Published in Overland Issue 219 Winter 2015 · Uncategorized Issue 219 Editorial team REGULARS Giovanni Tiso – Editorial Stephen Wright Alison Croggon Mel Campbell FEATURES Morgan Godfery Settled peacefully The stories told about our colonial histories Faisal Al-Asaad ‘In a rage almost all the time’ From Gaza to Ferguson John Clarke The things she did A eulogy Catriona MacLennan The ethics of defence Lawyers and rape trials Max Rashbrooke At a price A short history of free speech Nicky Hager Loose lips Working with whistleblowers Scott Hamilton ‘Pass the ta’e please’ Tonga after Futa Helu Anton Blank Change is the only constant On gay role models FICTION Jolisa Gracewood – Fiction editorial Tina Makereti – Monster Pip Adam – Zero hours Lawrence Patchett – Intruder POETRY Robert Sullivan – Poetry editorial Tulia Thompson Fruit bowl Airini Beautrais Flow Nicole Hawkins Māori dux Anna Jackson Call me Careo Ben Brown Red tiki Selina Tusitala Marsh Cumming Reihana Robinson Terra nullius Kiri Piahana-Wong Hiding Murray Edmond His poetry: a paragraph in its defence Apirana Taylor thank you pukana Rachel J Fenton Exhumed at Earth’s end ARTWORK Marian maguire Editorial team More by Editorial team › 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 11 December 202411 December 2024 · Writing The trouble Ken Bolton’s poems make for me, specifically, at the moment Linda Marie Walker These poems doom me to my chair and table and computer. I knew it was all downhill from here, at this age, but it’s been confirmed. My mind remains town-size, hemmed in by pine plantations and kanite walls and flat swampy land and hills called “mountains”. 9 December 202411 December 2024 · Militarisation War stories: how weapons corporations create social licence for genocide Wage Peace The weapons industry remains masterful at propagating a number of quite specific false narratives to misdirect attention, not just at arms fairs, but across all their operations. This goes far beyond misrepresentation of police violence on protestors, and cumulatively aims to generate a social license, including for genocide.