The Journal

256 Spring 2024

Buy/subscribe now

Overland 256 is the third issue in a suite of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. Inside its pages you'll find: Daniel Browning on the politics of memory, Antonia Pont on impatience, Sarah Wehbe on Palestinian fury and joy, and a special editorial by our departing poetry editor Toby Fitch. There's also new short fiction from Rowan MacDonald, Bethany Lalor and Amalia Stone, and new poetry from Josie Suzanne, Tim Loveday, Lulu Houdini and more.

Browse by format:

Overland literary journal > Articles by: Cam Smith

Author archives

Cam Smith

Cam Smith is an anti-racist activist from Melbourne. He is a co-host of Squatters & Unwaged Workers Airwaves on 3CR, as well as conspiracy podcast The Hypothetical Institute. He tweets at @sexenheimer.

Articles by Cam Smith:

17 January 201814 February 2018 · Main Posts

How do you solve a problem like the ‘African Gang Crisis?’

There is no doubt that the formation of racist street patrols is newsworthy, however we may never know why Channel Seven felt the need to woo these neo-Fascists with such soft balls. Possibly it was in the interests of keeping them sweet to guarantee that next exclusive interview, maybe it was to keep things interesting for their next awful Underbelly knock-off.