Alexander Cockburn is the author of Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies and the Reagan Era and, with Susanna Hecht, of The Fate of the Forest: Developers, Destroyers and Defenders of the Amazon.
William Jefferson (‘Bill’) Clinton is not the man from Hope for nothing. And the major story in the American media this election year recounts his resurrection from the politically...
Much Green writing implies that in addition to a change of heart, the remedy would require strong political and economic controls. Herein lies the dilemma, for the idea of moving to a command economy is...
Much the best way to convey appreciation of Alexander Cockburn’s rousing and combative prose is to quote him at length. The protocols of reviewing, however, preclude such a practice, so one...
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