Patrick Cockburn Archive - The Unz Review

RSS

Show by ⇅

Classics

Features

Print Archives25 Items • Total Print Archives • Readable Only

Books CounterPunch In These Times Marxism Today The Nation The New Statesman World Policy Journal

Nothing found

BlogviewPatrick Cockburn Archive

Human Rights

BlogviewPatrick Cockburn Archive

Human Rights

◄►Bookmark◄❌►▲ ▼Toggle AllToC▲▼Add to LibraryRemove from Library • BShow CommentNext New CommentNext New ReplyRead More

ReplyAgree/Disagree/Etc. More... This Commenter This Thread Hide Thread Display All Comments

AgreeDisagreeThanksLOLTroll

These buttons register your public Agreement, Disagreement, Thanks, LOL, or Troll with the selected comment. They are ONLY available to recent, frequent commenters who have saved their Name+Email using the 'Remember My Information' checkbox, and may also ONLY be used three times during any eight hour period.

Ignore Commenter Follow Commenter

Focusing on Injustices in Just a Few ‘bad’ Nations Is a Dangerous Game

Patrick Cockburn • April 23, 2021

• 1,100 Words • 27 Comments • Reply

During the first Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union injustice and human rights increasingly became a central issue. This ought to have been a positive development, but it was devalued by partisan use and the issue turned into an instrument of propaganda. The essence of such propaganda is not lies or even... Read More

"Human Rights" Items Across Entire Archive

About Patrick Cockburn

Patrick Cockburn is the Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent. He was awarded the 2005 Martha Gellhorn prize for war reporting. His book on his years covering the war in Iraq, The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq (Verso) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for non-fiction.

Personal Classics