Overland 254 is the first in a set of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. This issue also launches a new design and format by Common Room Editions, inspired by Overland’s trove of radical literature spanning from 1954 to today. Andrew Brooks and Astrid Lorange consider the asymmetrical responses to two events: the wearing of keffiyehs by three cast members during the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Anton Chekov’s The Seagull, and, on the same day in the US, the shooting of three Palestinian men wearing keffiyehs. Jeff Sparrow uncovers the Sydney Herald’s legacy of Terra Nullius, and Daniel Lopez writes on Marx, Meredith and the festival as an inversion of modern life.
Andrés Vaccari was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and migrated to Australia at the age of 18. He published a handful of short stories and academic papers, self-published a novel (Robotomy, 1997), and freelanced as a book reviewer for the Australian, Sunday Telegraph and Sydney Morning Herald. He now teaches philosophy online at Macquarie University, where he is also a Research Associate (Department of Philosophy). He currently resides in Argentine Patagonia with his wife, two daughters and a significant number of animal others.
