Editing Slavoj Žižek (section)

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Žižek wrote that the [[Cankar Hall|convention center]] in which nationalist [[Slovene writers]] hold their conventions should be blown up, adding, "Since we live in the time without any sense of irony, I must add I don't mean it literally."<ref name="Interview_part_two">{{cite web |title=Interview] with Žižek – part two |url=http://www.delo.si/zgodbe/sobotnapriloga/slavoj-zizek-bog-daj-da-bi-ciniki-na-oblasti-res-vedeli-kaj-pocnejo.html |work=[[Delo (newspaper)|Delo]] |language=sl |date=2 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405024835/http://www.delo.si/zgodbe/sobotnapriloga/slavoj-zizek-bog-daj-da-bi-ciniki-na-oblasti-res-vedeli-kaj-pocnejo.html |access-date=21 June 2022|archive-date=5 April 2013 }}</ref>

In 2013, Žižek corresponded with imprisoned Russian activist and [[Pussy Riot]] member [[Nadezhda Tolokonnikova]].<ref name="Guardian, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot's prison letters to Slavoj Žižek">{{Cite web |last1=Žižek |first1=Slavoj |last2=Tolokonnikova |first2=Nadezhda |date=15 November 2013 |title=Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot's prison letters to Slavoj Žižek |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/15/pussy-riot-nadezhda-tolokonnikova-slavoj-zizek |work=The Guardian |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213004047/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/15/pussy-riot-nadezhda-tolokonnikova-slavoj-zizek |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Blockquote|text=All hearts were beating for you as long as you were perceived as just another version of the liberal-democratic protest against the authoritarian state. The moment it became clear that you rejected global capitalism, reporting on Pussy Riot became much more ambiguous.}}

He criticized Western military interventions in developing countries and wrote that it was the [[2011 military intervention in Libya]] "which threw the country in chaos" and the U.S.-led [[invasion of Iraq]] "which created the conditions for the rise" of the [[Islamic State]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Slavoj Zizek: We Can't Address the EU Refugee Crisis Without Confronting Global Capitalism |url=https://inthesetimes.com/article/slavoj-zizek-european-refugee-crisis-and-global-capitalism |work=In These Times |date=9 September 2015 |access-date=1 October 2022 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001201903/https://inthesetimes.com/article/slavoj-zizek-european-refugee-crisis-and-global-capitalism |url-status=live }}</ref>

Žižek believes that [[China]] is the [[Authoritarian capitalism|combination of capitalism and authoritarianism]] in their extreme forms, and the [[Chinese Communist Party]] is the best protector of the interests of [[capitalism|capitalists]]. From the [[Cultural Revolution]] to [[Chinese economic reform|Deng's reforms]], "[[Mao Zedong|Mao]] himself created the ideological condition for rapid capitalist development by tearing apart the fabric of [[traditional society]]."<ref>{{cite web|author=Slavoj Zizek|url=https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/english_editorials/1004153.html|title=Is China's communism just another name for authoritarian capitalism?|work=Hankyoreh|date=2021-07-19|access-date=31 August 2023|archive-date=31 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831171027/https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/english_editorials/1004153.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|text=It is capitalism, again and again, that emerges as the only alternative, the only way to move forward and the dynamic force for change when social life gets stuck into some fixed form. Today, capitalism is much more [[revolutionary]] than the traditional Left obsessed with protecting the old achievements of the [[welfare state]]. Just consider how much capitalism has changed the entire texture of our societies in the past decades.}}

In an opinion article for ''[[The Guardian]]'', Žižek argued in favour of giving full support to [[Ukraine]] after the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion]] and for creating a stronger [[NATO]] in response to Russian aggression,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Žižek |first1=Slavoj |date=21 June 2022 |title=Pacifism is the wrong response to the war in Ukraine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/21/pacificsm-is-the-wrong-response-to-the-war-in-ukraine |website=The Guardian |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621104839/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/21/pacificsm-is-the-wrong-response-to-the-war-in-ukraine |url-status=live }}</ref> later arguing that it would also be a tragedy for Ukraine to yoke itself to western neoliberalism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Žižek |first=Slavoj |date=2022-08-30 |title=Ukraine's Tale of Two Colonizations |url=https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ukraine-russian-occupation-or-western-neoliberal-colonization-by-slavoj-zizek-2022-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830101008/https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ukraine-russian-occupation-or-western-neoliberal-colonization-by-slavoj-zizek-2022-08? |archive-date=30 August 2022 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Project Syndicate |language=en}}</ref>  Commenting on the [[2025 Trump–Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting|meeting]] between Presidents [[Donald Trump|Trump]] and [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy|Zelenskyy]] in February 2025, he stated, "Ukrainians are being portrayed as if they could choose peace but instead decide to engage in a war that displaces a quarter of their population, just for the sake of a [[proxy war]]. But in reality, it’s a matter of their survival." He compared the struggle of Ukraine against its occupiers to the [[Palestinians]]' struggle against the [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli occupation]].<ref>{{cite news |date=15 September 2022 |title=Ukraine is Palestine, not Israel |url=https://jordantimes.com/opinion/slavoj-%C5%BEi%C5%BEek/ukraine-palestine-not-israel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001201903/https://jordantimes.com/opinion/slavoj-%C5%BEi%C5%BEek/ukraine-palestine-not-israel |archive-date=1 October 2022 |access-date=1 October 2022 |work=The Jordan Times}}</ref>

After the [[October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel|October 7th Hamas-led attacks]] in Israel, Zizek wrote:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Žižek |first=Slavoj |date=2023-10-13 |title=The Real Dividing Line in Israel-Palestine |url=https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/israel-palestine-hamas-and-hardliners-against-peace-by-slavoj-zizek-2023-10 |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Project Syndicate |language=en}}</ref>

{{Block quote|text=We can and should unconditionally support Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorist attacks. But we also must unconditionally sympathize with the truly desperate and hopeless conditions faced by Palestinians in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] and the occupied territories. Those who think there is a “contradiction” in this position are the ones who are effectively blocking a solution.}}

In April 2024, Žižek criticized Israel's [[Gaza war|actions]] in the [[Gaza Strip]], arguing that Israel's true goal, disguised under claims of eliminating [[Hamas]], was to annex both [[Proposed Israeli resettlement of the Gaza Strip|Gaza]] and the [[Proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank|West Bank]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The world cannot just cancel Palestine |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/04/26/world/palestine-gaza-war-protests-canceled/ |work=The Japan Times |date=26 April 2024}}</ref>