What the Labour Party-DiEM25 collaboration is all about – speech by Yanis Varoufakis, now with video

On Sunday 14th July, the Labour Party and DiEM25 leadership teams agreed to embark upon a common agenda for Europe and beyond. Later that day, the collaboration was announced at the closing plenary of the International Social Forum convened by the Labour Party at SOAS, London and opened by Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party. Introduced by John McDonnell, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor of the Excequer, Yanis Varoufakis explained the task ahead.

 
(Photo taken after the event during a joint interview by Corbyn, McDonnell and Varoufakis)