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Obama: From anti-war law professor to warmonger in 100 days

Tue 19 May 2009, AT 16:11

It didn't take long for President Barack Obama to swing behind targeted assassinations and bombing raids, says Alexander Cockburn

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Alexander Cockburn

Goodbye to our Freedom to Hate

Thu 14 May 2009, AT 14:46

The Hate Crime Act will criminalise free speech, warns Alexander Cockburn

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Alexander Cockburn

Swine flu is new chapter in US's troubled agricultural history

Fri 8 May 2009, AT 08:40

The nation's agriculture has always been exploited without thought for the consequences

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Alexander Cockburn

Republicans in disarray after Arlen Specter’s defection

Fri 1 May 2009, AT 08:42

But picking a battle over Barack Obama’s upcoming nominations for the Supreme Court could provide a road out of the wilderness

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Alexander Cockburn

Obama’s chance to lift the lid on the Bush years

Fri 24 Apr 2009, AT 17:11

A new round of Congressional hearings could expose what has really happened on Wall Street and in Iraq. But does Obama have the courage?

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Alexander Cockburn

Obama has become the beleaguered messiah

Fri 17 Apr 2009, AT 01:00

From the economy to foreign policy the new president has little between here and the horizon but a sheet of very thin ice, which is already starting to crack

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Alexander Cockburn

Life without parole - a fate worse than the death penalty

Thu 9 Apr 2009, AT 01:00

New Mexico is the latest US State to abolish the death penalty, but instead convicts are being locked away until they die, a fate that leaves them with far less chance of commutation

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Alexander Cockburn