{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68de580c52ddd4d4572281cb/69ccf8124b85e2808ce44a64?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Yanis Varoufakis's authoritarian dark side","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68de580c52ddd4d4572281cb/1775040471418-1f721170-f57c-467b-95f7-1cf69d4ce23a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Last week Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister and darling of the European left, turned 65.</p><p><br></p><p>He celebrated his birthday on stage in London, gathering figures from across the left together. Zack Polanski was there, so was Jeremy Corbyn.</p><p><br></p><p>Varoufakis' mission? To explore what resistance means today across the left.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of The Exchange Oli Dugmore sits down with Varoufakis to speak about resistance, his childhood in a fascist dictatorship, how this shaped him, whether he uses that word to describe the climate today, and the strategic importance of Cyprus for the war in the Middle East - for Britian, the US, Israel, Iran, Greece and Turkey.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"New Statesman"}