| Alexander Cockburn  AKA Alexander Claud Cockburn
Born: 6-Jun-1941
Birthplace: Ardgay, Scotland
Died: 20-Jul-2012
Location of death: Germany
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Columnist, Author Nationality: Ireland
Executive summary: The Nation, CounterPunch Alexander Cockburn (pronounced Coburn) was an expatriate Irishman who lived and worked in Northern California as a radical leftist journalist. He was utterly dissatisfied with the corporate-friendly policies of the Democratic party (as well as its former standard bearers Bill Clinton and Al Gore), and often extolled the virtues of Ralph Nader and the Green party. Cockburn was also the nemesis of fellow Nation columnist Eric Alterman, who evidently regarded Cockburn as a shameless liar. Father: Claud Cockburn (author, journalist)
Brother: Patrick Cockburn (twin)
Brother: Andrew Cockburn (twin)
Girlfriend: Lally Weymouth (ex-)
Daughter: Daisy
University: BA English, Oxford University (1963)
CounterPunch Coeditor
The Nation Columnist (1983-2012)
The Times Literary Supplement Editor, two years
The New Statesman Editor
New Left Review Editorial Board Member
The Village Voice Regular Contributor
The Wall Street Journal Regular Contributor (1980-91)
The Los Angeles Times Columnist (1990-2012)
The New York Review of Books Regular Contributor
Harper's Regular Contributor
Atlantic Monthly Regular Contributor
In These Times Regular Contributor
Funeral: Christopher Hitchens (2012)
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Author of books:
Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies and the Reagan Era (1987, politics)
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