Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
The Myth of Leftist Academia
teleSur English, December 4, 2015 Among the many ludicrous things spouted on the U.S. right, few assertions are more ridiculous than the commonplace reactionary idea that United States universities and colleges are leftist hotbeds. Trust [...]
Rahm Emmanuel, Laquan McDonald and Black Rebellion in Chicago
Counterpunch, December 4, 2015 Beneath a carefully constructed pretense of concern for racial justice, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel has long been a dedicated corporatist “law and order” enemy of Black America. During his time as [...]
Keystone Rejected, Big Carbon Undaunted
teleSur English, December 1, 2015 Some time ago, I suggested in one of my many critiques of the corporate-neoliberal, imperial, and eco-cidal Obama administration that Obama’s ultimate signing off on the Keystone XL Pipeline (KXL) [...]
Verging on Plutocracy? Getting Real About the Unelected Dictatorship
Counterpunch, November 20, 2015 In politics as in medicine, excessively mild remedies are typically based on overly placid diagnoses. Look, for example, at the highly esteemed Columbia University historian Eric Foner’s recent letter of congratulations [...]