Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
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 [...]
Beneath the Billionaire Class: The 1% Does Not Rule Alone
teleSur English, July 15, 2015 My most recent book is titled They Rule: The 1% v. Democracy. It details the deadly social, economic, political, and environmental costs of the nation’s corporate and financial aristocracy and the [...]
Bernie Out of the Closet: Sanders’ Longstanding Deal with the Democrats
CounterPunch, July 21, 2015 I am glad that the left intellectual and activist Chris Hedges does not support the Bernie Sanders campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. As Hedges explained in a recent interview [...]
False Flag Change: History, Racism, Obama, and the Confederate Flag
CounterPunch, July 10, 2015; ZNet, July 9, 2015, As the reigning corporate United States media and politics culture responds to a terrible racist atrocity by questioning the political correctness of the Confederate Flag and logo [...]