Bonus: This Is Where I Leave EU by Chapo Trap House published on 2019-03-15T13:47:37Z Amber interviews economist and author Costas Lapavitsas about the European Union, how it works, its problems, how it relates to Brexit, and how we might think of it from a leftist perspective. Comment by Ryan Marples Iβm a vegi boi now 2020-08-20T19:49:37Z Comment by MAE I would challenge Lapavistas on one point. there is clear evidence of an increase in hate crimes and racist violence since Brexit. 2019-06-23T22:43:05Z Comment by gamerunknown Bob Crow continued it into this century, then the right took over the mantle - like the Catholic union boss Paul Embery 2019-04-21T12:36:59Z Comment by gamerunknown The two largest sources of immigration to the UK are Ireland and India - "we are here because you were there" 2019-04-21T12:23:32Z Comment by gamerunknown If you apply for refugee status in any EU country, that country has to process it according to the Dublin treaty 2019-04-21T12:22:24Z Comment by gamerunknown Amber4ICE 2019-04-21T11:27:27Z Comment by Aro Ace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afaQ4GSNZMg 2019-04-01T20:15:50Z Comment by W. D. I can confirm the point made about German workers not really being the beneficiaries of Germany's hegemonic position and success withing the EU. It is important to note, though, that these austerity measures were implemented by social democrats (SPD) 2019-03-28T16:52:44Z Comment by DJ Deemos [ππ] this is a crucial point. the left NEEDS to be there with workers or the right will fill thaf vacuum. immigration is an economic and labor issue. you cannot smear the working class as racist and xenophobic for being concerned by the demonstrable harm 2019-03-26T22:37:16Z Comment by DJ Deemos [ππ] that innovation sounds extremely familiar for some reason . . . almost like a similar project has been pursued here in the USA by global capital as well . . . almost like letting global capital set the terms of open borders leads to hyperexploitation 2019-03-26T22:10:46Z Comment by DJ Deemos [ππ] Amen on the absolute dumbassery of what passes for the American left on globalism. youre a gift, Amber 2019-03-26T21:33:11Z Comment by Jesse Cool Love Chapo and pretty much every episode but I think this interview is very simplistic. I'm not against a different perspective on Brexit from the left but I think you should have an interviewer that knew the basics of the EU to ask follow up questions. 2019-03-23T21:06:36Z Comment by rakan This is a terrible interview. The interviewer doesnt ask any relevant questions or critically asses his comments. The man being interviewed clearly lives in a fantasy land, this is not what its like in the UK. Far rights have ARE NOW mainstream! 2019-03-21T16:19:56Z Comment by Salmon yuppie intellectual leftists vs the actual working class round 3; arena: rainy miserable island 2019-03-19T02:53:10Z Comment by jemimallah brexit voters overwhelmingly identify the eu as being "left" and they do not make any distinction between left and liberal. and while the eu is undeniably a capitalist and corporate structure, one of the central pillars of the pitch that the boomer upper-class elites made to the working class was shit about overly restrictive eu law. i.e. CORPORATE REGULATION. both working class voters and upper class elites have repeatedly stated that one of the boons of brexit would be to remove regulation, including on worker exploitation. lapavistas' denunciation of free movement was also complete nonsense. eastern europeans work the same legal jobs in the uk as british people do for the same wages. nurses, social workers, therapists, baristas, chefs, etc. not sure whether amber is just ignorant on the eu or she just let his bullshit slide so she could get a confirmation bias boner, but she should be ashamed of herself anyhow 2019-03-18T19:32:19Z Comment by jemimallah this is possibly the worst thing chapo has ever done. absolute drivel. a deranged old fart for whom the british working class clearly exists primarily as a polemic concept rather than a demographic. the british working class should have legitimate grievances with capitalism and by extension the eu but all the evidence suggests they voted primarily due to immigration, and due to largely fictional conceits about eu law. hell, like with working class trump voters, a lot of research seems to suggest that a lot of them are actually WILLING to potentially vote against their economic interests if they get the upside of reduced immigration or reduced health and safety laws or "sovereignty" or whatever the fuck. they certainly werent voting for fucking socialism otherwise corbyn would be in power now (has amber not cross-referenced where corbyn wins votes with where brexit won votes?) 