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This article appeared in the September 10, 2007 edition of The Nation.

August 22, 2007

PEACE MOVEMENT: DEAD OR ALIVE?

Washington, DC

Alexander Cockburn makes three points in "Support Their Troops?" ["Beat the Devil," July 30/Aug. 6]. One is right, one is wrong, one is preposterous. First, he says the US peace movement doesn't embrace the Iraqi resistance. Right. Second, the peace movement is "pretty much dead." Wrong. Third, publicly sympathizing with the Iraqi resistance will somehow build "the necessary critical mass to have a real movement."

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About Alexander Cockburn

Alexander Cockburn has been The Nation's "Beat the Devil" columnist since 1984. He is the author or co-author of several books, including the best-selling collection of essays Corruptions of Empire (1987), and a contributor to many publications, from The New York Review of Books, Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly and the Wall Street Journal to alternative publications such as In These Times and the Anderson Valley Advertiser. With Jeffrey St. Clair, he edits the newsletter and radical website CounterPunch, which have a substantial world audience. more...
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