Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
The Silly Season: Reflections From Iowa
teleSur English, June 12, 2015 The presidential election season is already upon the United States, fifteen months before the presidential contest in November 2016. I have a front-row seat for the candidate-centered spectacle in Iowa, home [...]
Feeding the Frenzy: The Sanders Syndrome Hits Home Court
Counterpunch Weekend Edition June 5-7, 2015 by PAUL STREET The election frenzy…seizes the country every four years because we have all been brought up to believe that voting is crucial in determining our destiny, that [...]
Privilege-Serving Story Placement at the New York Times
ZNet, June 7, 2015 One of the many ways in which the capitalist press serves the owning class has to do with story placement – where it places a report. Considers the recent story titled [...]
Enough with the Holy Founders and Their Undemocratic Constitution
teleSur English (shorter version), May 31, 2015 and ZNet (this version), June 1, 2015 In a foreword to John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney’s important book Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is [...]