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Brexit Britain: what went wrong and what next? Panel 1

A discussion on why Britain voted for Brexit and what radical remainers should do now. (Video, 80 mins).

Organised by Another Europe Is Possible, openDemocracy, Democracy in Europe 2025, and the LSE Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit.

Introduction by Mary Kaldor, Professor of Global Governance at LSE

Panel 1 featuring:

Yanis Varoufakis, DiEM25
Owen Jones, writer
Ash Sarkar, Novara Media
Zoe Gardner, Asylum Aid

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Mary Kaldor

Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance at the London School of Economics and Political Science and author of ‘New and Old wars: Organised Violence in a Global Era’ 3rd edition, 2012, and In June 20, 2017, a new book by Christine Chinkin and Mary Kaldor – International Law and New Wars .

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Owen Jones

Owen Jones is author of Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, (Verso June 2011). He blogs at jonesblog.

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Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis is the former finance minister of Greece, Professor of Economics at the University of Athens, Visiting Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin and co-founder of DiEM25. He is the author of Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment.( Bodley Head, 2017) and Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism (Bodley Head, 2017). His blog is here.

Yanis Varoufakis es ex-ministro de Finanzas de Grecia, profesor de economía en la Universidad de Atenas y profesor visitante en el Lyndon B. Johnson Graduate School of Public Affairs, Universidad de Texas, Austin. Es el autor de The Global Minotaur (Zed Books). Su blog está aquí.

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Zoe Gardner

Zoe Gardner is an independent immigration policy expert and campaigner for the rights of all migrants and refugees in the UK and across Europe. She has held policy and advocacy roles at the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Asylum Aid, the Race Equality Foundation and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles. As a grassroots activist, she has organised campaigns independently and with Another Europe is Possible and UK Stop Trump. She tweets at @ZoeJardiniere

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Ash Sarkar

Ash Sarkar is a senior editor for Novara Media and hosts an online video series #OMFGSarkar. She tweets @AyoCaesar

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