Paul Crider
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com
Liberal in the Smith-Douglass-Mill-Anderson vein. Writer and editor for Liberal Currents. https://bsky.app/profile/liberalcurrents.com
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Inheritance of Equals: A Case for Liberal Socialism
Things literally cannot go on as they have before the present democratic crisis—things have been broken and will have to be put back together somehow. Ideas that were unthinkable even a decade ago may...
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There is no better time than now—with fascists at the gates across the world and wreaking carnage in the halls of American power—for a liberal-socialist alliance. And a big part of that is bringing liberal socialism into consciousness.
Been thinking about this essay for a while ...🧵
Been thinking about this essay for a while ...🧵
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This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
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@nytimes.com
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
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Excellent question and it so happens that back in August our editors picked five books each to make a reading list: www.liberalcurrents.com/the-liberal-...
Now, at the time, we did that as a post for patrons only.
But you know what, let's make it public today. 🍾
Now, at the time, we did that as a post for patrons only.
But you know what, let's make it public today. 🍾
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Excellent question and it so happens that back in August our editors picked five books each to make a reading list: www.liberalcurrents.com/the-liberal-...
Now, at the time, we did that as a post for patrons only.
But you know what, let's make it public today. 🍾
Now, at the time, we did that as a post for patrons only.
But you know what, let's make it public today. 🍾
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this is a liberal currents piece I wrote earlier this year. www.liberalcurrents.com/how-liberali...
How Liberalism Uses Jews, and Why It Shouldn’t Do That
It is not healthy to treat Jewish people like an abstracted symbol of liberalism.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
this is a liberal currents piece I wrote earlier this year. www.liberalcurrents.com/how-liberali...
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endless "both sides" takes from NYTs, CNN, WashPo, Etc are part of the problem
i talked with @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com about building an aggressively liberal alternative
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/media
i talked with @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com about building an aggressively liberal alternative
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/media
Building Opposition Media with Adam Gurri
How the centrist media has enabled fascism & what must be done differntly.
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
endless "both sides" takes from NYTs, CNN, WashPo, Etc are part of the problem
i talked with @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com about building an aggressively liberal alternative
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/media
i talked with @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com about building an aggressively liberal alternative
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/media
omg
shoutout to my dad ken burns for his new sitcom about the american revolution
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
omg
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‘yimbys are like hitler’ I furiously type on the nazi app
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
‘yimbys are like hitler’ I furiously type on the nazi app
I feel like there are maybe five people on this site who will get this. But I promise it's great content.
He was never good enough for Martha!
There. I said it.
There. I said it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I feel like there are maybe five people on this site who will get this. But I promise it's great content.
He was never good enough for Martha!
There. I said it.
There. I said it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
He was never good enough for Martha!
There. I said it.
There. I said it.
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Seems like a bad...
...Strategy.
...Strategy.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Seems like a bad...
...Strategy.
...Strategy.
It was clear from the first chapter (free online) that this book was going to be a big disappointment. The @ichotiner.bsky.social interview, where Sunstein fell over himself making excuses for the likes of Henry Kissinger and the MAGA Court justices, sealed the deal. Read @mattpolprof.bsky.social:
"The most stirring contemporary defenses of liberalism, like Elizabeth Anderson’s 𝘏𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, demonstrate a combined commitment to liberalism’s merits along with an honest understanding of where we have gone wrong. Unfortunately, many others adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness."
Liberalism or Inertia? Cass Sunstein's "Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom"
Cass Sunstein’s book adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness that belies a now requisite rejuvenating liberal imagination.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It was clear from the first chapter (free online) that this book was going to be a big disappointment. The @ichotiner.bsky.social interview, where Sunstein fell over himself making excuses for the likes of Henry Kissinger and the MAGA Court justices, sealed the deal. Read @mattpolprof.bsky.social:
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My new piece for @liberalcurrents.com on Sunstein's recent book on the liberal tradition
"The most stirring contemporary defenses of liberalism, like Elizabeth Anderson’s 𝘏𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, demonstrate a combined commitment to liberalism’s merits along with an honest understanding of where we have gone wrong. Unfortunately, many others adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness."
Liberalism or Inertia? Cass Sunstein's "Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom"
Cass Sunstein’s book adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness that belies a now requisite rejuvenating liberal imagination.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My new piece for @liberalcurrents.com on Sunstein's recent book on the liberal tradition
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wild considering most sex workers I know have had at least one of their accounts yeeted for the crime of existing
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
wild considering most sex workers I know have had at least one of their accounts yeeted for the crime of existing
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NYT's Bouie says more in 90 seconds than most can say all day
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Please consider giving to @liberalcurrents.com 👇, if you care about a vibrant, relevant liberalism that is in the fight for our future
you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
NYT's Bouie says more in 90 seconds than most can say all day
Please consider giving to @liberalcurrents.com 👇, if you care about a vibrant, relevant liberalism that is in the fight for our future
Please consider giving to @liberalcurrents.com 👇, if you care about a vibrant, relevant liberalism that is in the fight for our future
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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Yes. Also voters like it when you stand for something. "I don't care if Republicans think we're wrong or if it's not popular, I'm standing up for my neighbors and friends" has benefits beyond the issue itself.
I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Yes. Also voters like it when you stand for something. "I don't care if Republicans think we're wrong or if it's not popular, I'm standing up for my neighbors and friends" has benefits beyond the issue itself.
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For anyone who’s confused:
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
For anyone who’s confused:
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Okay LIBERAL.
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Okay LIBERAL.
Yass. I want this for my British friends.
Zack Polanski and Ed Davey buddy cop bit could lead to a Green-Lib Dem coalition government. I believe in you, lads.
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Yass. I want this for my British friends.
Ooh. Sharing to bookmark for later.
I joined the IMF podcast to discuss trade’s complex historical relationship to globalization, economic crisis, imperialism, and war. www.imf.org/en/news/podc...
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Marc Palen on Peace Economics and Trade
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November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Ooh. Sharing to bookmark for later.
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On the bad site in the old days I pressed Yoram Hazony on the antisemitism of the NatCons and he was NOT having it. The blindness was real but/and absolutely willful.
religiondispatches.org/yoram-hazony...
religiondispatches.org/yoram-hazony...
Yoram Hazony is Surprised by Blatant Antisemitism in the MAGA Coalition — But Antisemitism is Second Nature for Nationalists
On November 20, Israeli nationalist Yoram Hazony sat down for an interview with conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat to offer an explanation for the rise of antisemitism on the MAGA Righ...
religiondispatches.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
On the bad site in the old days I pressed Yoram Hazony on the antisemitism of the NatCons and he was NOT having it. The blindness was real but/and absolutely willful.
religiondispatches.org/yoram-hazony...
religiondispatches.org/yoram-hazony...
Okay LIBERAL.
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Okay LIBERAL.
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As Liberal Currents works to raise money for its Startup Fund - a few of my articles I'm most proud of over the past...several years. A thread: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
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November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
As Liberal Currents works to raise money for its Startup Fund - a few of my articles I'm most proud of over the past...several years. A thread: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...