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Drop Bear@theblower.au to Palestine@lemmy.ml ·
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"Don’t look at what they say they’re doing, look at what they are actually doing. What they are actually doing is systematically strangling free expression to death wherever it is critical of the

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Drop Bear@theblower.au to Palestine@lemmy.ml ·
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“Don’t look at what they say they’re doing, look at what they are actually doing. What they are actually doing is systematically strangling free expression to death wherever it is critical of the state of Israel.”
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-feign-concern-about-pro-palestine
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#NSWpol
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#Israel

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    @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com

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    #Adelaide
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    #censorship
    #Palestine
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    Subject: Withdrawal from AWWZS Date: Thursday 8 January 2026 at 2:04:08 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Time From: Clare Wright To: Louise Adler CC: Katya Fey, Suzanne Critchley Dear Louise, It is with a heavy heart and a gutful of outrage that I am writing to withdraw my participation from Adelaide Writers Week 2026. I am appalled at the moral cowardice, wrong-headedness and short-sightedness of the Adelaide Festival Board's decision to cancel Randa Abdel-Fattah's session at AWW. As a Jewish Australian, I am shocked and insulted that the Board could exploit the tragedy of Bondi to weaponise its much-loved and respected literary festival. As a writer, I stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Dr Abdel-Fattah and her democratic rights and entitlements to discuss her novel on any stage, in any city, in any country in the world to which she has been invited by a Festival Director, without the political interference of a Board of Directors. As the Co-Curator of the 2025 Bendigo Writers Festival, I thought this lesson had been learnt. To paraphrase Judge Leonard Stretton in his famous ruling in the 1939 bushfire Royal Commission, the AF Board clearly “had not lived long enough”. Id be pleased if you could pass on this email to the Chair of the AF Board and feel free to share with any other writers, journalists or sponsors who might be interested to read it. In solidarity, Clare Professor Clare Wright OAM

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      “… Adelaide City Councillor Keiran Snape has vowed to pitch cutting council funds to the festival …”
      https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2026/01/09/guerilla-festival-on-cards-as-adelaide-city-councillor-moves-to-pull-writers-week-funding
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        Report on BlueSky that at least 100 of 124 booked speakers have withdrawn from the Adelaide Writers Week.
        @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com
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          "Friends and colleagues in the arts, beware of the future.

          They are coming for you."
          https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/13/i-cannot-be-party-to-silencing-writers-which-is-why-i-am-resigning-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb
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            "Ardern was due to appear at the premiere literary festival to be interviewed by ABC Reporter Sarah Ferguson – who also has withdrawn from the February event.
            https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/entertainment/books/2026/01/12/jacinda-ardern-writers
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              From X:
              The Adelaide Writers’ Festival will be renamed the Adelaide Righter’s Festival. It will begin with a Welcome and Acknowledgement of Zionism.
              @palestine@lemmy.ml
              @palestine@fedibird.com
              #Meanjin
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                Zionism proves lethal:
                https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/13/adelaide-writers-week-cancelled-as-board-apologises-to-randa-abdel-fattah-for-how-decision-was-represented-ntwnfb
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                  @DropBear Such a shame, and so unnecessary. The board deserves to be thrown into the sea.

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                    @jillL I gather that this saga began when the board was stacked with new appointments. Now that so many have gone, watch closely who replaces them.
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          @DropBear @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com Good news 👍🏻

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