Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
The Chauvin Trial is Dangerously Deceptive
Counterpunch, 4-20-2021 Since most U.S.-Americans know little about social and political reality beyond their own limited experience and bubbles, powerfully deceptive narratives and images disseminated by the corporate media easily distort public perceptions. The election [...]
Racial Oppression Will Not be Overcome Under Capitalism
Counterpunch, 4-16-2021 Much of America’s chatterbox class is aghast at the authoritarian racism on ugly display on the white-nationalist Amerikaner FOX News right. The Don Lemons, Anderson Coopers, Rachel Maddows, and Joy Reids et al. [...]
Disappear the System: A Critical Hegemonic Function of Capitalist Media
Counterpunch 4-9-2021 Something stinks in the wall-to-wall broadcast of every detail in the Derek Chauvin trial. The hegemonic (in a Marxian sense) result of drilling down so microscopically on one racist cop’s super-transgression, treating the [...]
Lying is as American as Cherry Pie
Counterpunch, 4 -6-20201 A few weeks ago, someone going as “R. Tillman” spent a chunk of change to place a small add in The New York Times saying that “LYING IS UN-AMERICAN.” I had to laugh. [...]