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Farewell to our radical US columnist Alexander Cockburn
Cockburn kept his cancer treatment a secret – he did not want the disease to define him
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Nigel Horne
LAST UPDATED AT 10:04 ON Sun 22 Jul 2012
THE DEATH of Alexander Cockburn at 71 robs political journalism of one of its most radical and honest voices. Show More Summary
McChrystal is wrong: No need for draft in the age of the drone
Gen McChrystal wants to bring back the draft – but we pay Lockheed and Co to fight our wars now
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:20 ON Fri 13 Jul 2012
TWO YEARS after he was sacked by President Obama as the top commanderShow More Summary
Occupy movement – gone but not forgotten
The Occupy movement appeared dead and buried until the Barclays scandal erupted
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 10:24 ON Thu 5 Jul 2012
IT WAS very hard not to be swept away by the Occupy movement which established itself in New York's Zuccotti Park last September and soon spread to Oakland, Chicago, London and Madrid. Show More Summary
Obamacare victory puts Mitt Romney on the back foot again
Republican candidate blindsided by Supreme Court's decision to uphold Obama's health insurance Act
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:44 ON Fri 29 Jun 2012
IT'S tempting to say the the Affordable Health Care Act decision spells the end of the Romney candidacy. Show More Summary
Rio+20 summit: welcome to the fantasy land of green conferences
Once again, thousands of delegates descend on a pleasant location. Once again, the result is failure
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:35 ON Thu 21 Jun 2012
THE PREDICTABLE word is in from Rio: failure. The conference, 20Show More Summary
NYPD changes rules on dope, but keeps racist frisk powers
New York plans to decriminalise possession of marijuana but the real problem is the racist stop and frisk law police use to find the drugs
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:40 ON Fri 15 Jun 2012
LAST WEEK there was much rejoicing...Show More Summary
Why Barack Obama's marijuana betrayal should surprise nobody
The man who smoked pot when he was a teenager has presided over millions of marijuana arrests
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 15:58 ON Thu 7 Jun 2012
A HEART in love will decipher every squiggle in the letter as a kiss. InShow More Summary
Back to 1980 as Romney apes Reagan in play for Pentagon
Mitt Romney follows Reagan's lead as he bids to get the Joint Chiefs of Staff on side
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 10:56 ON Thu 31 May 2012
LET ME whisk you back to 1980 on one of Obama's miracle drones, where the JointShow More Summary
Whitey's majority is nearly over. Luckily, the fascist regime is ready
White births are no longer a majority in the US, but it will be a while before Wasp-dom loosens its grip on power
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:06 ON Fri 25 May 2012
THE NEWS is in. White births are no longer a majority in the United States. Show More Summary
Gay marriage: good for election coffers, not so great for equality
After Barack Obama's sudden conversion, gay couples who mimic heterosexual relations will be more equal than others
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:33 ON Thu 17 May 2012
IT STARTED with lesbian couples in Vermont in the mid-1990s, freaked out they'd lose their babies. Show More Summary
Is NYPD using sexual assault to defend Wall Street paymasters?
Occupy Wall Street say police are using violent new tactics against them. This is getting out of hand
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:50 ON Thu 10 May 2012
LET'S SUPPOSE that the blind Chinese dissident, Chen Guangcheng,...Show More Summary
Who are the real fascists: Marine Le Pen - or the United States?
Americans worry about the rise of extremism in Europe, but they aren't overly concerned by their own 'proto-fascist' country
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:19 ON Thu 3 May 2012
AMERICAN discussions of Europe swivel between rationality and hysteria. Show More Summary
When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed
Was the US drug Vioxx responsible for far more deaths than has been acknowledged so far?
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 10:03 ON Fri 27 Apr 2012
ARE American lives cheaper than those of the Chinese? It's a question raisedShow More Summary
It's a dead heat as Mitt Romney catches up with Barack Obama
With small-town America still hurting from the 2008 crash, Republican Romney could turn this into a lead
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:46 ON Thu 19 Apr 2012
A MEDIUM-SIZE thunderbolt has crashed down amid the somewhat torpid early stages of the presidential campaign. Show More Summary
It's a dead head as Mitt Romney catches up with Barack Obama
With small-town America still hurting from the 2008 crash, Republican Romney could turn this into a lead
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:46 ON Thu 19 Apr 2012
A MEDIUM-SIZE thunderbolt has crashed down amid the somewhat torpid early stages of the presidential campaign. Show More Summary
Farewell gastro-porn: is the foodie frenzy finally fizzling out?
As two high-profile US restaurants close and food critics take a step back, is this the end an era?
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 09:42 ON Thu 12 Apr 2012
THIS has been a bad year for grand restaurants in the three- to four-star...Show More Summary
Romney beats off all challengers - at a terrible cost to his beliefs
One-time liberal now sports all his fellow Republicans' most unalluring features. The Obama camp is not unhappy
Column
Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:39 ON Wed 4 Apr 2012
MITT ROMNEY will be the Republican to face President Obama in November. Show More Summary
Trayvon Martin: Republicans shoot themselves in foot again
By taking sides against the dead black teenager, Santorum and Gingrich have doomed the GOP
Column
BY Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 08:49 ON Fri 30 Mar 2012
LIKE most things that happen in America these days, the Trayvon Martin case...Show More Summary
The great myth of America’s ‘knowledge economy’
Only 25% of Americans go to college and only 16% of these actually try to learn anything. And it doesn’t really matter...
Column
BY Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 08:01 ON Fri 23 Mar 2012
"IN THE 21st century, the best anti-poverty...Show More Summary
Afghan rampage: it will only stop when the troops come home
Assassination, desecration of bodies, the collecting of body-part trophies – it turned ugly long ago
Column
BY Alexander Cockburn
LAST UPDATED AT 07:54 ON Fri 16 Mar 2012
IN THE WAKE of the lethal rampage by a US Sergeant who killedShow More Summary