Le Pen Ban: Stopping the Far Right — or Fueling It? Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald & David Broder

Title:: Le Pen Ban: Stopping the Far Right — or Fueling It? Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald & David Broder
Description:: Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far right and a top contender for the presidency, has just been banned from running after a corruption conviction.

Is this a legitimate ruling — or lawfare: the weaponisation of the legal system to block political opponents?

Join Yanis Varoufakis, award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, and Jacobin’s Europe editor David Broder for a live discussion hosted by Mehran Khalili. We’ll break down the Le Pen ruling, look at how courts are used to sideline opposition figures in Europe and beyond, and ask:

Does barring candidates actually strengthen the far right?

Is lawfare becoming the establishment’s go-to tool to silence dissent? And if we don’t challenge it now, what comes next?

Join us live, be part of the conversation, and send in your questions!

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Video Language:: English
Duration:: 59:17

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	jalgerie edited English, British subtitles for Le Pen Ban: Stopping the Far Right — or Fueling It? Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald & David Broder
	jalgerie edited English, British subtitles for Le Pen Ban: Stopping the Far Right — or Fueling It? Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald & David Broder
	jalgerie edited English, British subtitles for Le Pen Ban: Stopping the Far Right — or Fueling It? Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald & David Broder
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