Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
Only Fools Count on Capital to Stop Late Fascism
CounterPunch, 8.26.2022 A year and half after the attempted physical coup that marked the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, I am still lectured by certain older white and male “leftists” on how it is childish [...]
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’ [...]