Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
People Forget, the Earth Does Not
Originally published on ZNet, March 22, 2014 “The Good News” Last weekend I happened to glance at CNN long enough to hear a beautiful newscaster ask an airline industry expert if the disappearance of Malaysian [...]
Academic Unfreedom, Forced and Voluntary
Published on ZNet, Marcch 17, 2014. Violations of free speech rights in U.S. “higher education” are a bit like police violence against minorities in at least one key way. There are many relatively unknown cases of [...]
Obama Ticket Prices and the Invisible Ruling Class
Black Agenda Report, March 12, 2014. Frederick C. Harris, The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics (New York: OxfordUniversity Press, 2014 [2012]) Academic specialization can be a [...]
Venezuela, the United States, and Obama
First published on ZNet, March 6, 2014. Recently I was asked if I thought the Obama administration was involved to any significant degree in encouraging civil unrest in Venezuela. My answer begins with a question [...]