Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
How Much Arab Democracy Can America Stand? The U.S.,the Middle East, and the Re-Branding Game at Home and Abroad
Chicago, IL, May 2, 2011. Harsh continuities live on beneath the rush of spectacular news stories and events like 9/11, the invasion of Iraq , the election of America ’s first black president, and (yesterday) [...]
May Day International: North American Report – The Madison Rebellion and Its Limits in a Global Perspective
The first third of 2011 brought a great global and popular stirring - a burgeoning springtime of peoples blooming in technical advance of spring. The most dramatic, regime-toppling revolts have taken place in Tunisia and [...]
A Betrayal of the Highest Order: Reflections on Kim Scipes’ Important New Book on U.S. Labor Imperialism
The principles of real, bona-fide working class trade unionism are rooted in the notion of working people joining and acting together in solidarity to improve wages, benefits, and working and living conditions for themselves and [...]
Biggest Issue of Our Time is the Biggest Loser in the 2011 Budget “Deal”
Here is a disturbing pair of questions to place next to each other: (1) what is greatest current existential threat to the human race? (2) which programs were the biggest losers in the recent U.S. [...]