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<p> Whether journeying to Key West, Fla., Humboldt County, Calif., Ireland or<br> Istanbul, Mr. Cockburn is a warrior/freethinker, armed with courage and<br> gifted prose to cut down the hypocrisies of tyrants. He is a Marxist Mencken<br> --a composite of comic-poet Andrei Condrescu, the erudite Christopher<br> Hitchens and the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. New York Times <br><br> Probably the most gifted polemicist writing in English today. <br> Times Literary Supplement <br><br> Alex struck American journalism like lightning. <br> Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast <br><br> Always surprising, outrageous, brilliant and yet strangely compassionate. He<br> weaves together the public and the private with a sustained comic ingenuity<br> that is matchless. Edward Said<br><br> He had the courage to take on anything and anyone, from the most powerful<br> organisations in the world to his closest friends, and the energy and persistence<br> to follow his own path wherever it took him. Guardian <br><br> Alexander Cockburn set a high standard of crusading journalism for fifty<br> years ... With his Wildean wit, love of elegant women, penchant for hunting<br> and fondness for P. G. Wodehouse, Cockburn defied the stereotype of the<br> disgruntled left-wing scribe. Independent <br><br> Cockburn essentially pioneered the modern persona for which Christopher<br> Hitchens became much better known: the fancily Oxford-educated leftie Brit<br> litterateur/journalist who would say all the outrageous things his bland Yank<br> counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or epater -spirit to utter on<br> their own ... Cockburn was far more committed and purposeful in his outrageousness. Atlantic <br>

It's alive on every page, this thing; its feisty sentences wriggle ... A Colossal Wreck will have a long life among those who care about the crackling deployment of the English language, partly because Mr. Cockburn had such a wide-ranging mind ... His book is a stay against boredom. --Dwight Garner, New York Times A Colossal Wreck provides ample evidence for Cockburn's standing as one of the left's most perceptive and entertaining commentators. --The Guardian Alex struck American journalism like lightning. --Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast Always surprising, outrageous, brilliant and yet strangely compassionate. He weaves together the public and the private with a sustained comic ingenuity that is matchless. --Edward Said Alexander Cockburn set a high standard of crusading journalism for fifty years ... With his Wildean wit, love of elegant women, penchant for hunting and fondness for P.G. Wodehouse, Cockburn defied the stereotype of the disgruntled left-wing scribe. --The Independent Cockburn essentially pioneered the modern persona for which Christopher Hitchens became much better known: the fancily Oxford-educated leftie Brit litterateur/journalist who would say all the outrageous things his bland Yank counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or epater-spirit to utter on their own ... Cockburn was far more committed and purposeful in his outrageousness. --The Atlantic It's alive on every page, this thing; its feisty sentences wriggle ... A Colossal Wreck will have a long life among those who care about the crackling deployment of the English language, partly because Mr. Cockburn had such a wide-ranging mind ... His book is a stay against boredom. - Dwight Garner, New York Times A Colossal Wreck provides ample evidence for Cockburn's standing as one of the left's most perceptive and entertaining commentators. -- The Guardian Alex struck American journalism like lightning. --Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast Always surprising, outrageous, brilliant and yet strangely compassionate. He weaves together the public and the private with a sustained comic ingenuity that is matchless. --Edward Said Alexander Cockburn set a high standard of crusading journalism for fifty years ... With his Wildean wit, love of elegant women, penchant for hunting and fondness for P. G. Wodehouse, Cockburn defied the stereotype of the disgruntled left-wing scribe. -- The Independent Cockburn essentially pioneered the modern persona for which Christopher Hitchens became much better known: the fancily Oxford-educated leftie Brit litterateur/journalist who would say all the outrageous things his bland Yank counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or epater -spirit to utter on their own ... Cockburn was far more committed and purposeful in his outrageousness. -- The Atlantic Whether journeying to Key West, Fla., Humboldt County, Calif., Ireland or Istanbul, Mr. Cockburn is a warrior/freethinker, armed with courage and gifted prose to cut down the hypocrisies of tyrants. He is a Marxist Mencken --a composite of comic-poet Andrei Condrescu, the erudite Christopher Hitchens and the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. -- New York Times Probably the most gifted polemicist writing in English today. -- Times Literary Supplement Alex struck American journalism like lightning. --Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast Always surprising, outrageous, brilliant and yet strangely compassionate. He weaves together the public and the private with a sustained comic ingenuity that is matchless. --Edward Said A Colossal Wreck provides ample evidence for Cockburn's standing as one of the left's most perceptive and entertaining commentators. -- The Guardian Alexander Cockburn set a high standard of crusading journalism for fifty years ... With his Wildean wit, love of elegant women, penchant for hunting and fondness for P. G. Wodehouse, Cockburn defied the stereotype of the disgruntled left-wing scribe. -- The Independent Cockburn essentially pioneered the modern persona for which Christopher Hitchens became much better known: the fancily Oxford-educated leftie Brit litterateur/journalist who would say all the outrageous things his bland Yank counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or epater -spirit to utter on their own ... Cockburn was far more committed and purposeful in his outrageousness. -- The Atlantic I look forward to the books he was writing as the clock ticked down, especially his memoir A Colossal Wreck , a title that doesn't err on the side of understatement. --James Walcott, Vanity Fair A tremendously influential figure ... a journalist who would say all the outrageous things his bland counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or epater -spirit to utter on their own. -- Atlantic An unapologetic leftist, condemning what he saw as the outrages of the right but also castigating the American liberal establishment when he thought it was being timid. -- New York Times He blazed the trail that Hitchens and others followed. -- Daily Beast Cockburn became well known, and controversial ... his searing wit was a frequent staple of his columns. -- Huffington Post He had the courage to take on anything and anyone, from the most powerful organisations in the world to his closest friends, and the energy and persistence to follow his own path wherever it took him. -- Guardian Crusading reporter and polemicist ... with his Wildean wit, love of elegant women, penchant for hunting and fondness for PG Wodehouse, Cockburn defied the stereotype of the disgruntled left-wing scribe. -- Independent Quite unlike anyone else among intellectual commentators in the United States. --Edward Said Alexander Cockburn was a man that spoke truth to power--and that's a good enough obit for anyone. --Greg Palast

