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Alexander Cockburn
English
Journalist
Born:
Jun 6
,
1941
Died:
Jul 21
,
2012
Advocate
Black
First
People
Remember
You
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The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
Alexander Cockburn
Soldier
Weapon
Advocate
Assassin
Dagger
Sword
Wear the badge of environmental radicalism, and you're a citizen automatically under suspicion.
Alexander Cockburn
Environmental
You
Citizen
Wear
Badge
Suspicion
Automatically
Be careful about Burma. Most people cannot remember whether it was Siam and has become Thailand, or whether it is now part of Malaysia and should be called Sri Lanka.
Alexander Cockburn
People
Remember
Become
Be Careful
About
Part
Most
Malaysia
Thailand
Burma
Cannot
Whether
Should
Lanka
Now
Careful
Pose a political threat to Business As Usual, and sooner or later, mostly sooner, someone will try to kill you.
Alexander Cockburn
You
Business
Political
Try
Will
Later
Threat
Someone
Sooner
Sooner Or Later
Mostly
Usual
Pose
By 1967, J. Edgar Hoover had concluded that the Black Panther Party had replaced the Communist Party as the gravest threat to national security.
Alexander Cockburn
Black
Party
National
Panther
Hoover
Security
Threat
Had
Edgar
Concluded
Replaced
National Security
Communist
Communist Party
In its attempt to crush the Black Panthers, the FBI engineered frequent arrests on the flimsiest of pretexts.
Alexander Cockburn
Black
Attempt
Crush
Frequent
Arrest
Engineered
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