PEN America cancels 2024 awards after authors drop out over Gaza
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PEN America cancels festival after authors drop out in support of Gaza
Cancellation of World Voices festival comes days after organization cancelled 2024 edition of its annual awards ceremonyThe free speech organization PEN America has cancelled its World Voices festival after several authors withdrew their participation over the non-profit’s response to Israel’s military attacks against Gaza.The festival was scheduled to take place on 8 May in New York City and Los Angeles. A prominent group of writers including Naomi Klein, a Guardian columnist; Isabella Hammad;...
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PEN America Cancels Annual Award After Writers’ Boycott Over Gaza War
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Column: Anti-Censorship Group PEN America Canceled by Pro-Hamas Authors
The leftist “free expression” group PEN America collided with a brick wall of radicals who don’t like anyone who expresses a sympathetic view of Israel after the Hamas slaughter of October 7. Their literary awards ceremony had to be cancelled due to a substantial withdrawal of authors striking a “pro-Palestinian” pose. If you disagree with that view? You’re “complicit” in genocide. Agree with the mob, or you favor mass murder. Their view is so obviously correct that they cannot understand how...