Eye Of The Storm Podcast (with Yanis Varoufakis and Raoul Martinez) RECLAIMING OUR ATTENTION | Ece Temelkuran and Yanis Varoufakis
May 29, 2024
Ece Temelkuran and Yanis Varoufakis discuss exile, political climates, challenges faced by exiled individuals, impact of political events on societies, importance of remembering collectively, left stifling free speech, ties between capitalism and white supremacism, honest communication, faith in progressivism, and meaningful actions shaping identity.
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Exile from Turkey
- Ece Temelkuran has been living in exile since 2016 due to death threats and the risk of imprisonment in Turkey.
- She rejects the "exile" label, preferring "vagabond" or "cosmopolitan."
Anger vs. Attention
- Anger is easily commodified, especially on social media, and is not sustainable for political action.
- Ece Temelkuran suggests replacing anger with attention, a more difficult virtue to commodify.
Commodifying Anger
- A Canadian mining company in Turkey calculated the duration of protestors' anger as part of their expenditures.
- Activists countered this by shifting their strategy to a silent vigil, ultimately succeeding in stopping the company.