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Historical Revisionism and the Contrarian Left: Counterpunch and the Case of Cambodia
“The noble title of dissident must be earned rather than claimed.” “Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence” – Christopher Hitchens Alexander Cockburn and Christopher Hitchens are gone. Contrarianism is alive, but whether it is well is an entirely different matter. The…
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Tagged Counterpunch, Israel Shamir, Jeff Mudrick, khmer rouge
Counterpunch: A Journalistic Horror Show?
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Counterpunch, the left web journal founded by the late Alexander Cockburn and edited now by Jeffrey St. Clair, is on a roll when it comes to coverage of Cambodia. Following the positively ludicrous article written by Israel Shamir some months…