Want to know what's at stake in the showdown between the new Greek government and the E.U.? Watch Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's new finance minister, explain it to a couple of German journalists:

Yanis Varoufakis im Interview (engl. Originalton) | tagesschau.de http://t.co/E4zx8NruyJ #vinb

— Mary Jenkins (@maryjenki) February 9, 2015

Here's Perry Anderson explaining the larger crisis Europe is facing—and the new political possibilities the crisis may lead to.