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Our Addiction to Economic Growth Is Killing Us - We Need Degrowth Now 2 min
Our Addiction to Economic Growth Is Killing Us - We Need Degrowth Now
2 min · In this Viewsnight, anthropologist Jason Hickel asks if economic growth really makes our lives better. He is the author of The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions.
British Diplomat Argues for Gentle Revolution to Anarchism 2 min
British Diplomat Argues for Gentle Revolution to Anarchism
2 min · Former British diplomat Carne Ross argues that representative democracy and capitalism are broken and that the only alternative is anarchism.
Kate Tempest Pleads with Us to Wake Up and Love More 2 min
Kate Tempest Pleads with Us to Wake Up and Love More
2 min · Acclaimed poet Kate Tempest performs her powerful work 'Tunnel Vision' on BBC's Newsnight.
Yanis Varoufakis on Brexit Negotiations: "How Can These Smart People be so Deluded" 6 min
Yanis Varoufakis on Brexit Negotiations: "How Can These Smart People be so Deluded"
6 min · Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister, resigned back in 2015 at the height of the crisis there. He has now written a book about the whole experience, Adults in the Room - and...
Turkey's Story Tells the World Just How Fragile Democracy Is 2 min
Turkey's Story Tells the World Just How Fragile Democracy Is
2 min · Writer Elif Shafak argues that Turkey has declined into authoritarianism - and there are lessons to be learnt for the rest of the world. Viewsnight is BBC Newsnight's place for ideas and...
The Rise of the Postmodern Politician 3 min
The Rise of the Postmodern Politician
3 min · Is Donald Trump a postmodern president? In this opinion piece, journalist and writer Peter Pomerantsev argues that President Trump and President Putin share a disdain for facts - and...
Fear-Mongers Are More Dangerous Than Terrorists 2 min
Fear-Mongers Are More Dangerous Than Terrorists
2 min · Historian and academic Yuval Noah Harari says overreacting to terrorism is a bigger threat to peace than terrorism itself.
'I Am Not De Problem': Benjamin Zephaniah on Modern Racism 7 min
'I Am Not De Problem': Benjamin Zephaniah on Modern Racism
7 min · 50 years after the introduction of the Race Relations Act, Benjamin Zephaniah looks at whether racism in the UK has diminished, or just evolved.
The Old Paradigm Meets the New Paradigm In This Incredible Interview with Russel Brand 11 min
The Old Paradigm Meets the New Paradigm In This Incredible Interview with Russel Brand
11 min · Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman engages Russell Brand about voting, apathy, revolution and beards... and it's the most utterly fantastic clash between the old paradigm and the new paradigm...
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