It's alive on every page, this thing; its feisty sentences wriggle ... A Colossal Wreck will have a long life among those who care about the crackling deployment of the English language, partly because Mr. Cockburn had such a wide-ranging mind ... His book is a stay against boredom. --Dwight Garner, New York Times A Colossal Wreck provides ample evidence for Cockburn's standing as one of the left's most perceptive and entertaining commentators. -- The Guardian Alex struck American journalism like lightning. --Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast Always surprising, outrageous, brilliant and yet strangely compassionate. He weaves together the public and the private with a sustained comic ingenuity that is matchless. --Edward Said Alexander Cockburn set a high standard of crusading journalism for fifty years ... With his Wildean wit, love of elegant women, penchant for hunting and fondness for P.G. Wodehouse, Cockburn defied the stereotype of the disgruntled left-wing scribe. -- The Independent Cockburn essentially pioneered the modern persona for which Christopher Hitchens became much better known: the fancily Oxford-educated leftie Brit litterateur/journalist who would say all the outrageous things his bland Yank counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or epater-spirit to utter on their own ... Cockburn was far more committed and purposeful in his outrageousness. -- The Atlantic

It's alive on every page, this thing; its feisty sentences wriggle ... A Colossal Wreck will have a long life among those who care about the crackling deployment of the English language, partly because Mr. Cockburn had such a wide-ranging mind ... His book is a stay against boredom. --Dwight Garner, New York Times A Colossal Wreck provides ample evidence for Cockburn's standing as one of the left's most perceptive and entertaining commentators. --The Guardian Alex struck American journalism like lightning. --Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast Always surprising, outrageous, brilliant and yet strangely compassionate. He weaves together the public and the private with a sustained comic ingenuity that is matchless. --Edward Said Alexander Cockburn set a high standard of crusading journalism for fifty years ... With his Wildean wit, love of elegant women, penchant for hunting and fondness for P.G. Wodehouse, Cockburn defied the stereotype of the disgruntled left-wing scribe. --The Independent Cockburn essentially pioneered the modern persona for which Christopher Hitchens became much better known: the fancily Oxford-educated leftie Brit litt rateur/journalist who would say all the outrageous things his bland Yank counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or pater-spirit to utter on their own ... Cockburn was far more committed and purposeful in his outrageousness. --The Atlantic

