Forged KGB Documents Used to Smear Journalist in Parliament | The Walrus Ex-MP Chris Alexander accused David Pugliese of being a Russian spy. Forensic experts now say the evidence was fabricated

Really important piece thewalrus.ca/a-veteran-re...

Never done podcasting like this before, but turns out it rocks. Special thanks to @caradrianh.bsky.social, my new favourite interviewer and to everyone who came out. Our convo will be up soon here. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...

The Future of Independent Media Summit kicks off THIS FRIDAY with a live taping of @ricochetmedia.bsky.social's podcast, In Bed with the Elephant, hosted by @caradrianh.bsky.social

featuring

✨special guest @lukewsavage.bsky.social!✨

Tickets here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-future...

If you happen to be in Ottawa this Friday, I'll be doing a live show with Adrian Harewood — host of the excellent In Bed with the Elephant podcast to launch this year's Future of Independent Media Summit. Hope to see you there! www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-future...

"Since the Trump era began, there has been a glaring contradiction at the heart of the rhetoric deployed against him by mainstream Democrats," writes @lukewsavage.bsky.social.

If this is opposition, what would surrender look like? In a long line of inept, morally-compromised Democratic leaders, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are peerless

In a long line of politically inept and morally compromised leaders, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are losers without peer www.lukewsavage.com/p/if-this-is...

The Abundance faction doesn't understand Chinese economic development On a recent episode of the Bad Faith podcast, Briahna Gray hosted a particularly good discussion of Abundance, the new book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson I wrote about at length back in March.

“… Abundance is a middlebrow airport book that’s been elevated more because it’s ideas are useful to the corporatist side of an intra-liberal factional fight than because they are intellectually rich or analytically sound.”

- @lukewsavage.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/lukewsav...

Is Donald Trump a Communist? On the absurdities of liberal horseshoe theory

Is Donald Trump a communist? With a little help from Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris, I explore a very important question: www.lukewsavage.com/p/is-donald-...

Black-and-white photo of Ed Broadbent speaking into a cluster of microphones held by reporters. Below, a purple banner reads: “March 21, 2025. Ed Broadbent, Luke Savage. A Radically Democratic Free Speech.” Buttons at the bottom say “Ed Broadbent Digital Archive” and “Research & Publications.”

"The guiding ideal of Ed Broadbent’s public life was that liberal rights like freedom of speech and freedom of expression are necessary but insufficient guarantors of democratic equality," – @lukewsavage.bsky.social

Ed Broadbent on free speech: broadbentinstitute.ca/research/democratic-free-speech/

Inspired by Cass Sunstein's recent musings on Star Wars and Henry Kissinger: a piece on his unbelievably flimsy case for liberalism.

www.lukewsavage.com/p/in-defence...

Perhaps Democracy Needs Stronger Guardrails Than Corporate Self-Interest Perhaps it was always inevitable that one of the biggest political flashpoints of the Trump era would involve late night entertainment.

Elite liberals are determined to learn absolutely nothing
www.lukewsavage.com/p/perhaps-de...

Inspired by Cass Sunstein's recent musings on Star Wars and Henry Kissinger: a piece on his unbelievably flimsy case for liberalism.

www.lukewsavage.com/p/in-defence...

"...the whole episode merely underscores how tenuous even the most basic democratic values really are when the ultimate determinant — in either direction — amounts to the self-interest of private corporations."

Perhaps Democracy Needs Stronger Guardrails Than Corporate Self-Interest Perhaps it was always inevitable that one of the biggest political flashpoints of the Trump era would involve late night entertainment.

Elite liberals are determined to learn absolutely nothing
www.lukewsavage.com/p/perhaps-de...

On a new episode of 🍎THE ORCHARDCAST🍎
@readtheorchard.org chard.org sits down with @lukewsavage.bsky.social to discuss Canada's prime minister in theory and practice in a conversation exploring The Carney Doctrine.

www.readtheorchard.org/p/the-carney... 🔶

Technology and Empire On the conservative intellectual who improbably became an inspiration to Canada's left

“This is why liberalism is the perfect ideology for capitalism. It demolishes those taboos that restrain expansion. Even the finest talk about internationalism opens markets for the powerful.”

Technology & Empire - @lukewsavage.bsky.social
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Fascinating Fascism On the artistic and moral cowardice of Leni Riefenstahl

A new documentary about Leni Riefenstahl brings new archival evidence to bear against her longstanding denials of closeness to the Nazi regime. www.lukewsavage.com/p/fascinatin...

For sure, let's do it

This was so much fun

"In the 21st century, centrist politics has supplied us with a never-ending stream of sentient press releases who are congenitally incapable of conveying even the slightest trace of authenticity or humanity. Sir Keir, somehow, leaves every one of them in the dust."

😂

Jared, where did you get this picture of me from

Episode art for next week's podcast featuring @lukewsavage.bsky.social

The age of post-liberalism is finally here In their fruitless quest to outflank the far-right, elite liberals on both sides of the Atlantic are increasingly indistinguishable from the very thing they claim to be a bulwark against

In their fruitless quest to outflank the far-right, elite liberals on both sides of the Atlantic are increasingly indistinguishable from the very thing they claim to be a bulwark against

www.lukewsavage.com/p/the-age-of...

PressProgress union bug "PressProgress journalists are proudly unionized with UFCW Canada Local 1006-A"

Every PressProgress article carries this union bug because our newsroom is 100% unionized with secure, good-paying, full-time journalism jobs

You can be a union job creator too by becoming a PressProgress member and supporting unionized journalism jobs:

pressprogress.ca/become-a-mem...

Economics as politics A case study in the radical implications of everyday political language

“When someone says ‘the economy’ in a political debate or conversation, they almost invariably mean the one that currently exists around us, without any sense that the thing they’re referring to is a political institution at all.”

- @lukewsavage.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/lukewsav...

Industrial Democracy: A Proposal for Action - Broadbent Institute The trade unions are such a progressive force; their victories over the irresponsible concentration of power in our economic system belong to all Canadians. We must, therefore, support the trade union...

10,000 Air Canada flight attendants proved what Ed Broadbent argued for in 1969: democracy is incomplete until it reaches the workplace.

@lukewsavage.bsky.social reflects on industrial democracy in commentary on Ed's landmark 1969 speech: broadbentinstitute.ca/research/industrial-democracy-action/

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Matt Yglesias Over the past two decades, the perverse incentive structures of America’s elite media have caused a new species of pundit to rise from the Beltway’s primordial ooze, at once less insightful and infini...

www.lukewsavage.com/p/the-agony-...

The Financial Times recommends my recent Substack piece on Matt Yglesias. What are you waiting for?

This was a win for all workers in Canada.

#CdnPoli

The Air Canada strike wasn’t just a win for workers. It was also a wrench in Mark Carney’s plans Workers at Air Canada won by simply refusing to abide by the Liberals' approach to labour.

I’m back in the Star today with a new piece on how striking Air Canada flight attendants successfully called Ottawa's bluff — and set a potentially significant precedent in industrial relations that may soon have important political implications as well:

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...