Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
A Suggestion for Bernie: On Crimes Detectable and Not
Counterpunch, July 25, 2017 Bernie Sanders claims to be an anti-plutocratic populist and sometimes even a “democratic socialist” opponent of the wealthy corporate and financial Few. Let me therefore make a recommendation for Senator Sanders [...]
“Inclusive Capitalism,” Nancy Pelosi, and the Dying Planet
Counterpunch, July 21, 2017 A recent Washington Post and ABC poll finds that just 37 percent of Americans think that the Democratic Party “stands for something.” Fifty two percent say it’s about nothing more than opposing Trump. [...]
The Abandonment: Reflections on James Foreman’s “Locking Up Our Own”
Black Agenda Report, July 18, 2017 Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow is properly understood as a classic text on and against the regime of racist mass incarceration and criminal- (felony-) marking that arose and became [...]
Why Russiagate Trumps Ecocide at CNN
Truthdig, July 15, 2017 “So, my boss, I shouldn’t say this. … Just to give you some context, Trump pulled out of the climate accords and for a day and a half, we covered the [...]