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Scheer writes: "No serious student of our time can deny Cockburn's importance as one of the most principled and insightful political journalists of the past half-century."

Alexander Cockburn died on Friday at the age of 71. (photo: The Nation)
Alexander Cockburn died on Friday at the age of 71. (photo: The Nation)

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+2 # neohip 2012-07-22 08:22
Truly sorry to hear of his death. We who still hold out hope that America will live up to its ideals have lost a true champion to the cause.
 
 
+1 # Activista 2012-07-22 10:15
Patrick Cockburn discusses the chaotic mess NATO left behind in Libya; the numerous militias vying for power and behaving badly; why Western media isn’t interested in Libyan events that can’t be framed as democratic “success stories;” and the black Africans jailed in a Libyan zoo, forced to eat the old Libyan flag - men of integrity ...
 

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