Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
associate editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
tactics matter, discipline matters, and that means that yeah sometimes people are going to criticize you. the horror
February 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
tactics matter, discipline matters, and that means that yeah sometimes people are going to criticize you. the horror
like i think at least some people, in the name of unity and solidarity, adopt a "no enemies to the left" position... which is, predictably, easily exploitable by wreckers and opportunists and entryists
February 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
like i think at least some people, in the name of unity and solidarity, adopt a "no enemies to the left" position... which is, predictably, easily exploitable by wreckers and opportunists and entryists
i guess i would like to hear the theory on which setting fire to a random dumpster advances the cause of stopping ice
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM
i guess i would like to hear the theory on which setting fire to a random dumpster advances the cause of stopping ice
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I’m starting to think spending twenty hours a day getting egged on by other hyper politically engaged mentally ill people isn’t good for any of us.
February 3, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I’m starting to think spending twenty hours a day getting egged on by other hyper politically engaged mentally ill people isn’t good for any of us.
obviously he's done great work in the past but i think being a Public Intellectual has absolutely destroyed him
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
obviously he's done great work in the past but i think being a Public Intellectual has absolutely destroyed him
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one of the things i try to get at in this piece is how many people have imbibed a totally false history of how the russian revolution happened. the bolsheviks tried armed insurrection and got *crushed.* they succeeded when they worked by other means!
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-powerle...
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-powerle...
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
one of the things i try to get at in this piece is how many people have imbibed a totally false history of how the russian revolution happened. the bolsheviks tried armed insurrection and got *crushed.* they succeeded when they worked by other means!
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-powerle...
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-powerle...
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Last week was on a call with some childhood friends who were despairing about how we would get out of this. Just shared with them this excellent piece from @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com in @liberalcurrents.com that goes down the road we discussed. There is hope, and we have a direction.
From Powerlessness to Power
We will not achieve any of our ultimate goals without exercising state power, and the most effective way to take state power is through nonviolent but confrontational resistance.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Last week was on a call with some childhood friends who were despairing about how we would get out of this. Just shared with them this excellent piece from @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com in @liberalcurrents.com that goes down the road we discussed. There is hope, and we have a direction.
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February 2, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Join us May 8 and 9 for a weekend about liberalism, ethics, religion, and the good.
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This tweet undersells the article. This is a prescription of what needs to be done in the next dem administration and each ensuing section will have you yelling Hell Yeah louder than the one before.
the thing is, i think pete is fundamentally right: after the chaos of trump II, there will be an opportunity to rebuild things which have been broken for a long time. but doing that *well* will require a deeper analysis of what's gone wrong in our country.
www.liberalcurrents.com/reforging-am...
www.liberalcurrents.com/reforging-am...
Reforging America
A new order for America must involve a comprehensive reconstruction of our political, economic, and civic infrastructure.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:02 PM
This tweet undersells the article. This is a prescription of what needs to be done in the next dem administration and each ensuing section will have you yelling Hell Yeah louder than the one before.
[looks around] you know? tonight? words to live by
February 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
[looks around] you know? tonight? words to live by
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*raises hand timidly* Um...hi. I'm Puerto Rican, and I care? So do my Puerto Rican parents and sister? It's trivially easy to dismiss that sort of thing when "being American" isn't something they're trying to take away from you, with profound consequences.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
February 2, 2026 at 10:55 PM
*raises hand timidly* Um...hi. I'm Puerto Rican, and I care? So do my Puerto Rican parents and sister? It's trivially easy to dismiss that sort of thing when "being American" isn't something they're trying to take away from you, with profound consequences.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
you know i don't think lenin believed this
February 2, 2026 at 10:53 PM
you know i don't think lenin believed this
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Beyond being bad for affordability, I think discretionary approvals process are socially/morally destructive for this reason—they turn seemingly normal, well-adjusted people into monsters.
February 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Beyond being bad for affordability, I think discretionary approvals process are socially/morally destructive for this reason—they turn seemingly normal, well-adjusted people into monsters.
oh yeah just a tremendous book. very influential for me
February 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
oh yeah just a tremendous book. very influential for me
lol what
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 PM
lol what
having memories of when people insisted that self-immolation had only ever been the most righteous of political actions and then got mad when I pointed out that it had been used, for instance, by people protesting the lack of caste privilege at Indian universities, or in defense of rapists.
February 2, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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i just think "if you adopt the right aesthetics then no one is allowed to question your choice of tactics" is a pretty obviously false principle stated plainly
February 2, 2026 at 10:11 PM
i just think "if you adopt the right aesthetics then no one is allowed to question your choice of tactics" is a pretty obviously false principle stated plainly
this is why for instance i'm interested in movements like MAGA and the like the bolsheviks. i don't particularly like their goals. but their tactics were, undeniably, effective. what can we learn from our adversaries?
February 2, 2026 at 10:10 PM
this is why for instance i'm interested in movements like MAGA and the like the bolsheviks. i don't particularly like their goals. but their tactics were, undeniably, effective. what can we learn from our adversaries?
having the right tactics doesn't make you righteous. having the right goals doesn't make you successful. the point of "thinking" is to figure out how to have good goals and connect those to effective tactics
February 2, 2026 at 10:09 PM
having the right tactics doesn't make you righteous. having the right goals doesn't make you successful. the point of "thinking" is to figure out how to have good goals and connect those to effective tactics
free_speech "tactics and strategy and objectives are different things"
‘Isn’t it interesting how protestors are always vindicated 20 years later?’ was such irritating smug midwit shit. Protestors are wrong all the fucking time.
this was also when people were doing 'students are always on the right side politically throughout the whole of history' a lot.
February 2, 2026 at 10:08 PM
free_speech "tactics and strategy and objectives are different things"
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Hey. You should read Samantha's excellent essay. And if you like it, you should consider signing up to get more @liberalcurrents.com essays like it in your inbox.
February 2, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Hey. You should read Samantha's excellent essay. And if you like it, you should consider signing up to get more @liberalcurrents.com essays like it in your inbox.
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this is good. I’d add that I think masking has an internal psychological element too, it’s part of how the ICE chuds psych themselves up to do crimes
February 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
this is good. I’d add that I think masking has an internal psychological element too, it’s part of how the ICE chuds psych themselves up to do crimes
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Reading "Lenin was a poaster" was like driving at highway speeds and then suddenly shifting into second gear
February 2, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Reading "Lenin was a poaster" was like driving at highway speeds and then suddenly shifting into second gear