Alexander Claud Cockburn (pronounced /ˈkoʊbərn/ KOE-bərn), born 6 June 1941, is an Irish-American political journalist. Cockburn was brought up in Ireland but has lived and worked in the United States since 1972. Together with Jeffrey St. Clair, he edits the political newsletter CounterPunch. Cockburn also writes the "Beat the Devil" column for The Nation and a weekly syndicated column for the Los Angeles Times as well as for The First Post.
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Alexander Claud Cockburn (pronounced /ˈkoʊbərn/ KOE-bərn), born 6 June 1941, is an Irish-American political journalist. Cockburn was brought up in Ireland but has lived and worked in the United States since 1972. Together with Jeffrey St. Clair, he edits the political newsletter CounterPunch. Cockburn also writes the "Beat the Devil" column for The Nation and a weekly syndicated column for the Los Angeles Times as well as for The First Post.
Born in Scotland, Cockburn grew up in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, eldest son of the well-known sometime Communist author and journalist, Claud Cockburn by third wife Patricia Byron, née Arbuthnot (who also wrote an autobiography, Figure of Eight). He has two younger brothers, Andrew Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn, who are also journalists, and a half-sister, mystery writer Sarah Caudwell. In addition, journalists Laura Flanders and Stephanie Flanders are his half-nieces, daughters of his half-brother-in-law Michael Flanders, and actress Olivia...
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