Jake Pitre - Liberal Currents

The Third Red Scare

“Antifa” serves much the same function today that “Bolshevik” did a century ago.

Luke Baumgartner Aug 3, 2026

Weekly Roundup

Headwaters: July 25–August 1, 2026

Looking at what’s just behind us in preparation for the week ahead.

Jason Briggeman Aug 2, 2026

Neon Liberalism

Sovereign Citizens with Badges? (Neon Liberalism #84, with Jessica Pishko)

So-called "constitutional sheriffs" are spreading across the country.

Samantha Hancox-Li, Jessica Pishko Aug 1, 2026

Jake Pitre has a PhD in Film and Moving Image Studies from Concordia University in Montreal, where he lives. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Globe and Mail, Fast Company, and elsewhere.

2 articles

Welcome to Gilded Age 2.0

Larry Ellison's growing influence in tech, media, and politics embodies our new age of oligarchic control.

Jake Pitre Jun 26, 2026

Gambling on War

An insider made hundreds of thousands betting just before Maduro was kidnapped. This kind of behavior is becoming normalized.

Jake Pitre Mar 13, 2026