Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
Hope-Killer for Re-Hire: Brand Obama and the Management of Popular Expectations
Obama’s top image-molder David Axelrod claims to reject “the notion of a political brand….’We’re not an iPod or a box of soap,” he tells USA Today, adding that “a campaign gives you a chance to [...]
“The Great Tea Party Masequerade”: A Review (by Lance Selfa) of Paul Street’s New Book Crashing the Tea Party
Paul Street and Anthony DiMaggio wouldn't dispute the Tea Party's impact, but they aren't buying the media spin. Their Crashing the Tea Party: Mass Media and the Campaign to Remake American Politics systematically dismantles the [...]
Some Big Things Ha-Joon Chang Doesn’t Tell You About Capitalism
The popular neo-Keynesian Cambridge (United Kingdom) economist Ha-Joon Chang is a clever man who might do well to think and/or care more about the ecological catastrophe that the modern disaster called capitalism1 has all too [...]
The Tea Party Upside Down: History as Prop v. the Original Destruction of British Tea
The historically preserved Old South Meeting House in downtown Boston --- “Old South” --- is most well known, historically speaking, for its role in the Boston Tea Party protest of December 16, 1773. Asked if the Old [...]