“An Abomination”: Yanis Varoufakis on Trump’s “Board of Peace” & Threat to Democratic World Order

We speak to Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis about the United States under Donald Trump and its attempts to reshape the post-World War II international consensus. “Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law and creating the circumstances for him to create his private company and say, 'Right, I'm taking over the world,’” laments Varoufakis as he draws a connection between Trump’s pay-to-play diplomacy and the mercantalist policies of European colonial powers. Varoufakis comments on plans for the reoccupation of Gaza by the U.S.-led “Board of Peace,” which signed its founding charter this week; Trump’s designs on the Danish territory of Greenland; and European leaders’ ineffectual, largely symbolic resistance to Trump’s assertion of U.S. supremacy on the world stage.

#aidscrisis #lgbtqhistory #neveragain | Malcolm Montgomery🏳️‍🌈

🕯️ On This Day in LGBTQ+ History: January 20 ⚠️ January 20, 1981: The AIDS crisis enters a period of federal neglect as a new administration takes office On January 20, 1981, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President of the United States. At that moment, the first cases of what would later be known as AIDS were already emerging in American cities, particularly among gay men. In the years that followed, the federal government’s silence and inaction would become one of the most devastating setbacks in LGBTQ+ history. As this period unfolded: 🕯️Early reports of a deadly new illness affecting gay men were dismissed or ignored 🕯️Federal health leadership failed to treat the crisis as an urgent national emergency 🕯️Stigma and homophobia shaped public messaging and delayed lifesaving research 🕯️Thousands of LGBTQ+ Americans died while waiting for acknowledgment and action Public health experts, historians, and advocacy organizations have widely documented that the lack of early federal response contributed to massive loss of life. Reagan would not publicly mention AIDS until years later, by which time tens of thousands had died. January 20 stands as a context date marking the beginning of a political era in which government inaction, stigma, and silence compounded a public health catastrophe for the LGBTQ+ community. It remains one of the clearest examples of how neglect can be as deadly as policy. #AIDSCrisis #LGBTQHistory #NeverAgain

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