Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
“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 [...]
“Recalls Taking Center Stage”: Wisconsin, Workers, and Corporate Totalitarianism, American Style
The smack to my head came late on the day of my second trip to Madison in support of public sector workers and their struggle against rightist Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s epic assault on union [...]