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Statement on The Left Forum Closing Plenary 2016 featuring a racist, fascist, queer-bashing, imperial propagandist
After years of being sophistically excused for a series of anti-communist, racist and sexist clichés, historical falsifications and a penchant for peddling a “Marxism” whose essential component is a glorification of authoritarian violence as transcendent guarantor of “authenticity”, Slavoj Žižek has openly and irretrievably shown his true colors through his open support for the U.S.-engineered fascist coup in Ukraine in a series of statements and interventions from January to May 2014, and through his open call for a military handling of the refugee crisis propelled by the proxy war Western imperialist powers and their regional allies have been waging in North Africa and the Middle East (September-November 2015).
It has now become far too apparent that not only is Slavoj Žižek not a man of “the left”, but that he has played a vital role in providing this increasingly vague and depoliticized moniker with an extreme right-wing, pro-imperialist and incipiently fascist content. Inviting him to give the closing plenary at Left Forum would have been an oxymoron, if it were not further proof of the craven, commercially-minded cynicism that has pulverized the historical meaning of a political category.
Konstantinos Asvestas
Gracchus Babeuf (@GBabeuf)
Antonis Balasopoulos
Sam Birbeck
Milan Brdar
Tiphaine Dickson
Jessica Eden
@VNGiapaganda
Edward Michael Gomeau
Phil Greaves
Heli Guy
Hiroyuki Hamada
Aleksandar Jokic
Mitra Kabutar
Exir Kamalabadi
Molly Klein
Jacob Levich
Derek Liedel
Karen MacRae
Debolina Majumder
Evelyn Pappas
Robert Peplin
Anastasis Pissourios
Sylvia Posadas
Yannis Prantalos
Darrell Rankin
Leandros Savvides
John Steppling
Apostolos Terhinoglou
Fotis Thanos
Robert Thorpe
Srećko Vojvodić
Filmon Zerai @eritreastruggle
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February 18, 2016
The volume of support shows that the critique of this invitation has reached a critical mass. We are finalizing a formal letter summarizing these grievances for immediate delivery to the Left Forum board.
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Zizek is just a contrarian grifter. Tired of hearing him talk.
pathetic that he was even invited in the first place...
Academic celebrity culture is toxic. Keep this clown away from anything claiming to represent the left.
A well-marketed clown with a consistent history of undermining meaningful struggle, championing hollow pseudo-left "movements," and promoting imperialist interests. Good riddance.
Support of violence in the name of the Masters under the guise of brotherhood is the worst hypocrisy.
Have we reached bottom yet?
zizek delenda est.
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Statement on The Left Forum Closing Plenary 2016 featuring a racist, fascist, queer-bashing, imperial propagandist
After years of being sophistically excused for a series of anti-communist, racist and sexist clichés, historical falsifications and a penchant for peddling a “Marxism” whose essential component is a glorification of authoritarian violence as transcendent guarantor of “authenticity”, Slavoj Žižek has openly and irretrievably shown his true colors through his open support for the U.S.-engineered fascist coup in Ukraine in a series of statements and interventions from January to May 2014, and through his open call for a military handling of the refugee crisis propelled by the proxy war Western imperialist powers and their regional allies have been waging in North Africa and the Middle East (September-November 2015).
It has now become far too apparent that not only is Slavoj Žižek not a man of “the left”, but that he has played a vital role in providing this increasingly vague and depoliticized moniker with an extreme right-wing, pro-imperialist and incipiently fascist content. Inviting him to give the closing plenary at Left Forum would have been an oxymoron, if it were not further proof of the craven, commercially-minded cynicism that has pulverized the historical meaning of a political category.
Konstantinos Asvestas
Gracchus Babeuf (@GBabeuf)
Antonis Balasopoulos
Sam Birbeck
Milan Brdar
Tiphaine Dickson
Jessica Eden
@VNGiapaganda
Edward Michael Gomeau
Phil Greaves
Heli Guy
Hiroyuki Hamada
Aleksandar Jokic
Mitra Kabutar
Exir Kamalabadi
Molly Klein
Jacob Levich
Derek Liedel
Karen MacRae
Debolina Majumder
Evelyn Pappas
Robert Peplin
Anastasis Pissourios
Sylvia Posadas
Yannis Prantalos
Darrell Rankin
Leandros Savvides
John Steppling
Apostolos Terhinoglou
Fotis Thanos
Robert Thorpe
Srećko Vojvodić
Filmon Zerai @eritreastruggle
Updates
February 18, 2016
The volume of support shows that the critique of this invitation has reached a critical mass. We are finalizing a formal letter summarizing these grievances for immediate delivery to the Left Forum board.
11 Comments
Finally someone said it. The guy is a total fraud who makes a career out of being edgy while selling out the actual movement.
Zizek is just a contrarian grifter. Tired of hearing him talk.
pathetic that he was even invited in the first place...
Academic celebrity culture is toxic. Keep this clown away from anything claiming to represent the left.
A well-marketed clown with a consistent history of undermining meaningful struggle, championing hollow pseudo-left "movements," and promoting imperialist interests. Good riddance.
Support of violence in the name of the Masters under the guise of brotherhood is the worst hypocrisy.
Have we reached bottom yet?
zizek delenda est.
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Finally someone said it. The guy is a total fraud who makes a career out of being edgy while selling out the actual movement.