Austin G. Mackell
Top Posts
me on twitter…
- So is #Israel's thinking that if anyone is going to be killing Levantine Arabs they sure as hell aren't going to miss out on the fun? #Golan 3 hours ago
- RT @antissa: Syrian army admits to targeting Israeli military vehicle that had reportedly crossed ceasefire line - rt.com/news/israel-fi… #… 4 hours ago
- Israel, Syria show teeth: Third cross-border shootout in week — RT News: rt.com/news/israel-fi… 4 hours ago
- RT @trutherbot: Get off your ass and take a walk. Humans aren't meant to sit down for hours upon hours. 4 hours ago
- Pressure clothing retailer GAP to sign a safety agreement for Bangladeshi workers. avaaz.org/en/gap_enough_… 4 hours ago
Blogroll
- Acitv8Change The fantastic and fiery Kate Ausburn’s blog
- Antony Loewenstein One of Australia’s best and most critical intellectuals
- Disgruntled Biped “23 year old curmudgeon. Serial pessimist. Born in Jesusland, raised in Redneck Wonderland… suffice to say that both these experiences damaged me profoundly. Much happier now in the Inner West.”
- Inner West Live A community of blogger/journo/food-reviews/catlovers from around the Inner West (The Cool Part) of Sydney
- Lorenzo Tugnoli An amazing Italian photojournalist.
- Patch Galey A very sharp young British journalist based in Beirut and working at the Daily Star (also once my flat-mate)
- Penultimo A blog about my neighbourhood run by Jesse Stein and Erin Riley… Coz I still got love for the streets.
- Richard Hall Another fine young Daily Star Journo, writing from Beirut about the Middle East and beyond.
- Sam Tarling English Photojournalist bouncing round the Middle East. In Cairo (in the thick of it) last I checked.
- The Review of The New York Review of Books A side project of mine, featuring meta-reviews (reviews of reviews), video digests, and comment pages for the NYRB
- The Tongue Are you ready for a taste of the realness?
- The Tracy and The John “the men danced the dance of the gays”
- Two Bullets an anonymous insider from the Sydney music scene
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Anzac Day special from El Alamein
The following are a some photos from the memorials to the soldiers from the Italian and Commonwealth forces that died in the battle of El Alamein. I went there a on Saturday with Giordano Ciampini (who will soon also have a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anzac Day, Australian Imperial Forces, El Alamein, Italian Army, War Memorials, World War II
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“In principle” – My email to Marrickville Councillors
Marrickville Council, which is headed by the Australian Greens, had recently impressed me by announcing it would join the growing global campaign to boycott Israel in protest to its horrific oppression of the Palestinians. Now it seems they are caving … Continue reading
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Tagged BDS, Boycott Israel, Cathy Peters, Fiona Byrne, Israel, Marika Kontellis, Marrickville, Max Phillips, Palestine, Peter Olive
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Reading the Shock Doctrine in Cairo
The Shock Doctrine, by Naomi Klein, is the ducks fucking nuts. The most fitting endorsement I have heard of it comes from MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow; “The only book of the last few years in American publishing that I would describe as … Continue reading
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Tagged #jan25, Cairo, capitalism, Egypt, Empire, Naomi Klein, Neo Liberalism, Resistance, Revolution, Socialism, The Shock Doctrine
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Egypt’s revolutionaries fight the army, and win.
The ongoing revolution in Egypt has taken a dramatic turn, with protesters successfully resisting an assault by the army on Tahrir Square. Yesterday (Friday the 8th of April) one of the largest protests in Egypy since the ouster of Mubarak … Continue reading
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Tagged 9 April, 9 April 2011, Burning Vehicles, Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian Army, Jan 25, Revolution, Tahrir, Tahrir Square, Tantawi
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