Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
Theater of the Absurd
TeleSur English, May 25, 2015 Hopey-Climate-Changey If want to keep up with United States political culture, you’d better have a strong stomach for the absurd. Four days ago (I am writing on Sunday, May 24th), [...]
The Not-So Nordic Bernie Sanders
Counterpunch, Weekend Edition May 22-24, 2015 Imperial Omissions The Not-So Nordic Bernie Sanders by PAUL STREET Speaking to George Stephanopoulus on ABC News’ “This Week” three weeks ago, the recently declared Democratic Party presidential candidate [...]
No Wise Men Here: Gabriel Kolko and Washington’s Continuing Murderous Middle East Myopia
Z Net, May 20, 2015 Gabriel Kolko, Another Century of War? (New York: New Press, 2002) Patrick Cockburn, The Rise of the Islamic State (New York: Verso, 2014) More Like Wise Guys One of the [...]
No Respect for the Poor, Working or Not
teleSur English, May 21, 2015 We all make mistakes. In 1996, I ventured a silly notion at the end of a grant-funded project study that criticized the over-optimistic labor market assumptions behind U.S. “welfare reform.” Welfare [...]