europeans, or practically anybody else on the planet, couldn't be aware of the meaning of oligarchy.
@@siililiik The point is we have them meaning we know what they are so it sounds absurd to us when westerners say they have them
@@rebelmango2141 Okay. Though I have to disagree. By definition, oligarchy is a system where things are run by the interests of a small number of people, even opposite to what the masses want. In this sense, both the EU and US became oligarchies by now.
@@siililiik yes and I disagree that Western Europe or the are run like that and I haven't seen any evidence to support it does
Solidarity from Ireland 🇵🇸🇮🇪
Must be nice to live in a country where "genocide bad" is a majority opinion ;_;
German authorities need to be sued, so that a precedent is created that prevents them from doing this every time. If they know they cannot get away with it, they will be much more reserved in their actions. And the comments by the interior minister were just revolting - she needs to be taught a political lesson for that.
Germany has a history of turning on the innocent with accusations of imagined crimes
Release the historians and their books from prison. What other authors are imprisoned. They are hiding the truth of the Holocaust and we at 100 yrs later have the right to examine the evidence, not just see shoes and striped shirts at the new sympathy seeking, guilt reducing Holocaust displays just set up in NT C and Denver. Be prepared to pay admission for the display that proves nothing. Latest figures were 70k died in camps. Typhus and starvation. Camps continued years after the war. Roads and rails bombed. No food could be delivered. Jews had no where to go and they starved to death. Those are the photos you see they say the Nazis did maliciously. Jews were busy evicting Palestinians from their homes than rescue their own left stranded in camps
as has France [Dreyfus]
or the US, Russia, UK, etc.@@huwpatt3817
Sounds like Islam
Sounds like Islam
What a shame! Germany is complicit in gaza genocide
And you are shameless complicit in Islamic terrorism?
And you are shameless complicit in Islamic terrorism?
It's not genocide so they aren't
Open your eyes!
Complicit as the USA and Britain is as well!
Fascist Germany is alive and well
The truth shall not be silenced.
Release historians from prison. What other authors been jailed in prison. Hiding the truth. Release their books and the researchers. The truth unknown An huge fiction details to give Jews sympathy and Priveledges, like commit genocide of Palestinians. They are no different than the homeless on the street except deceptive and conniving and Luke a guest who robs you slowly and cleverly and suddenly you see your house empty
Errors cannot be corrected or get blocked and comment removed. Dozen or more 24 hr blocks but requested offending comment never, never shown. Once a comment in symbol language not familiar.
Thank goodness for social media. This newsworthy story about political repression in Germany over standing up for Palestinians and standing against the ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza by the Israeli State is something we all need to know about, like here in Australia.
Big Hooray for Yanis Varoufakis!
Solidarity from Portugal
German voices with the US and Western handlers.
Unforgivable to aid and abet such a deliberate effort of destruction and out and out annihilation.
From Scotland, free Palestine! 🏴🇵🇸
Scotland learned NOTHING after having their kid killed by Islamic extremists some years ago.
Scotland learned NOTHING after having their kid killed by Islamic extremists some years ago.
Free Palestine from the hamas
@@EsrielHildesheimer-no9wnGet lost bot.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH. FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION. FREEDOM OF WRITTEN WORDS. FREEDOM FOR ALL OR NON WILL BE FREE.
This is not freedom of speech this is pro Hamas /anti Israel actvism propaganders , good on you Germany for stop it ,the world is sick of it, these activisties never have a speech for Hamas brutal actions. shame on you. .
Mehran Khalili, you're a fantastic host for these much-needed conversations. Thanks for the consistent quality work!
The IDF that waited for six hours using a 6 year old injured girl surrounded by her dead family in a bombed out car as bait. In order to kill the 2 unarmed medics that came to saver her. All the time listening to the terrified little girl's voice calling for help on her mobile phone then the phone went dead to. Israel who murders a negotiators family while in a negotiation.
I heard this as audio on "Democracy Now!", the absolute horror!....
Conspiracy much
@@rebelmango2141No, it’s an actual fact... just like the fact that you are a nazi bot who is here to protect nazi Germany and the nazi zionist colony of Israel... Shame on you, nazi agent.
Your country men have actually help you reach more souls yanis
Your word s express my feelings
Theres no more time to be lost
Yes, the whole world watched it. I watched from the Netherlands, and saw what happened.
Keep up the good work. Peace is worth (peacefully) fighting for. And you were peaceful, that is why it is such a shame what happened.
And free Assange!
In Belgium the Mayor of Brussels shut down a right wing conference which was going to feature Farage and Orban etc. We must fight for free speech for those we don't agree with as much as those we do
Question from a German: am I allowed to see this?
no🤣
Be careful 😂😂😂
Yes, but it is not worth it. Varoufakis tells lot's of bizarre stories.
