Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
The Notion That White Workers Elected Trump Is a Myth That Suits the Ruling Class
Truthdig, July 7, 2017 When a false narrative becomes pervasive, ask cui bono? Who benefits? Take the notion that Donald Trump rode into the White House on a great upsurge of support from poor, white working-class [...]
On American Revolution
Counterpunch, July 4, 2017 My fellow U.S.-Americans, we’ve never had a revolution. It’s true that slaveowner Thomas Jefferson’s July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence (DOI) articulated the revolutionary notion that the people have the right [...]
Beyond Inauthentic Opposition
Counterpunch, June 30, 2017 The More Effective Evil I’ve cast presidential ballots for the Green Party from the at least technically contested state of Iowa in the last three elections. I’ve long and consistently used [...]
Five American Pastimes, Six Dark Ironies: Reflections on Alexandria
Counterpunch, June 16, 2017 When the bitter Bernie Sanders fan James T. Hodgkinson shot up the Republican congressional baseball team on a practice diamond in fashionable Alexandria, Virginia this last Wednesday, five great American pastimes [...]