A War on Christmas in Israel

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 27, 2012 In Israeli cities such as Haifa and Nazareth, officials and religious authorities have tried to ban celebrations of non-Jewish holidays by forbidding decorations in public buildings and threatening to revoke kosher certificates from businesses. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Paying the Price for Unwavering Dissent

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 9, 2012 CounterPunch, the muckraking political newsletter founded in 1994 by investigative journalist Jeffrey St. Clair and recently deceased iconoclast Alexander Cockburn, has paid a “savage price” for maintaining its deeply critical view of President Obama during the 2012 presidential campaign season. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Alexander Cockburn at Ease

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 24, 2012 Fashion, tips for surviving a police encounter, and why we might all be better off when the American empire crumbles are among the subjects the late CounterPunch editor Alexander Cockburn rapped about in a conversation in the Deep South sometime during the summer of 2006. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CounterPunch Editor Dies

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 22, 2012 Alexander Cockburn, editor of the political newsletter CounterPunch, lost a two-year battle against cancer when he died in Germany on Friday night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gated Intellectuals, Fortress America, and the Politics of Occupy

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Mar 21, 2012 A group of right-wing extremists would have the American public believe it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of a market society. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

A Conversation With Patrick Cockburn

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2007 One of the UK's most seasoned reporters (The Independent, Financial Times) discusses the dangers of working as an "unembedded" journalist in Iraq and looks at the prospects of war with Iran. (A Counterpunch magazine video interview) Part 1, Part 2 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )