Join us at An Evening with Yanis Varoufakis and Friends, featuring Yanis Varoufakis, Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah and Leanne Minshull.

In his most personal book yet, Raise Your Soul: A Personal History of Resistance, Yanis Varoufakis tells the engrossing story of his political awakening. This captivating portrait is told through the extraordinary lives of five women, and the West’s tumultuous history from 1924 to the present.

In his chapter in A Time for Bravery: What happens when Australia chooses courage?, he tells the story of Piero, a political refugee from Chile, using his story to urge governments to return to a time where we recognised the importance of taking in refugees. Leanne Minshull writes about the great disruption, and why bravery alone is not enough to get us through it.

In Discipline, Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah explores the fractures in the fabric of society. A timely work of fiction, it tallies the price we all pay when those with privilege choose to remain silent.

Yanis Varoufakis will be in conversation with Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, an award-winning author, academic and human rights advocate, and Leanne Minshull, co-CEO at The Australia Institute.

All three books will be available for purchase at the venue and a book signing will follow the event.

SPEAKERS:

Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, former finance minister of Greece and the author of numerous bestselling books: Technofuedalism: What Killed Capitalism; Talking to My Daughter: A Brief History of Capitalism; Adults in the Room, a memoir of his time as finance minister of Greece; an economic history of Europe, And The Weak Suffer What They Must?; and Another Now: Dispatches from An Alternative Present.

Born in Athens in 1961, he was for many years a professor of economics in Britain, Australia and the USA before he entered politics. He is co-founder of the international grassroots movement DiEM25 and a Professor of Economics at the University of Athens.

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is an award-winning author, academic, human rights advocate and former lawyer. A Palestinian-Egyptian Muslim woman, Dr Abdel-Fattah has translated her academic work into stories which reshape dominant narratives around race, human rights, multiculturalism and identity in popular culture.

Leanne Minshull

Leanne Minshull is the co-Chief Executive Officer of The Australia Institute. Leanne has built an extensive network across political, advocacy, and business communities, working as a senior strategist in social, environmental, not-for-profit, and political sectors. Leanne was admitted to practice as a solicitor in NSW and holds degrees in politics, industrial relations and law.

Sydney Peace Foundation

The Sydney Peace Foundation is an Australian not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting universal human rights, social and climate justice, and non-violent solutions to conflict. Founded in 1998, the Foundation highlights movements, leaders, ideas and actions that encourage a more compassionate, peaceful and equitable world.