@@florianmeier3186
Well, if you want truthful stories, listen to dictator Netanyahu and his extreme right party! 😇
@@florianmeier3186
Your comments are bizarre. You have a choice to listen to Netanyahu. Aaa he is so truthful! 😇
Thank you Yianis !
Hold an online Congress
Thank you for this very important contribution. Never give up, the world must know.
Symbol „Von der Community überprüft“
From Jamaica. Free Palestine.
Free Palestine from australia
I am so sorry and I am ashamed of these (hopefully) illegal actions taken by the authorities in my country. Agree or disagree, this is a gross injustice and infringement on your basic political freedoms as a European.
We urgently need a new government and EU-Commission!
Islamic terrorists are abusing freedom of speech to advocate violence and terrorism against Israel and plotting subversion against Germany and Europe and must be STOPPED.
Islamic terrorists are abusing freedom of speech to advocate violence and terrorism against Israel and plotting subversion against Germany and Europe and must be STOPPED.
Islamic terrorists are abusing freedom of speech to advocate violence and terrorism against Israel and plotting subversion against Germany and Europe and must be STOPPED.
@@meikelorenzen6456Sadly the new governmemt wouldn't be better. German society has descended into fascism and the government is reflective of this.
Hello from Crete!
Keep strong guys! We’re also fighting for Palestine here in the US.
Guys come to Ireland and have your meeting would love to attend particularly with Janis speaking it would fantastic to invite Norman finklestine also
The Dominican Republic enjoys impunity for Anti-Haitianism!
We seem to be living in the dark times of the 1930s again. Or worse.
Please read about those times before making ridiculous comments
GREAT ...I love DiEM. Yanis Varoufakis great speaches ever
Tack!
Amir some great points you made. Especially about other groups including XR and JSO thank you. We have to join together to resist at the point the repression is greatest. Thank you all from Aotearoa New Zealand
We must stand firm and grow and say NO to the WEF/ELITES!!!
Okay QAnon
The only think we learne from history is that we don't learne from the history...
As a Greek this man make me really proud!
As a Greek in diaspora, I am too! I stand with Palestine! 🙏❤️
Indeed Greece can be proud of this Man.
@@mariettestabel275
But I’m so sad and angry with the Greek prime minister of my country. He is a marionette of US and EU! 😡
@@faniarethas2716 And of Zionist free masonry! Russia started its genocide of us True Orthodox Christians in 1917, Romania and Greece and the British authorities in Cyprus joined this genocide in the 1920s, and this spread to all Communist countries and Finland, Turkey and Poland between 1918 and 1924. It continues until now.
@@faniarethas2716cool conspiracy
🙏love you guys 🙏
Thank you to this channel for hosting interesting good people and for supporting:
- democracy
- International law
- humanism
- freedom of speach
- FREE press
Freedom for the people of palestine/ukraine/westsahara/myanmar/etc from occupation, oppression, tyranni..
Supporting appeasement of Russia isn't in support of any id that nor is apologetics for terrorists
@@rebelmango2141 any examples?
@@helgefredriksen7962 yeah saying Ukraine should be forced to accept Russia's terms and not demanding anything of Russia or how to force them or refusing to condemn a terrorist group
@@rebelmango2141 agree forcing ukraine to accept Russias terms is totaly unacceptable, but i have not seen any such statements here, only your claim, have you got evidence..example?
You may provide a definition of terrorism (my contrys freedomfighters was named terrorists by the occupying nazi-germany 1940-1945) first, that do not exclude idf or ss or redarmy or usmarines, and then we can start condemning starting withe the worst of the worst, can you?
@@helgefredriksen7962 they're there in their Ukraine streams they keep saying peace but never define it and say force both sides but never how to force Russia only Ukraine not to mention accepting Russia's framing of the conflict I don't have exact quotes
hey yanis" thankin the road crew!" gold ! thanks mate! danke from rockin roll oz ! carpa diem
i am from Australia and not German but Germany has responded and it seems they are following the arms industry like do
many others
A police state and militarism go hand in hand according to Bakunin in statism and anarchy. The book has even a chapter about Germany that makes sense today.
What do you do when the police are taking part in a criminal conspiracy?
Thanks for your efforts.
Shocking and infuriating
The tighter they squeeze the truth the more it will seep out through the cracks”. Just a matter of time till their whole construct falls
Thankyou for being authentic
We all need to say enough
Appalling as it is, I am not surprised. German military exports to Israel are up nearly 10-fold since Nov 2023. Conversely, Germany is one of the top recipients of Israel surveillance tech and police training (marketed as "tested and proven in battle"--see Palestine Laboratory by Anthony Lowenstein, pub. by Verso). Both sides are making huge amounts of money. In fact, 99% of Israeli weapon imports are from US and Germany. And jobs in military tech all over the US sphere of influence have skyrocketed...
