Recent articles by Alexander Cockburn

US

Whitey's majority is nearly over. Luckily, the fascist regime is ready

Fri 25 May, AT 07:06 Alexander Cockburn

White births are no longer a majority in the US, but it will be a while before Wasp-dom loosens its grip on power

US

Gay marriage: good for election coffers, not so great for equality

Thu 17 May, AT 07:33 Alexander Cockburn

After Barack Obama's sudden conversion, gay couples who mimic heterosexual relations will be more equal than others

Is NYPD using sexual assault to defend Wall Street paymasters?

Thu 10 May, AT 07:50 Alexander Cockburn

Occupy Wall Street say police are using violent new tactics against them. This is getting out of hand

US

Who are the real fascists: Marine Le Pen - or the United States?

Thu 3 May, AT 07:19 Alexander Cockburn

Americans worry about the rise of extremism in Europe, but they aren't overly concerned by their own 'proto-fascist' country

US

When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed

Fri 27 Apr, AT 10:03 Alexander Cockburn

Was the US drug Vioxx responsible for far more deaths than has been acknowledged so far?

It's a dead head as Mitt Romney catches up with Barack Obama

Thu 19 Apr, AT 07:34 Alexander Cockburn

With small-town America still hurting from the 2008 crash, Republican Romney could turn this into a lead

US

Farewell gastro-porn: is the foodie frenzy finally fizzling out?

Thu 12 Apr, AT 09:42 Alexander Cockburn

As two high-profile US restaurants close and food critics take a step back, is this the end an era?

Romney beats off all challengers - at a terrible cost to his beliefs

Wed 4 Apr, AT 08:39 Alexander Cockburn

One-time liberal now sports all his fellow Republicans' most unalluring features. The Obama camp is not unhappy

Trayvon Martin: Republicans shoot themselves in foot again

Fri 30 Mar, AT 11:49 Alexander Cockburn

By taking sides against the dead black teenager, Santorum and Gingrich have doomed the GOP

US

The great myth of America’s ‘knowledge economy’

Fri 23 Mar, AT 08:01 Alexander Cockburn

Only 25% of Americans go to college and only 16% of these actually try to learn anything. And it doesn’t really matter...

Afghan rampage: it will only stop when the troops come home

Fri 16 Mar, AT 07:54 Alexander Cockburn

Assassination, desecration of bodies, the collecting of body-part trophies – it turned ugly long ago

Unlikeable Mitt Romney sneaks Ohio and heads for nomination

Wed 7 Mar, AT 07:52 Alexander Cockburn

At least Rick Santorum, his wife Karen and the abortionist lover keep it interesting

Romney beats Santorum, but he'll never take the White House

Wed 29 Feb, AT 07:30 Alexander Cockburn

‘In terms of political strategy, it's like watching a man put a rope around his neck and kick away the chair'

Why is the ludicrous Santorum running Mitt Romney ragged?

Thu 23 Feb, AT 09:46 Alexander Cockburn

He may be the most fanatical Christian contender ever, but at least he's not the blue-collar voter's worst enemy

Syria: how Russia and China got Obama off the hook

Thu 16 Feb, AT 07:53 Alexander Cockburn

The obituaries for Assad's regime are premature – after Libya, no one has the stomach to intervene

A blood-spattered trip through today's lamentable lingo

Fri 10 Feb, AT 10:11 Alexander Cockburn

Into the tumbrils with 'sustainable', 'iconic', 'parse', 'narrative' and, last but not least, 'closure'

How Republican establishment blew Gingrich out of the water

Wed 1 Feb, AT 08:24 Alexander Cockburn

A tsunami of Republican money washed into Florida to pay for the execration of the erratic Newt

Yawn of the union: Romney's tax returns tell us far more

Wed 25 Jan, AT 08:26 Alexander Cockburn

Barack Obama needs to sharpen up his act – this populist economic proposal was just wallpaper

Romney's Newt nightmare: how Gingrich found the cash

Thu 19 Jan, AT 07:59 Alexander Cockburn

Newt turned up the Zionist rhetoric and persuaded billionaire Sheldon Adelson to fund his attack ads

US election industry in crisis as Mitt Romney romps home

Wed 11 Jan, AT 07:49 Alexander Cockburn

Like McCain in 2008, Romney looks locked in. Will he give Michele Bachmann the Sarah Palin role?

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