Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
The (Profits) System is Working: CEO Pay Soars While Workers Pay Stalls
When the profits system (capitalism) is properly understood for what it is really and only about (investor profit and nothing more) at the end of the day, then there is nothing paradoxical about its failure [...]
“Mischievous Speculation”
It’s good to have your written work supported and sometimes to have it challenged by future developments. Last February, ZNet published an essay in which I cited the social-psychological theory of cognitive dissonance in arguing that [...]
Odyssey Dawn, Imperial Hypocrisy, and Mass Diversion
March 26, 2011, Iowa City, IA. .Recently on a car trip to New York City, I tuned briefly into a National “Public” Radio news show called “The World.” A middle-aged newsreader was interviewing a younger female activist [...]
“A Truth Kit on Steroids:” Louis Proyect (the Unrepentant Marxist) Reviews The Empire’s New Clothes (and two other left critiques of Obama)
Paul Street deserves some kind of prize for being the first on the left to deliver the goods on Obama. While people like Jane Hamsher and Glenn Greenwald deserve credit for exposing Obama as a [...]