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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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Varoufakis' mission “to save European capitalism from itself” - In Defense of Marxism

Varoufakis' mission “to save European capitalism from itself” - In Defense of Marxism | real utopias | Scoop.it
Varoufakis, the Greek Finance Minister, presents himself as a Marxist –albeit an “erratic” one – and is even described as such in the bourgeois media.
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Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis' mission to save capitalism - World Socialist Web Site

In his essay, adapted from a lecture delivered in 2013, Varoufakis makes clear that he is neither a Marxist nor a revolutionary, but at best someone whose politics can be described as vaguely reformist. He is not a member of Syriza, but was chosen to represent the government precisely because of these views. He wants nothing more than to convince the ruling elite that they risk plunging the continent into an economic and political catastrophe and to advise them to take an alternative path.

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