Published in Overland Issue 205 Summer 2011 Main Posts / Politics Editorial Jeff Sparrow Most of the articles in this edition of Overland were written before the Occupy Together movement began. The issue was finished as occupations spread to more than 80 countries and 1000 cities, in the biggest wave of international protest since the Iraq war. In Melbourne, where Overland’s based, Occupy demonstrators were violently dispersed in an extraordinary police operation. As we go to press, crackdowns are scheduled for other cities across the world. Occupy Together has been criticised for not articulating a coherent list of demands. But what the movement has done is create space for debate, radically rupturing the bipartisan consensus around focus group politics and neoliberal economics. And that’s an incredibly important accomplishment. We see Overland’s project as something similar. The journal provides a place where progressives can argue ideas, can formulate alternatives to a status quo in which the wealthiest 1 per cent of adults own 40 per cent of all assets and the poorest half of the population make do with 1 per cent of global wealth. Suddenly, these are exciting times. We don’t know what will emerge from the current tumult but we’re confident that Overland will be part of it. Jeff Sparrow Jeff Sparrow is a Walkley Award-winning writer, broadcaster and former editor of Overland. More by Jeff Sparrow Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays First published in Overland Issue 228 24 February 202317 March 2023 Main Posts Final Results of the 2022 Judith Wright Poetry Prize Editorial Team Overland, the judges and the Malcolm Robertson Foundation are thrilled to announce the final results of the 2022 Judith Wright Poetry Prize. First published in Overland Issue 228 24 February 202317 March 2023 Main Posts Final Results of the 2022 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize Editorial Team Overland, the judges and the Malcolm Robertson Foundation are thrilled to announce the final results of the 2022 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize.