Alexander Cockburn

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Alexander Cockburn was a British-born Irish-American political journalist and columnist known for his sharp left-wing commentary and co-editing the newsletter CounterPunch.

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instanceOf author
editor
journalist
causeOfDeath cancer
citizenship Ireland NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
United States of America
coAuthorWith Jeffrey St. Clair NERFINISHED
coEditorOf CounterPunch NERFINISHED
coFounded CounterPunch NERFINISHED
columnistFor The Nation NERFINISHED
The Village Voice NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1941-06-06
dateOfDeath 2012-07-21
education Glenalmond College NERFINISHED
University of Oxford NERFINISHED
ethnicity Irish-American
father Claud Cockburn NERFINISHED
fullName Alexander Claud Cockburn NERFINISHED
genre investigative journalism
political journalism
knownFor co-editing CounterPunch
left-wing political commentary
media criticism
language English
laterNationality Irish-American
mother Patricia Byron NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableWork Corruptions of Empire NERFINISHED
The Golden Age Is in Us NERFINISHED
Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press NERFINISHED
occupation journalist
political columnist
writer
placeOfBirth St Helier, Jersey NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Bad Salzhausen, Hesse, Germany NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment left-wing
religion atheism
residence United States of America
sibling Andrew Cockburn NERFINISHED
Patrick Cockburn NERFINISHED
studiedAt Keble College, Oxford NERFINISHED
workedFor The Nation NERFINISHED
The Village Voice NERFINISHED
wroteColumn Beat the Devil NERFINISHED

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Claud Cockburn child Alexander Cockburn
Andrew Cockburn sibling Alexander Cockburn