Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
Avoiding the Capitalist Apocalypse
First published on ZNet, April 12, 2014. The French economist Thomas Piketty’s magisterial, marvelously cross-disciplinary, and audaciously titled volume Capital in the Twenty-First Century (New York: Harvard University Press, 2014) contains an interesting statement on [...]
No Favor to Black America
First published on ZNet, April 5, 2014. The reluctance of many white liberals and progressives to engage in serious criticism of U.S. President Barack Obama no matter how coldly corporate-neoliberal [1] and imperial [2] he shows himself to be, [...]
Disgust Yes, Disappointment No
First published on ZNet, April 2, 2014 Some Truly Nauseating Remarks in Brussels Many liberals and progressives were shaken into anger, disgust, dismay, and disappointment when Barack Obama said the following to U.S. NATO and [...]
Without Even a Side Glance
Do some members of the American elite fantasize that they can – like the alien corporate colonizers of Earth portrayed in John Carpenter’s classic left sci-fi horror film They Live (1987) – shoot off to another planet [...]