Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
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” [...]
A Lesson on Slavery for White America
Truthdig, August 22, 2017 Look at the following series of tweets from the president of the United States, reflecting Thursday on the tearing down of Confederate statues in the U.S. South: Sad to see the history and [...]