Beating the Devil: The Incendiary Rants of Alexander Cockburn (AK Press Audio) [Abridged, Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

Alexander Cockburn (Author)

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Series: AK Press Audio | Publication Date: June 1, 2002

This is a "wittiest of" maverick commentator Alexander Cockburn recent talks. Whether he's skewering the fallacies of the drug war or illuminating the dark crevices of secret government, his erudite and extemporaneous style warms the hearts of even the stodgiest cynics of the left.

Alexander Cockburn writes a weekly column for The Nation and is the founding editor of the bi-monthly journal Counterpunch. His books include Whiteout: The CIA Drugs and The Press, Five Days That Shook the World, Corruptions of Empire and Washington Babylon.

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Alexander Cockburn is a syndicated national columnist, whose work appears regularly in the Nation, NY Free Press, and LA Times, amongst others. Together with Jeffrey St. Clair, he is the editor of the online journal Alexander Cockburn is co-editor of the online journal Counterpunch and has authored and edited numerous books, including the best-selling Whiteout.

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• Audio CD: 80 pages
• Publisher: AK Press; Abridged edition (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1902593499
• ISBN-13: 978-1902593494
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,545,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A PRINCIPLED FOE OF ENTRENCHED POWER, January 9, 2003

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This review is from: Beating the Devil: The Incendiary Rants of Alexander Cockburn (AK Press Audio) (Audio CD)

Listening to these exerpts from several of Cockburn's talks is a relief from the 24/7 idiocy of the cable networks and what passes for talk radio. He covers lots of topics of recent interest(the stolen election of 2000, Clinton's disgusting final days, the proper response to 9-11) and each time illuminates a part of the story ignored by the mainstream press. My only complaint is that he was much to soft on that miserable cheerleader for our Warlord-in-Chief, Christopher Hitchens, a man who reacted to the attacks of 9-11 by throwing overboard just about all his principles. He really should have been more thoroughly scorched - that section was not sufficiently "incendiary"!