Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
America’s Instinctive Fascism Creeps On
Counterpunch, 10.15.2021 Recently Norman Ornstein told Salon’s Chauncy de Vega that the United States is mired in a crisis of democracy that shows parallels with Germany’s descent into Nazism during the 1930s. Ornstein is right to worry about [...]
The American “System of Governance” is a Lethal Slaveowners’ Monstrosity
Counterpunch, 10.8.2021 “No Change” Joe: “That Patience Has Been Rewarded for More Than 240 Years” Who can ever forget the brilliant oratory of Joe “Nothing Would Fundamentally Change” Biden two nights after Election Day last November? [...]
Baby Talk Fascists: Reflections on a Summer Encounter
Counterpunch, 10.6.2021 Last August I witnessed an effort to disrupt women’s right to an abortion outside a Planned Parenthood clinic on the Near North Side of Chicago. The action was conducted by some outwardly friendly [...]
Reflections on Political Violence and Terror
Counterpunch, 10.1.2021 Political physical violence and the threat and capacity to use such violence, enforce ruling class power and other and related forms of domination and oppression. Ideological indoctrination and informational bias to “manufacture consent” [...]