Austin G. Mackell
Top Posts
me on twitter…
- Australian activists watch your fucking backs, and each others: thawraeyewitness.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/asio-h… 19 hours ago
- @mememdo but the shorter answer is Fucken Aye I can. Like a drop of water influences the shape of a rock. 19 hours ago
- RT @mememdo: @austingmackell twit "can influence western policy". Self important? 19 hours ago
- @mememdo more than I can influence the actions of someone so full of hate and despair they are ready to do something like london... 19 hours ago
- This is fucking bullshit. My mate @R_Trick receives an intimidatory visit from Secret Intelligence Organization. thawraeyewitness.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/asio-h… 19 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: March 2012
Is Egypt’s Iron Lady out to get me?
I had the following published just now about what I think is really motivating the charges against me. Some will be surprised to read, I don’t think it is all about #SCAF Foreign Journos Aren’t The Real Target In Egypt … Continue reading
Bob Carr … I need your help, and I need it now
I had an appeal to the incoming foreign minister @bobjcarr published over on The Drum today: This is serious, Bob. A full month has now passed since American masters student Derek Ludovici, Egyptian translator and news producer Aliya Alwi and I … Continue reading
Open letter (to my Federal MP) regarding Austin G Mackell
Reblogged from Bleeter's Blog: To: Julie Collins Julie.Collins.MP@aph.gov.au Member for (the Australian Federal electorate of) Franklin http://www.juliecollins.com/ Dear Ms Collins, As my local Federal member, could you please inform me as a matter of urgency as to what assistance the … Continue reading
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Letter to my local MP, Mr Tony Burke.
Reblogged from Black Dog: Dear Mr Burke, I am writing in frustration and desperation regarding the plight of my friend Austin Mackell. Austin is a freelance journalist who has been covering the uprising in Egypt. He is facing 5-7 … Continue reading
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