Published in Overland Issue 235 Winter 2019 · Uncategorized Guest artist for Overland 235: Tia Kass Tia Kasambalis Artist’s statement The cover art pays homage to those organising and fighting against the growing threat of far right political movements here in Australia and across the world. Featured is a detailed portrait of a friend and fellow antifascist organiser, accompanied by two characters symbolising solidarity. Above them, though not too high above, is a timid, racist, white Australian who wanted to ‘express his right to free speech and challenge political correctness gone mad!’. But you and I ain’t having none of that. On the back reads the famous slogan ‘No Pasaran!’ – ‘They shall not pass!’ – used in many a battle against fascist forces, most famously during the Spanish Civil War and the Battle of Cable Street. – Tia Kass Cover Artwork for short story ‘The island’ Artwork for short story ‘Hook. Line. Sinker.’ Artwork for short story ‘The Economist’ Artwork for short story ‘The Garden Bridge’ Artwork for short story ‘Of water’ Back cover Read the rest of Overland 235 If you liked these works, buy the issue Or subscribe and receive four brilliant issues for a year Tia Kasambalis Tia Kasambalis is a walkley short-listed artist and illustrator based in Naarm (Melbourne). He is also a member of the Workers Art Collective. More by Tia Kasambalis › 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 2 December 2024 · Reviews Pleasure politics: Zahra Stardust’s Indie Porn Samantha Floreani By drawing out the cultures of indie porn, Stardust pushes readers to see beyond issues of content classification, aesthetics and representation to consider the political economy of pornography. She positions pornography within broader systems of economic inequality, trade relationships and globalisation, and frames indie porn in terms of its efforts to “redistribute power, labour, and wealth in global media production.” 29 November 2024 · Climate politics Pacific nations can’t afford to be hypocrites on human rights Kavita Naidu In the Pacific, we know that climate change is exacerbating a human rights crisis. Our survival relies on the world following international law to limit the warming that threatens our people and shores. Yet the recent trajectory of Pacific governments picking and choosing which rights to defend and which to ignore is deeply troubling.
