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Born on June 6, 1941 in Scotland, United Kingdom, Alexander Cockburn was a journalist, peace activist and writer. Alexander Cockburn died on July 21, 2012, aged 71. Schooling on record includes Keble College.
My Take
I admire Alexander Cockburn for a quality that is easy to claim and brutally hard to sustain: refusing to flatter power. Scottish-born, Oxford-educated, and transplanted to America in 1972, he wielded his pen as both scalpel and bludgeon, co-editing the fiercely independent newsletter CounterPunch. Polemical journalism ages badly when it is lazy, but Cockburn's best work carried real reporting beneath the venom. He died in 2012 at seventy-one, and what stays with me is the consistency of his stance across decades. He embodied a kind of adversarial integrity that contemporary commentary often lacks, and I respect that fiercely.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alexander Cockburn
- Name (Japanese)
- アレクサンダー
- Reading
- あれくさんだー
- Born
- June 6, 1941 – July 21, 2012
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Snake
- Origin
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- journalist / peace activist / writer
2. Background
- University
- Keble College
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Cockburn
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1974292
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-24
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Alexander Cockburn born?
Born June 6, 1941.
When did Alexander Cockburn die?
Died July 21, 2012, aged 71.
Where was Alexander Cockburn from?
Alexander Cockburn was from Scotland, United Kingdom.
What did Alexander Cockburn do?
Alexander Cockburn worked as journalist, peace activist, writer.
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