What does it mean to be a radical?
"...challenging everything that's put before you...essentially means really unsparing criticism of the system, and beyond that, a constructive vision of how things could be better."
Alexander Cockburn
The late, great Tuli Kupferberg (September 28, 1923-July 12, 2010) circa 1998 interviewing Alexander Cockburn (June 6, 1941-July 21, 2012) for Revolting News which airs on Manhattan's Neighborhood Network. A great conversation about journalism, the press, and a whole range of additional topics. Well worth your time. I consider Cockburn a personal hero, whose columns taught me to maintain a critical skepticism toward all received wisdom, orthodoxy and propaganda. What a pleasure it is watching these two fellas speak with the freedom and humor found exclusively among radicals who have never given any consideration to how their opinions, ideas, and creative energy might be viewed by the establishment. Cockburn was a genuine radical and his passing leaves a huge void in the realm of the truth-tellers. Check out this three hour profile/interview with Cockburn from C-SPAN's, In Depth (2007).
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