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Christopher Hitchens is often mentioned in connection with Cockburn because of their similar origins (Cockburn from Ireland, Hitchens from England), similar educational background, both being columnists at The Nation, and their strained friendship.
Hitchens' ideological differences on various issues have caused bitter moments between the two men. Beyond issues such as the wars in the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq, they strongly differ over ethical disputes involving writers such as Sidney Blumenthal and Edward Said. In a Counterpunch article in August 2005, Cockburn attacked Hitchens as: "A guy who called Sid Blumenthal one of his best friends and then tried to have him thrown into prison for perjury; a guy who waited til his friend Edward Said was on his death bed before attacking him in the Atlantic Monthly; a guy who knows perfectly well the role Israel plays in US policy but who does not scruple to flail Cindy Sheehan as a LaRouchie and anti-Semite because, maybe, she dared mention the word Israel." Hitchens responded by standing by his criticism of Sheehan and then defending his deposition to House prosecutors regarding Blumenthal during the Clinton impeachment and his critical review of Said's book, Orientalism (Hitchens stating that the review was determined by the 25th anniversary of the book's original publication and not the state of Said's health).
In a 2009 interview with Brian Lamb, Hitchens intimated that his friendship with Cockburn is still intact, despite the critical gulf between them, discussed above, which were primarily exposed in the press in 2005 and before. Lamb directly asked what Hitchens relationship with Cockburn was today [April, 2009], to which Hitchens mentioned that he recently had attended a Cockburn family wedding in which Alexander officiated, and that he and Cockburn used to see each other frequently, but, due to each of them now living on opposite coasts, they see each other much less. In this same interview Lamb and Hitchens further discussed Cockburn's scathing remarks about Hitchens criticisms of Said and Sheehan, mentioned above. From his 2009 perspective, Hitchens clearly felt the intervening years have justified his criticisms of Sheehan, and expressed that "it's beneath Alexander to be defending someone as cheap and demagogic as her." In the case of Hitchens' criticisms of Edward Said on his death bed, Hitchens replied, "It's actually rather silly of Alexander to say that, I think, because if you look at his [Cockburn's] journalism, he would rightly be proud of saying that he's often written counter-obituaries of people who have been overpraised and has chosen precisely the moment when there's a lot of sentimental garbage being published to say, 'come on, this guy wasn't so great!' So, it's silly of him -- he gives a hostage to fortune in saying that."
Bibliography * Incompatibles (1967) (co-edited with Robin Blackburn) * Student Power (1969) (co-edited with Robin Blackburn) * Idle Passion: Chess and the Dance of Death (1975) * Smoke: Another Jimmy Carter Adventure (1978) (with James Ridgeway) * Political Ecology (1979) (co-edited with James Ridgeway) * Corruptions of Empire (1988) ISBN 0-86091-940-4 * The Fate of the Forest: Developers, Destroyers and Defenders of the Amazon (1989) (with Susanna Hecht) ISBN 0-06-097322-6 * The Golden Age Is in Us: Journeys and Encounters (1995) ISBN 0-86091-664-2 * Washington Babylon (1995) (with Ken Silverstein) ISBN 1-85984-092-2 * Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press (1998) (with Jeffrey St. Clair) ISBN 1-85984-258-5 * 5 Days That Shook The World: The Battle for Seattle and Beyond (2000) (co-edited with Jeffrey St. Clair) ISBN 1-85984-779-X * Al Gore: A User's Manual (2000) (with Jeffrey St. Clair) ISBN 1-85984-803-6 * CounterPunch: The Journalism That Rediscovers America (2002) (co-edited with Jeffrey St. Clair) ISBN 1-85984-455-3 * The Politics of Anti-Semitism (2003) (co-edited with Jeffrey St. Clair) ISBN 1-902593-77-4 * Serpents in the Garden (2004) (co-edited with Jeffrey St. Clair) ISBN 1-902593-94-4 * Imperial Crusades (2004) (co-edited with Jeffrey St. Clair) ISBN 1-84467-506-8 * Dime's Worth of Difference (2004) (co-edited with Jeffrey St. Clair) ISBN 1-904859-03-8 * End Times: Death of the Fourth Estate (2006) (with Jeffrey St. Clair)
Compact Disc * Beating the Devil: The Incendiary Rants of Alexander Cockburn
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Cheering Israelis,Were they Tracking Hijackers pre 9/11 1/2by clbackusFeatured Video7,958 views
his refusal to unraise his brow is seriously distracting me.
zackhanscom 3 weeks ago
@LetsGo6009 I agree...a clip from when I was -3 years old.
jimmbo13 9 months ago
This is why I love youtube. Where else would I be able to listen to a journalist I admire immensely in an interview from 1987 when i was 7 years old, lol.
LetsGo6009 10 months ago 2
But the problem with international labor laws is they alway sink to lowest denominator instead of rising to the higher levels. The lower denominator is the whole reason the jobs leave, as well as the corrupt governments that pay bribes. They do that in USA now paying bribes in the form of tax abatement, free infrastruture, no regulation through free trade zones in the middle of the country. All of it is treason , thieft of services, and looting of the public treasury, just like banana republic.
fizzywool 1 year ago
@fizzywool
If International Law could gobalize labor rights this problem woudlnt exist as American workers would not have to compete with Mexican labor that gets paid disgraceful wages.
PersianSocialist777 1 year ago
I can't take this guy seriously with that last name.
rockomundo 1 year ago
Hell they hire illegal alliens or aliens with work permits to even flip the burgers. We are outsiders in our own country! We have to work for a multinational or the military to even have a job and travel to someone elses land to work. It sucks! The sucking sound of a whole nations going round the drain. Circling the drain.
fizzywool 1 year ago