Alex was always one of my idols. A tremendous human being, a truly sensational intellect and a man who was dedicated to genuine justice and peace. The way he'd slay the sycophants of the mainstream press was always so welcome.
great remembrance, check out this one long indepth interview with him on CSPAN on his life and career and even though you'll want to dump him for his defense of Scientology, the 2nd amendment, his hatred for Bernie Sanders which is alive and well and vindicated in Counter Punch Today, but where I really have a problem with Cockburn was his climate denialism, but watch his interview on CSPAN and take time to read Counter Punch and listen to Counter Punch Radio and certainly with Bernie squandering his integrity with Russia conspiracy theories and the left's marginalization of the Greens and other alternative left voices with their stupid commitment to reforming the Democrat and you'll just love Cockburn and Counter Punch. And funny to see Ashftin Ratansi there! He now hosts the brilliant program on RT UK Going Underground which does a good job covering UK domestic and foreign policy which is lacking in independent media and alternative media. Lastly fuck Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie. and wow! Daisy is really beautiful. And one more its amazing while much of the left in the Nation, Mother Jones, and so fourth where fine with Clinton's Dresden bombings in Yugoslavia, Counter Punch wasn't. While Ralph Nader was marginalized by The Nation, Michael Moore and others, Cockburn, St.Clair and Counter Punch stood up for him and continue. While the broad liberal-left throws Palestine under the bus, Counter Punch doesn't. Cockburn and what he built on Counter Punch was a consistent sincere message in its commitment to human rights and calling out the system of which Democrats are a part of it. And he'd be rolling in his grave in seeing the Russia conspiracy theories and Syria propaganda that Young Turks, Democracy Now, Nation, Mother Jones, sadly now the Intercept is doing.
Alex was always one of my idols. A tremendous human being, a truly sensational intellect and a man who was dedicated to genuine justice and peace. The way he'd slay the sycophants of the mainstream press was always so welcome.
Alexander Cockburn was a good guy. He will be missed.
great remembrance, check out this one long indepth interview with him on CSPAN on his life and career and even though you'll want to dump him for his defense of Scientology, the 2nd amendment, his hatred for Bernie Sanders which is alive and well and vindicated in Counter Punch Today, but where I really have a problem with Cockburn was his climate denialism, but watch his interview on CSPAN and take time to read Counter Punch and listen to Counter Punch Radio and certainly with Bernie squandering his integrity with Russia conspiracy theories and the left's marginalization of the Greens and other alternative left voices with their stupid commitment to reforming the Democrat and you'll just love Cockburn and Counter Punch. And funny to see Ashftin Ratansi there! He now hosts the brilliant program on RT UK Going Underground which does a good job covering UK domestic and foreign policy which is lacking in independent media and alternative media. Lastly fuck Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie. and wow! Daisy is really beautiful. And one more its amazing while much of the left in the Nation, Mother Jones, and so fourth where fine with Clinton's Dresden bombings in Yugoslavia, Counter Punch wasn't. While Ralph Nader was marginalized by The Nation, Michael Moore and others, Cockburn, St.Clair and Counter Punch stood up for him and continue. While the broad liberal-left throws Palestine under the bus, Counter Punch doesn't. Cockburn and what he built on Counter Punch was a consistent sincere message in its commitment to human rights and calling out the system of which Democrats are a part of it. And he'd be rolling in his grave in seeing the Russia conspiracy theories and Syria propaganda that Young Turks, Democracy Now, Nation, Mother Jones, sadly now the Intercept is doing.