It's alive on every page, this thing; its feisty sentences wriggle ... A Colossal Wreck will have a long life among those who care about the crackling deployment of the English language, partly because Mr. Cockburn had such a wide-ranging mind ... His book is a stay against boredom. --Dwight Garner, New York Times A Colossal Wreck provides ample evidence for Cockburn's standing as one of the left's most perceptive and entertaining commentators. --The Guardian Alex struck American journalism like lightning. --Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast Always surprising, outrageous, brilliant and yet strangely compassionate. He weaves together the public and the private with a sustained comic ingenuity that is matchless. --Edward Said Alexander Cockburn set a high standard of crusading journalism for fifty years ... With his Wildean wit, love of elegant women, penchant for hunting and fondness for P.G. Wodehouse, Cockburn defied the stereotype of the disgruntled left-wing scribe. --The Independent Cockburn essentially pioneered the modern persona for which Christopher Hitchens became much better known: the fancily Oxford-educated leftie Brit litt�rateur/journalist who would say all the outrageous things his bland Yank counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or �pater-spirit to utter on their own ... Cockburn was far more committed and purposeful in his outrageousness. --The Atlantic

Whether journeying to Key West, Fla., Humboldt County, Calif., Ireland or Istanbul, Mr. Cockburn is a warrior/freethinker, armed with courage and gifted prose to cut down the hypocrisies of tyrants. He is a Marxist Mencken --a composite of comic-poet Andrei Condrescu, the erudite Christopher Hitchens and the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. -- New York Times Probably the most gifted polemicist writing in English today. -- Times Literary Supplement Alex struck American journalism like lightning. --Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast Always surprising, outrageous, brilliant and yet strangely compassionate. He weaves together the public and the private with a sustained comic ingenuity that is matchless. --Edward Said A Colossal Wreck provides ample evidence for Cockburn's standing as one of the left's most perceptive and entertaining commentators. -- The Guardian Alexander Cockburn set a high standard of crusading journalism for fifty years ... With his Wildean wit, love of elegant women, penchant for hunting and fondness for P. G. Wodehouse, Cockburn defied the stereotype of the disgruntled left-wing scribe. -- The Independent Cockburn essentially pioneered the modern persona for which Christopher Hitchens became much better known: the fancily Oxford-educated leftie Brit litterateur/journalist who would say all the outrageous things his bland Yank counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or epater -spirit to utter on their own ... Cockburn was far more committed and purposeful in his outrageousness. -- The Atlantic

I look forward to the books he was writing as the clock ticked down, especially his memoir A Colossal Wreck , a title that doesn't err on the side of understatement. --James Walcott, Vanity Fair <br><br> A tremendously influential figure ... a journalist who would say all the outrageous things his bland counterparts lacked the wit, courage, erudition, or epater -spirit to utter on their own. -- Atlantic <br><br> An unapologetic leftist, condemning what he saw as the outrages of the right but also castigating the American liberal establishment when he thought it was being timid. -- New York Times <br><br> He blazed the trail that Hitchens and others followed. -- Daily Beast <br><br> Cockburn became well known, and controversial ... his searing wit was a frequent staple of his columns. -- Huffington Post <br><br> He had the courage to take on anything and anyone, from the most powerful organisations in the world to his closest friends, and the energy and persistence to follow his own path wherever it took him. -- Guardian <br><br> Crusading reporter and polemicist ... with his Wildean wit, love of elegant women, penchant for hunting and fondness for PG Wodehouse, Cockburn defied the stereotype of the disgruntled left-wing scribe. -- Independent <br><br> Quite unlike anyone else among intellectual commentators in the United States. --Edward Said<br><br> Alexander Cockburn was a man that spoke truth to power--and that's a good enough obit for anyone. --Greg Palast

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Alexander Cockburn was the co-editor of CounterPunch and the author of a number of titles, including Corruptions of Empire, The Golden Age Is in Us, Washington Babylon and Imperial Crusades. Brought up in Ireland, he moved to America in 1972 writing for the Village Voice, the Nation and many other journals. He died in July 2012.

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