Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
The Best Lack All Conviction as the River Goes Brown
CounterPunch, 8.19.2022 Liberals and moderates complain endlessly about the awfulness of Trumpian Republifascists in their families, workplaces, and communities and of course in United States politics. It’s understandable given the boundless vicious stupidity of the Trump era Amerikaners – [...]
The Tendentious Mr. Brooks: the Chickenshit Conformist of the NYT
CounterPunch, 8.18.2022 So eager to please, peer pressure decrees Chickenshit conformist like your parents – Dead Kennedys, “Bedtime for Democracy,” 1986 I have no clue… – David Brooks, August 11, 2022 The Scary Orange Victim [...]
The Dangerous, Degenerate Dems: Pied Piper 2022 and Other Forms of Complicity
CounterPunch, 8.12.2022 Never underestimate the cynical, fascism-complicit depravity of the dismal, disingenuous and dollar-drenched Dems – the Weimar Democratic Party of “inauthentic opposition” and passive resistance. It’s bad enough that Democrats function as the Republi-fascists’ [...]
Why is “the Left” Red-Baiting Rise Up for Abortion Rights on the Eve of Fascist Destruction?
CounterPunch, 8.1.2022 There’s nothing new in United States history about the slanderous demonization of those who step up and fight to make a better world from the bottom up. From at least the Molly Maguires [...]