Bravo. That's it in a nutshell.
sorry folks but we got a big counterrevolution in germany startet 2020 and still going ... so people are scared to speak out
Thanks for your work and dont let you crush down by goverment
I am not sure that calling themselves “comrades” is a good idea. The communist connotation is not the best. It will not help the cause I think.
Depends what country you are from. "Comrade" might have this connitation in English, in German it means "mate" or "pal" and so on. I don't know of course how Greeks use the word.
Also in Italy, being "compagni" goes beyond the negative connotation that was attached by English cultures and politics to the term. At school you call your mates "compagni", which is way more human and collectivizing than "colleagues". Then maybe, the communist era spread this connotation. But I'm against my vocabulary being held hostage by outdated ideologies from the east or the west.
For censure 👎
I have had such a bad day, watching and working with totally disconnected people, who do not want to see, know, or engage at any level with the behaviour of their own country!!! Yes, I am talking about Germany! It is deeply distressing, depressing and leads me time and again to search for a way to wake people up in a gentle and respectful way. I do not think this is possible at this point. Then I clicked into my big hope.....DIEM25!!!! Thank you so much for this program!!! You are all inspiring! I totally agree with Karin De Rigo!! I feel shocked that this is all happening in Germany, despite the many indicators and the tendencies. I am very angry. It IS the German government. It IS those in power, BUT.....if normal Germans don't wake up very soon, they too, will be responsible for the slide into a much worse situation. Every one of us has personal agency. Everyone should be aware of their government's behaviour and inform themselves and be ready to take action and hold those people who are accountable to justice.
It seems unreal 😮
ASESINOMETRO :33800 Muertos; 77.000 heridos.
900 niños AMPUTADOS
Love affair with Genocide
As a German I’m ashamed for the actions of our police and the excuses from our government. I’m going to vote for diem25 in the upcoming election
The German police should have been there on Jan 6 instead.
No pasaran ! Free Palestine! - Solidarity from Bosnia.
Zitat von Hendrik M. Broder:
"Wenn ihr euch fragt, wie es damals so kommen konnte:
Weil sie damals so waren , wie ihr heute seid!"
Just like so many harmless comments are now deleted systematically from YT!
As a german, please help our politicians to leave finally. Its over for them but they still want to be in power.
Same in US.
@@dogeared100 Same in any form of so-called democracy
Germany will never learn.....😢and there are few brave oppositional individuals in Germany
En cierto modo tienes razón pero no se puede meter a todos en el mismo saco.
Yo soy alemana y vivo en España hace 28 años.
Lamentablemente aquí la gente tampoco protestan.
Está claro que mucha gente en Europa están dormidos y no ven más allá de la punta de su nariz.
@@monaschwalbe2736Soy Aleman tambien y quiero vivir in Espana tambien porque la clima y el actitud de Palestina alli estan mejor 🇪🇸🇵🇸👍💪🏻.
Yanis knows better than to use these generalizations. There is no "us europeans" in this case. There should be no guilt for the actions of past generations. The problem of here and now is being perpetuated by people here and now. The solution will either be changing directions toward a different future or not.
🌟... "WHAT ARE WE TO THINK OF THE JUSTICE OF NATIONS WHICH, INSTEAD OF BEING ON THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSED PEOPLE, ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSORS AND WHERE IT IS FROWNED UPON TO EXPRESS INDIGNATION AT THE PLIGHT OF THE OPPRESSED" ... ? ? ? ... "EXCEPT THAT THESE NATIONS, UNLIKE THE JUSTICE OF THE ETERNAL ONE WHICH KNOWS NO DISTINCTION OF PERSONS, HAVE A SENSE OF JUSTICE WHICH IS INVERTED AND CORRUPTED BY DOUBLE STANDARDS" ... ! ! !
If only this level of effort was given to Ukraine but no only thoughtsvand prayers. The far left and far right uniting history repeating itself
we have not heard from any report supportive of Isreal, concerning the USS Liberrty and the 34 U S sayers exicuted by Isreal.
❤we are listening!
is there a video of the "palästina-kongress" wich was closed by the german police?
Shame on Germany !!
Don't mention the war...
A Bulgarian musician ("Ustata") was recently banned from making a tour in the USA because he recently released songs related to gender culture, christianity, freedom of speech. It's sad, really.
that State has been playing the world for suckers for too long. Including the great nations who think they are calling the shots. Stand up for yourselves. Stand up for Gaza. Stand up for the courageous Jewish Voice for Palestine. It's a shame they still have to put up with some real idiots .
Fascism in European countries never went away, just swept under the rug. Was going to come out anyway.
Greetings Brave souls !!! Your efforts are not in vain. Stand strong and keep on fighting.
Thank U for this live! On point as always 🤌
12:45 nice Freudian slip 😅
So, now Yanis bluntly speaks of "printing money" like the thickest zerohedge "genius"?
