Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
White Lies and Blue Codes: Laquan McDonald’s Killer Goes to Trial
Black Agenda Report, 9/19/2018 Things could get very ugly in Chicago if the cop that killed Laquan McDonald is set free by a jury that includes only one Black person. “Van Dyke and his wife [...]
Climate of Class Rule: Common(s)er Revolt or Common Ruin
Counterpunch, 9/7/2018 Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open [...]
Creeping Fascism No Problem for Trump’s Durable Base
Truthdig, 9/5/2018 How, liberals and progressives ask with shocked amazement, can President Trump’s supporters continue to back him? They persist even as one piece of evidence after another emerges of his epic and pathological gaslighting, his [...]
Mad Dog Impunity: From Washington and Riyadh to Chicago
Counterpunch, 9/6/2018 This is an age of murderous, racist, and imperial impunity – and it isn’t just about the orange beast Donald Trump. Look at the prolonged celebration of the dearly departed mad-dog mass killer and [...]