Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
The Silence of Good People
Truthdig, 9-6-2017 Editor’s note: This essay was written before Hurricane Irma emerged in the Caribbean. Irma is another historic superstorm whose fury is significantly fueled by climate change. I naturally disapprove strongly of the virulent [...]
If Hillary Had Won
Counterpunch, 9-1-2017 The Idiotic Lecture I Keep Getting A recurrent problem with some who read Left essays on U.S. politics is that a writer of such essays can’t criticize a Republican policymaker or politician without [...]
Herr Donald, Sheriff Joe, Hurricane Harvey, and the Fate of the Republic
Counterpunch 8-30-2017 Good Timing Let history record that the leading climate change-denier and eco-exterminist, arch-authoritarian petro-capitalist United States President Donald Trump threatened to shut-down the federal government as the capitalogenically cooked waters in the Gulf [...]
The Road to Charlottesville: Reflections on 21st Century U.S. Capitalist Racism
Counterpunch, August 25, 2017 Racism’s Surface and Deeper Levels The United States, where median Black household wealth is less than 7 cents on the white household dollar and where the mild slogan “Black lives matter” [...]