Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
Stop the War – on Livable Ecology
CounterPunch, 3.4.2022 The war continues, putting humanity in peril. You might think that statement refers to the war in Ukraine. That’s understandable: the Ukraine Crisis raises the specter of World War III more menacingly than [...]
15 Bad Ukraine Narratives
CounterPunch, 2.28.2022 Especially when deepened by the fog of war, stupidity comes in many mutually reinforcing forms. Let’s examine and get past some stupid thinking on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But first, let’s proclaim [...]
Ku Klux Climate: Coal, Petro-Palingenesis, and the Historical Materialism of Fossil Fascism
CounterPunch+ 2.27.2022 Andreas Malm and the Zetkin Collective White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism (London: Verso, 2021) We live in a dangerous time when a far-right more powerful than at any time since [...]
White Tears Trump Justice: On the Persistence of the Racist Police State
CounterPunch, 2.25.2022 *This essay, like my forthcoming CounterPunch+ review of Andreas Malm and the Zetkin Collective’s book White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism, was written before the news cycle was taken over by [...]