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Alexander Cockburn (pronounced coburn) (born June, 1941) is a radical Irish journalist well-known for his eloquently-worded polemics. He has lived in the United States for many years. Together with Jeffrey St. Clair he edits the political newsletter Counterpunch.
Cockburn was born in Scotland and grew up in County Cork, Ireland. His father was the well-known socialist author and journalist Claud Cockburn. After studying at Oxford, he worked in London as a reporter and commentator, writing extensively for The Village Voice, The New York Review of Books, Esquire, and Harper's. He now writes a regular column, Beat the Devil, for The Nation and a weekly syndicated column for the Los Angeles Times.
Cockburn has two brothers, Andrew Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn who are also journalists.
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