[episode cut] Claud Cockburn's Legacy: Challenging Mainstream Media Ignorance During Nazi Rise

This month, on Laura Flanders & Friends, we turn to the state of journalism—at a moment of deep disruption, consolidation, and consequence. Across the country and around the world, newsrooms are shrinking, ownership is concentrating, and the very idea of a free and independent press is under pressure. But journalists aren’t simply standing by—they’re pushing back, reimagining their work, and, in many cases, taking matters into their own hands.

Description: The New York Times claimed there was “no warrant for immediate alarm” when Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. But revolutionary journalist Claud Cockburn saw what was happening and founded “The Week,” a newsletter that became famous for its opposition to fascism. Learn about Claud’s legacy and the new biography by his son Patrick Cockburn on Laura Flanders & Friends.

“. . . It was pretty obvious that things were going to get worse. Yet those who were meant to be in charge kept on announcing that peace was just around the corner, that things weren't as bad as they looked. I think that the parallel is all too strong . . . these crises got worse and the same thing seems to be happening today.” - Patrick Cockburn

Guest: Patrick Cockburn, Journalist, and author including “Believe Nothing Until It Is Officially Denied: Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism”, Verso Books.