Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
Promise and Danger in a New Civil Rights Movement
First published on TeleSur English, December 12, 2014. There has been promise but also danger in every sociopolitical movement I’ve seen in the United States over the last thirty plus years. The new movement that [...]
Campus Town Amnesia
First published on ZNet, December 4, 2014, Last October I attended a small rally held outside Iowa City’s City Hall in solidarity with Michael Brown and those protesting his killing last August by a white [...]
No True Justice in St. Louis County
First published on TeleSur English, December 5, 2014. Note from author (December 6, 10 AM, CST): This essay was written before news came out of the decision of a Staten Island Grand Jury not to [...]
When Words Don’t Mean Anything Anymore: Reflections on the Life and Rhetoric of Barack Obama
Z Magazine, December 2014. Nothing mocks disingenuous, power-serving politicians more than their own past words. President Barack Obama is a remarkable case in point. On the presidential campaign trail in 2007 and 2008, for example, [...]