Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
Miranda, Obama, and Hamilton: an Orwellian Ménage à Trois for the Neoliberal Age
Counterpunch, June 24, 2016 History is written by the winners – George Orwell, February 4, 1944 “The Few” v. “The Many” Alexander Hamilton was no people’s champion. After four years serving as American Revolutionary War [...]
Deleting the Real Story Behind the Great Canada Fire
Counterpunch, June 16, 2016 Deletion and de-contextualization are standard instruments in the corporate U.S. media’s propagandistic, power-serving toolbox. The nightly news streams endless terrifying images of violent inner city Black criminality with no reference the [...]
A Debasing Spectacle: Behind and Beyond the Latest Quadrennial Carnival
Counterpunch, June 10, 2016 I spoke last April at San Diego State University about what two clever Left political scientists there rightly called “the debasing spectacle” of the 2016 presidential election. I was asked to [...]
Feel the Hate
Counterpunch, May 27, 2016 any Bernie Sanders activists and supporters are understandably disgusted by the contemptuous mistreatment they and their candidate have received from the corporate-Clintonite Democratic Party and its numerous media allies. The examples [...]