Editing Wallace Shawn (section)

==Political activity==
Shawn has written many plays with [[socialist]] themes;<ref name=":3" /> much of his work examines the "connective tissue between private psychology and the politics of inequality".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hughley |first=Marty |title=DramaWatch: Wallace Shawn in a 'Fever' • Oregon ArtsWatch |url=https://www.orartswatch.org/dramawatch-wallace-shawn-in-a-fever/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> He identifies as a socialist in the essay "Why I Call Myself a Socialist: Is the World Really a Stage?", which was published online and later in his ''Essays''.<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last=Shawn |first=Wallace |date=February 3, 2011 |title=Why I Call Myself a Socialist: Is the World Really a Stage? |website=[[Huffington Post]] |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wallace-shawn/why-i-call-myself-a-socia_b_818061.html |access-date=January 5, 2017}}</ref>

In June 2013, Shawn and many other public figures appeared in a video showing support for [[Chelsea Manning]], a U.S. Army soldier imprisoned for leaking classified material.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gavin |first=Patrick |date=June 20, 2013 |title=Celeb video: 'I am Bradley Manning' |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/celebrity-bradley-manning-video-93041.html#ixzz2WgfpNmys |access-date=July 29, 2014 |website=[[Politico]]}}</ref>

Shawn voiced his support for the [[Palestinian people]] during the [[2014 Gaza War]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shawn |first=Wallace |date=August 25, 2014 |title=Wallace Shawn on Gaza: "The Anger of the Palestinians Cannot Be Ended by Killing Their Children" |language=en |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |location=Los Angeles, California |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wallace-shawn-gaza-anger-palestinians-727193 |access-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref> He has been on the advisory board of [[Jewish Voice for Peace]].<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- Not stated --> |date=<!-- Not stated --> |title=Advisory Board |url=https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/content/advisory-board | website=jewishvoiceforpeace.org |publisher=Jewish Voice for Peace |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721071612/https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/content/advisory-board |archive-date=21 July 2015 |access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref>

On October 16, 2023, Shawn spoke at a Washington D.C. rally organized by Jewish Voice for Peace and [[IfNotNow]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=White |first=Abbey |date=October 17, 2023 |title=Wallace Shawn Calls for End of "Massacring" in Israel-Gaza Conflict at D.C. Rally: "I Don't Really Believe in Revenge" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/wallace-shawn-criticizes-us-response-israel-gaza-conflict-dc-rally-1235619903/ |access-date=October 23, 2023 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> The rally called for a ceasefire in the [[Gaza war]] and for President [[Joe Biden]] to support a ceasefire.<ref name=":0" /> Also that month, Shawn was among the artists to sign the [[Artists4Ceasefire]] campaign's open letter urging Biden to push for a ceasefire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/10/21/1207783685/celebrities-letter-ceasefire-israel-gaza-biden|title=Entertainment industry A-listers sign a letter to Biden urging a cease-fire in Gaza|last=Veltman|first=Chloe|date=October 21, 2023|work=[[NPR]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021195237/https://www.npr.org/2023/10/21/1207783685/celebrities-letter-ceasefire-israel-gaza-biden|archive-date=October 21, 2023|url-status=live|access-date=April 23, 2024 }}</ref>

In April 2024, Shawn narrated a political ad by a group of organizations opposing the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]]'s influence in [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] primaries.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ramirez |first=Nikki McCann |date=2024-04-11 |title=Wallace Shawn Narrates Ad for Coalition Opposing America's Biggest Israel Lobby |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/wallace-shawn-pro-palestine-group-countering-aipac-1235002044/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

In a January 2025 interview, Shawn [[Comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany|compared Israel to Nazi Germany]], saying the Israelis were "doing evil that is just as great as what the Nazis did. And in some ways, it's worse, because they kind of boast about it. Hitler had the decency to try to keep it secret... the Israelis are almost proud of it, and it's demonically evil."<ref>{{cite web|last=Cebi|first=Gizem|title= 'Demonically evil': US actor Wallace Shawn compares Israel’s actions in Gaza to Nazi Germany|url= https://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/demonically-evil-us-actor-wallace-shawn-compares-israel-s-actions-in-gaza-to-nazi-germany/3472394|work=Anadolu Agency|date=5 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= ‘Princess Bride’ Actor Wallace Shawn Compares Israeli Treatment of Gaza to Nazi Germany|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/wallace-shawn-israeli-treatment-gaza-nazi-1236127279/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Zoe G.|last=Phillips|date=4 February 2025|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Edelson |first=Daniel |date=February 4, 2025 |title=Jewish actor Wallace Shawn attacks Israelis for 'doing evil that is just as great as what the Nazis did' |website=[[Ynet News]] |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/hyqk2yxtyx}}</ref>