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ALEXANDER COCKBURN he is an Ireland- American

Alexander Cockburn, one of America’s best-known radical journalists,


was born on 6 June 1941 in Scotland and grew up in Ireland. And
prefer the Irelands nationality that British because at the 2 war, was a
neutral country, He graduated from Oxford in 1963 with a degree in
English literature and language.
Alexander Cockburn moved to the United States in 1972 and once
there set himself up as a journalist. He would become close friends
with Noam Chomsky, Edward Said, Israel Shahak, Andrew Kopkind,
and Saul Landau, among others. Cockburn wrote for many
publications, including The New York Review of Books, Esquire, and
Harper's. Beat the Devil

He was not afraid to write for newspapers which took a conservative


editorial standpoint, such as The Wall Street Journal for which
Cockburn wrote for ten years, even becoming a columnist
for Chronicles in 2009.
As an author of around twenty books, Cockburn produced work
covering an array of different areas and with many fellow writers. In
1987, he completed what would be the first of a series of books
composed of columns, diary entries, letters, and essays dating from
1976. It was called Corruptions of Empire (1988) and its cover featured
a portrayal of Admiral George Cockburn torching the White House with
slaves escaping. To follow up, Cockburn published The Golden Age Is
In Us: Journeys and Encounters (1995) in much the same mode,
combining diary entries with columns, essays, and letters, even
including hate mail. The last collection in this series was A Colossal
Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption, and
American Culture (2013), which was published posthumously, having
completed it shortly before his death. [13] Cockburn was a permanent
resident of the United States from 1973 as an Irish citizen. He became
a US citizen in 2009. He lived in New York City for many years, before
moving to Petrolia in Humboldt County in northern California in 1992.
Political views and activities
Anti-war positions
Conspiracy theories
Free speech
Gun rights
Green issues
Immigration
Israel and anti-Semitism
Occupy Wall Street
Same-sex marriage
Scientology
And He died on 21 July 2012  at aged 71 Bad Salzhausen, Germany

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