The Importance of Social Change

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I think what has happened in the last few years is that people have started becoming empowering themselves again. I'm particularly aware of this in America, because I have quite a lot of American friends who, for years and years, would have absolutely nothing to do with politics. So suddenly they're thinking, oh, pulling out of politics wasn't such a smart move. It just left the ground to people like Trump. So same thing over here, I think. Suddenly we're all engaged in a way again. You don't have to come from a political background. What you have to want to do is to take hold of what power you can get hold of and do something with it.

The liberal order is under threat. Increasing inequality, the rise of far-right nationalism and the climate emergency pose unprecedented challenges. It’s time for some radical thinking. In November 2019 Intelligence Squared brought to its stage two of the world’s great radicals – Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister known for his trademark leather jacket, motorbike and self-described erratic Marxism, and legendary music producer Brian Eno, known for his progressive politics and human rights activism. The evening was chaired by BBC journalist and broadcaster Ritula Shah.

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