Francis Claud Cockburn (pronounced kəʉkbɜːn) (1904-1981) was a renowned radical British journalist, who was controversial for his communist and stalinist sympathies. He was the cousin of novelist Evelyn Waugh. Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Stalinism is a brand of political theory, and the political and economic system implemented by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union. ... Evelyn Waugh, as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Arthur Evelyn St. ...

The son of a diplomat, Cockburn was born in China in 1904.

After obtaining a degree from Oxford University he became a journalist with The Times. He worked as a foreign correspondent in Germany and the United States before resigning in 1933 to start up his own newsletter, The Week. The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... The Week is a weekly british magazine which covers the events and stories published in the various news publications throughout the world. ...

Under the name Frank Pitcairn, Cockburn also contributed to the British communist newspaper the Daily Worker. In 1936, Harry Pollitt, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, asked him to cover the Spanish Civil War for the newspaper. When he arrived in Spain he joined the Fifth Regiment so that he could report the war as an ordinary soldier. While in Spain he published Reporter in Spain. The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was a political party in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1920 to 1991. ... The Spanish Civil War (July 1936–April 1939) was a conflict in which the incumbent Second Spanish Republic and political left-wing groups fought against a right-wing nationalist insurrection led by General Francisco Franco, who eventually succeeded in ousting the Republican government and establishing a personal dictatorship. ...

Cockburn was attacked by George Orwell in his book Homage to Catalonia (1938). Orwell accused Cockburn of being under the control of the Communist Party and was particularly critical of the way Cockburn reported the May Riots in Barcelona. Cockburn helped spread propaganda that Hitler and Mussolini had planned the revolt, leading to its suppression. George Orwell on Time Magazine cover from 1983. ... Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia (Spain). ... U.S. propaganda poster, depicting a Nazi stabbing a Bible. ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ... Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ...

According to the editor of a volume of his writings on Spain, Claud Cockburn formed a close personal relationship with Mikhail Koltsov, "then the foreign editor of Pravda and at that time, in Cockburn's view, 'the confidant and mouthpiece and direct agent of Stalin in Spain'." This article describes the Soviet/Russian newspaper. ...

Cockburn was a strong opponent of appeasement before the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the government banned The Week for his endless criticism. The journal ceased publication shortly after the war. Molotov signs the German-Soviet non-aggression pact. ...

In 1947, Cockburn moved to Ireland but continued to contribute to various newspapers and journals, including a weekly column for The Irish Times. The Irish Times is Irelands newspaper of record, launched in the late 1850s. ...

Among his novels were Beat the Devil (originally published under the pseudonym James Helvick), made into a well-known film directed by John Huston with script credit to Truman Capote, The Horses, Ballantyne's Folly, and Jericho Road. Statue of John Huston, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906–August 28, 1987) was an Irish-American film director and actor. ... Truman Capote photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Truman García Capote (September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories and novels have become classics in the literary world. ...

He also published several other books including Bestseller, an exploration of English popular fiction, Aspects of English History (1957), The Devil's Decade (1973), his history of the 1930s, and Union Power (1976).

His first volume of his memoirs were first published as In Time of Trouble (1956) in the UK and as A Discord of Trumpets in the U.S.. This was followed by Crossing the Line (1958), and A View from the West (1961). Revised, these were published by Penguin as I Claud in 1967. Again revised and shortened, with a new chapter, they were republished as Cockburn Sums Up shortly before he died. Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to present) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York, New York Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government • President  â€¢ Vice President Federal republic...

Claud Cockburn was married three times: to Hope Hale Davis, with whom he fathered the late Claudia Flanders; to Jean Ross (part model for Christopher Isherwood's Sally Bowles), with whom he fathered the late Sarah Caudwell Cockburn, author of detective stories; and to Patricia Cockburn (who also wrote an autobiography, Figure of Eight), with whom he fathered Alexander, Andrew, and Patrick, all three of whom are also journalists. His grandaughter is The O.C. actress Olivia Wilde. Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Christopher Isherwood (prior to 1946 Christopher William Bradshaw-Isherwood) (August 26, 1904 – January 4, 1986), Anglo-American novelist, was born in the ancestral seat of his family, Wybersley Hall, High Lane, in the north west of England. ... Alexander Claud Cockburn () (born June 6, 1941) is a progressive Irish journalist who has lived and worked in the United States since 1973. ... Andrew Cockburn () is an Irish journalist who has lived in the United States for many years. ... Patrick Cockburn (pronounced coburn) is an Irish journalist who has been a Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times and the Independent since 1979. ... The O.C. is an American television drama program broadcast on the Fox Network in the U.S. and on various networks around the world. ... Olivia Wilde and Mischa Barton on Fox´s The OC Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Cockburn, March 10, 1984) is an American actress who starred on the short lived U.S. television show Skin. ...