Comment on Palestinian Australian author dropped from writers' festival after Bondi

• zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  She was cleared of wrongdoing and the suspension of the grant was lifted, btw:

  theguardian.com/…/pro-palestine-academic-randa-ab…

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Cheers. Can still understand why they bumped her quietly in the climate though. Not saying I agree, but I can see the politics behind it.

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    • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Well they haven’t been able to do it “quietly”. They’ve lost at least 24 speakers so far, and a sponsor: theguardian.com/…/adelaide-festival-boycott-pro-p…

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