Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
Deleting Crimes at the New York Times: Airbrushing History at the Paper of Record
Counterpunch, July 24, 2015 I never cease to be fascinated by the breathtaking ease with which the “liberal” New York Times and other major U.S. media outlets airbrush out of history the disastrous and criminal [...]
Happiness v. Property: From Jefferson and Franklin to Cuba and the United States
ZNet, July 18, 2015 The most famous phrase in Thomas Jefferson’s 1776 Declaration of Independence includes the statement that “all men” possess the “unalienable right” to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Conventional history [...]
Interjections on Bernie Sanders: A Response to David McReynolds
Counterpunch, July 17, 2015 A Response to David McReynolds I never cease to be amazed by U.S. major party and candidate-centered electoral (and especially presidential) politics’ continuing power to muddle, mystify, and mar liberal, progressive, [...]
We are Citizens, Not Politicians: Reflections on Greece
Counterpunch, July 14, 2015 "We who protest the [Iraq] war,” the late radical American historian Howard Zinn wrote in 2007, “are not politicians. We are citizens. Whatever politicians may do, let them first feel the [...]