“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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“… 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Report on BlueSky that at least 100 of 124 booked speakers have withdrawn from the Adelaide Writers Week.
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@DropBear @[email protected] @[email protected] Good news 👍🏻
"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was due to appear at the premiere literary festival to be interviewed by ABC Reporter Sarah Ferguson – who also has withdrawn from the February event.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.
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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.
@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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“… spare a thought for the Festival staff, passionate individuals who work long and hard for below-market salaries to transform the city each year …”
https://theshot.net.au/uncategorized/why-is-a-labor-premier-silencing-a-writer/
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