2019-03-18T19:24:26Z Comment by Kaesi Wtf kinda pro is this? The EU doesnt have the features of a state? It has got no redistributive features, no set constituions. Whilst the EU has got a certain democratic deficit, it isnt even less democratic than the US. The EU has a working parliament but a very week executive. It most certainly doenst work for a cabale of big buisness owners, it in fact sets up regulations against the interest of big buisness, prevents mergers and has stricter regulations i.e. for food and other products. The EU doesnt resemble a Nation or some shit it is a "suis generis" not comparable to any other regime or similar. Is he drunk? Am I drunk? I myself consider myself to be a fokken communist, yet I think the EU is a great institution to unite the different people of the european continent. WTF Amber where did you find this crackpot 2019-03-18T17:10:22Z Comment by Jacques Oeuf @user-456130652-194061394: But this is completely in line with what he says in the interview. Are you conflating EU and Europe? 2019-03-18T17:09:39Z Comment by emperorx @erlend-hjrtland-sandey: YEP! DiEM25 is the way to go. 2019-03-18T15:43:49Z Comment by McKitten This was genuinely awful. You should really interview someone with decent knowledge of Brexit (and the EU) to get a better perspective. Brexit was not a working-class vote, it was carried most of all by well-off Boomer pensioners. There is also absolutely not case for a leftist Brexit, especially not with the Tories in charge. If you think the neoliberal policies in the EU are bad (and so do i) just wait until you see how they'll affect the UK when they're just a neighbour, not a member. The EU will be free to treat the UK like they treat Turkey. And the US, China, India and the rest are also already lining up to get their pound of flesh. It fine and well to criticise the EU, but to think leaving or dismantling it would get rid neoliberlism, one has to be blind to the rest of the world. 2019-03-18T15:31:55Z Comment by vvv_ uh, my first question as the ostensible target of this video isn't some vague, esoteric bullshit about "what is europeanism" it's "why does the left case for brexit align with the desires of a cavalcade of rightwing hacks ala farage/johnson/mogg" 2019-03-18T14:56:52Z Comment by topley This was really bad, and I feel pretty bad for any American leftists that try to use this as a source to be informed about politics in the EU. Just the irony of Lapavitsas saying that the EU Parliament is powerless in a Brexit episode is just laughable as the MEPs roughly fuck the May government everyday by saying no to all her proposals. His greco-centrism is also prominent, as he roundly ignores leftist governments in Spain and Portugal (who could use some support) in favor of griping about Syriza and how they failed, which big duh. 2019-03-18T12:22:44Z Comment by smugbuddha this guy willfully ignores what it means to shrink ones influnce and access to markets 2019-03-18T07:49:04Z Comment by Cameron Applegath AMber!! She AliVE!! 2019-03-18T05:38:28Z Comment by Claire Carton Amber you need to get less boring, sister 2019-03-18T04:44:17Z Comment by Claire Carton Much as I have wanted to respect amber, I continue to struggle. I say this as a feminist radical 2019-03-18T04:43:45Z Comment by Chreppe Lapavistas = Poundland-Ε½iΕΎek. 2019-03-17T19:32:04Z Comment by Chreppe Wrong. City of London is for Brexit. They want to get rid of EU regulations and turn UK into a tax haven. 2019-03-17T19:28:44Z Comment by Aro Ace @gregory-lamar-499592530: Yeah sadly it is not. 2019-03-17T17:24:37Z Comment by emperorx https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/11/european-spring-eu-macron-bureaucrats-new-deal-yanis-varoufakis 2019-03-17T17:16:09Z