Some thoughts on the 80th Anniversary of Victory over Fascism - Yanis Varoufakis

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation from fascism, thousands of people in Berlin commemorated the Soviet memorials of the Rotarmists who fell in the struggle against the Nazis.

“Eighty years ago today, the terrible machine of the Third Reich was crushed. The swastika was uprooted from the Reichstag, the death camps were liberated, and Europe — bloodied, wounded, but unyielding — emerged from the darkest night in history,” reads the message of the Secretary of MeRA25, G. Varoufakis, on the 80th anniversary of the Anti-Fascist Victory of the Peoples. “It was not just a military victory; it was the triumph of solidarity o…

Bojan Budja, in his commentary on the Triple Feast of Victory over the Triple Evil, writes about the Day of Victory over Fascism and Nazism. According to him, today we are not only celebrating the new Pope, but also Europe. But since Europe Day would not exist without Victory Day, which also falls on May 9, today's celebration is more meaningful, according to the author.

Some thoughts on the 80th Anniversary of Victory over Fascism - Yanis Varoufakis

Eighty years ago today, the monstrous machinery of the Third Reich was finally ground to dust. The swastika was torn from the Reichstag, the death camps liberated, and Europe—bloodied, traumatised, but unbowed—emerged from history’s darkest night. It was not merely a military victory; it was the triumph of solidarity over fascism, of internationalism over racial tyranny, of humanism over industrial-scale slaughter. And yet—and yet—that magnifice…