What do Greek people think of Yanis?
@@scarba At the best mixed feelings. He does have a good grasp of economics, and some of his propositions could lead somewhere. He is absolutely right about the true nature of EU right now. BUT the man is so full of himself and every opportunity for public speech is basically a stage for his huge Ego.
A good parallel (without any political relation) about Yanis' actual influence in Greece would be Alexi Navalny. Everybody outside Russia thought that he was the main antagonist of Putin having huge political influence. The reality is that the guy was like 2% at his best and people didnt really bother with him.
Yanis unlike other Greek politicians maintains an online presence and tries with this platform to have a ''pan European'' presence that amplifies his image. In Greece his actual influence is actually very very small.
@@joek600I only ask because I know someone who knows him and his rich lifestyle and his posh artist wife. It sticks in my throat to see him all over CZcams being treated like a God while he talks about subjects outside of economics which he does not understand but has a strong opinion on. The comments make me sick how much people love him. I think he’s very narcissistic and cares so much about his image. It’s so strange how a Marxist would marry a daughter of one of the richest people in Greece. He also made a lot of money from being in government for a few months as a failed politician. All the books and speeches. He’s a very rich Marxist. I also don’t like his xenophobic rhetoric towards Germany either. Thank you so much for your opinion.
@@scarba Yannis, oh sorry “Yanis’’ I meant, is so special that has his own spelling for his name. Is certainly a narcissist who married a rich heiress. But he also had a long career as a university professor of economics. He can be annoying but that doesn’t mean that he is always wrong. I would say that he is often more right than wrong. I want to be fair with the guy even if his personality annoys me.
Being a minister for a small period, I can assure you that didn’t made him any money especially in the post he was. Contrary to others that hunt down positions like the ministry of Defense or the ministry of Merchant Navy.
I don’t agree with your view of how a Marxist can be married to a heiress or be rich and be a Marxist. Actually poor Marxists don’t have the time to spend in politics because they are exhausted by the life the neo-liberal vampires made for them. Who is going to run into rallies and discussions when he is working overtime (unpaid many times), and then has to race to pick up kids from schools or drive them to their after school tutoring? All my friends the only thing they want to do after they are done with all that is to find a quiet corner to die.
As for the xenophobic ( maybe you mean another word?) rhetoric towards Germany, well Germany worked really hard to deserve that criticism and more.
@@joek600 I mean the money he made from being famous as a minister and from the books he sold off the back of it. Traditionally the communists in the UK were poor working class trade unionists and not the rich or middle class speaking on their behalf. They fought for themselves and they didn’t have their own swimming pools to contemplate in. I still don’t think it’s right to demonize Germany at every opportunity. I value your opinion though because everyone else seems to love him
Fascism, here we go again ...
Yeah far left fascism
@@rebelmango2141 How so?
I understand I didn't want that but 🇩🇪is a Country and it's a complex situation in 🇺🇲 elites dependency I trust 🇨🇳 We have to trust Each other ❤️🇬🇷🇩🇪🇨🇳🙏😇
Will the German youth, the new active generation,the Milinials and Z, put up witth this neo fashism? ?????
Please, write the names of all the participants. Solidarity!
Deutschland dreht die Uhr 100 Jahre zurück.
Germany turns the clock back a 100 years.
We must assure that the nouns and predicates regain their real meanings. Right now demanding that the state of Israel stops killing civilians and destroying the space of life of the Palestinians equals antisemitism. Demanding that the world looks at the events in Gaza and sees the genocide on Palestinians is Humanisms. And the opposite is injustice and wrong altogether and must stop immediately.
Gernazi.
Thank you!
στην γερμανια το αναποδο γινετε...το μπαν το τρως αν μιλησεις εναντια στο ισλαμ...και εδω ειναι το προβλημα
You need to challenge the Government in German court for this unconstitutional behaviour towards yourself and Prof Abu Sitta. Does anybody do this? Am pretty certain the judiciary will not look at this official behaviour kindly. It is called Verfassungsbeschwerde. I think it needs to be raised by a German citizen.
Oh, think of the fun!......a US Senator suggest that the public take matters in their own hands....when, ProPals and Hamasites try to block traffic............
Great comparison oh the poor terrorist supporters
Free Palestine! From Polen.
Yanis’ words are important, describing where we are headed. So is everyone within or aligning with DiEM25 / Mera, PI - anyone sensing or experiencing the outcomes of the political economy we _actually have._ Not what we _thought_ we had.
If you are - or would like to be - a DiEM-25 member in 🇳🇴, search internally for the Oslo Collective. We’re few, but we are one with people across arbitrary borders of any kind.
Our differences are our wealth - Our issues are shared…!
This is a trend...ciyizen atrested for displaying a. "Z"