Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
Transparent Idiocy and Cynically Wishful Democratic Party Thinking: Reflections on a Poll and its Reporting
CounterPunch, 9.9.2022 Two weeks ago, the leading mainstream political journal The Hill ran a story titled “Threats to Democracy Top List of Issues Facing US: Poll.” The lead ran as follows: “Threats to democracy clocked in as the [...]
Not-so “Semi-” Fascism and its Bourgeois-Democratic Enablers
CounterPunch, 9.2.2022 There’s Nothing “Semi-” About It The term “semi-fascism” has entered US American political discourse courtesy of Joe Biden two Thursdays ago. “What we’re seeing now,” Biden told Democratic donors in Maryland on the evening of [...]
Only Fools Count on Capital to Stop Late Fascism
CounterPunch, 8.26.2022 A year and half after the attempted physical coup that marked the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, I am still lectured by certain older white and male “leftists” on how it is childish [...]
The Best Lack All Conviction as the River Goes Brown
CounterPunch, 8.19.2022 Liberals and moderates complain endlessly about the awfulness of Trumpian Republifascists in their families, workplaces, and communities and of course in United States politics. It’s understandable given the boundless vicious stupidity of the Trump era Amerikaners – [...]