Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
How Poor Black Lives Matter to U.S. Capitalism Today: Reflections on “The New Jim Crow”
Counterpunch, June 12-14, 2015 A nation that will keep people in slavery for 244 years will “thingify” them – make them things… — Martin Luther King, Jr. 1967 King Cotton Black lives have always mattered [...]
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 [...]