Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
And Then Came Sharpton: Keeping Black Americans in Their Place
First published on ZNet, September 14, 2014, and Black Agenda Report on September 17, 2014. The Black residents of Ferguson, Missouri, a predominantly Black St. Louis suburb, were injured and insulted in at least eight [...]
Deadly Drums of War and Oil
The nation and world are in dire straits as US president Barack Obama prepares to address “the homeland” (a revealingly imperial term) tonight (I am writing on the morning of Wednesday, September 10, 2014). As [...]
An Idée Fixe and a Vicious Circle
TeleSur English, September 11, 2014 Unmentionable Blowback History has a nasty way of repeating itself when its lessons go unprocessed. Take the US Global War on Terror, formally sparked by the al Qaeda jetliner attacks [...]
Labor Day Reflections: Saying Goodbye to the Piketty Summer
TeleSur English, September 4, 2014 The national United States holiday called Labor Day has for me traditionally been a time for reading on the beach, for saying goodbye to summer, and for reflecting on the [...]