Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
No War with Russia: It’s This System, Not Humanity That Needs to Become Extinct
The Paul Street Report, April 3, 2023 Today’s essay is adapted and expanded from an antiwar speech I gave at an antiwar rally held by the Revolution Club of Chicago yesterday. The title is taken [...]
Lawlessness in the Name of Law and Order: The Republi-fascist Response to Trump’s Indictment
CounterPunch+, 4.2.2023 The most remarkable thing about the news related to the historic indictment of Donald “Take Down the Metal Detectors” Trump by a New York state grand jury in Manhattan last Thursday afternoon so far is [...]
Three Signs of Surrender: Clues to the Lack of Proper Outrage
The Paul Street Report, 3.30.2023 “You want a woman to carry around a dead fetus as she goes septic? That’s your vision of freedom for the state of Florida? That’s despicable…Where is the uprising? Where [...]
Novel Reflections: On Dickens, Marx, Bronte, Zola, Bernie, and Orwell
CounterPunch, 3.31.2023 Recently I was slightly surprised to hear an old Marxist friend and Bernie Sanders fan declare her “unqualified love” for Charles Dickens. I’m no great fan of the anti-communist snitch George Orwell, but the [...]