A discussion group that includes Australian writers, teachers and academics is campaigning to get an editor and academic sacked and funding withdrawn, in response to a literary journal\u2019s publication of pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel articles.<\/p>\n
Messages from a WhatsApp group, which were posted to X\/Twitter by\u00a0Evelyn Araluen<\/a>, appear to show an \u201curgent call to action\u201d against\u00a0Jonathan Dunk<\/a>, who co-edits\u00a0Overland<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>with Araluen.<\/p>\n The requests in the group appear to include asking for screenshots to use as evidence to support taking legal action against Dunk and the journal. Other comments posted by Araluen call for complaints to be made to Deakin University, where Araluen and Dunk are employed as academics, and also to Creative Victoria, which funds\u00a0Overland<\/em>.<\/p>\n (Rosemary Sorensen, ‘Independent Australia’, 4th Feb 2023\u2014more<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A discussion group that includes Australian writers, teachers and academics is campaigning to get an editor and academic sacked and funding withdrawn, in response to a literary journal\u2019s publication of … Continue reading “The magazine Overland has been targeted for its solidarity with the Palestinian cause.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[248,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-overland","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t