The Class Line

This week, Joel is joined by Matt Kneller, a central committee member and leading activist with the RCP in Vancouver to discuss the meltdown in the BC Conservative party, what it means and how to fight against right-wing populism. 📖 Recommended reading: The meaning of the B.C. Conservative meltdown Amazon desperate to crush union at B.C. warehouse B.C. condo developers handed $3.2b bailout: Expropriate the parasites! 🚩Register for the Vancouver School of Communism 📰Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the official newspaper of the RCP 🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party ▶️YouTube 📱Apple Podcasts 📸 Instagram 💬X 💻Facebook Listen wherever you get your podcasts Recorded on September 17, 2026.

As people in Quebec head to the polls this October, they face no real options: the four main parties all promise to make workers pay, while making everything easier for the rich. This week, Joel is joined by Hélène Bissonnette, a leading member of the RCP in Quebec, to discuss the Communist analysis of the Quebec election. 📖 Recommended reading: Editorial on the Quebec election Subscribe to Révolution communiste Listen to our sister podcast, Parti pris 🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party 📰 Subscribe to Communist Revolution , the official newspaper of the RCP ▶️YouTube 📱Apple Podcasts 📸 Instagram 💬X 💻Facebook Listen wherever you get your podcasts Recorded on September 3, 2026.

This week on The Class Line, Joel is joined by Marco La Grotta to discuss the recent breakdown in trade negotiations between the United States and Canada, the effects this is having on Canadian politics, and the Communist response to the trade war. 📖 Recommended reading: For a working class response to the trade war Catch up on the World School of Communism Communist Revolution #28 🚩 Register for the Toronto School of Communism 🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party 📰 Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the official newspaper of the RCP ▶️YouTube 📱Apple Podcasts 📸 Instagram 💬X 💻Facebook Listen wherever you get your podcasts Recorded on August 27, 2026.

The rush for AI data centres has come to Canada. Carney, through his “AI for all” strategy is trying to convince us that this will benefit all of us. But the fact is that AI under capitalism will mean profits for a few while the rest of us suffer. This week on the Class Line, Joel is joined by Josie Seaton to discuss what Communists think about the mad dash to build data centres. Communist Revolution #27 📖 Recommended reading: Carney’s ‘AI for All’ means profits for a few Canada’s secret deal with Sauron 🌐🚩 Register for the World School of Communism 2026 🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party 📰 Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the RCP ▶️YouTube 📱Apple Podcasts 📸 Instagram 💬X 💻Facebook Listen wherever you get your podcasts Recorded on July 23, 2026.

The government has announced not one, but two pipelines. They claim this will benefit all of us, but the truth is that the public will fund it while the profits remain private. This is another example of socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor. This week, Joel is joined by Marco La Grotta to discuss the two recent pipelines that were announced and what Communists think about this. 📖 Recommended reading: Workers will foot the bill for Smith and Carney’s new pipeline Is this ‘Canada working’? The Carney-Smith pipeline deal No to Kinder Morgan bailout! Expropriate the oil industry! 🌐🚩 Register for the World School of Communism 2026 🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party 📰 Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the RCP ▶️YouTube 📱Apple Podcasts 📸 Instagram 💬X 💻Facebook New episodes of The Class Line every Friday. Listen wherever you get your podcasts Recorded on July 10, 2026.

When Carney was elected, he said he would build thousands of affordable homes. Instead, he’s bailing out developers. This week on the Class Line, Joel is joined by Communist Revolution/Révolution communiste editor Benoît Tanguay to discuss the real reason housing is unaffordable, and how communists would solve this problem. 📖 Recommended reading: Why Canada’s ruling class won’t solve the housing crisis B.C. condo developers handed $3.2b bailout: Expropriate the parasites! Thousands of empty condos amid a housing crisis Ontario: Developer bailout disguised as rental housing 🌐🚩 Register for the World School of Communism 2026 🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party 📰 Spotify to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the RCP ▶️YouTube 📱Apple Podcasts 📸 Instagram 💬X 💻Facebook New episodes of The Class Line every Friday. Listen wherever you get your podcasts Recorded on July 2, 2026.

Mark Carney is trying to spend his way out of the capitalist crisis. The government debt is ballooning out of control. But this won't save the system and the ruling class will force working-class people to pay for this bloated debt through cuts to social services. This week, Joel is joined by Jeremy Swinarton to discuss the ballooning government debt and what this means for the Canadian class struggle. 📖 Recommended reading: Government debt: A volcano ready to erupt Carney plans to follow in the footsteps of Chrétien’s austerity The ‘Canada Strong Fund’ is a corporate handout by another name Register for the World School of Communism 2026 🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party 📰 Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the RCP ▶️YouTube 📱Apple Podcasts 📸 Instagram 💬X 💻Facebook New episodes of The Class Line every Friday. Listen wherever you get your podcasts Recorded on June 25, 2026.

The World Cup has come to Canada! Scandalously, ticket prices make attending a match out of reach for most Canadians. This is in spite of the fact that the government paid well over $1 billion to host the games in Vancouver and Toronto. This week on The Class Line, Joel is joined by Oliver Lue to discuss how capitalism is killing sports and how the World Cup is the clearest example of that. 📖 Recommended reading: FIFA World Cup 2026: Capitalism is ruining sports EHSAN ALI RELEASED! A victory for international solidarity! 🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party 📰 Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the RCP ▶️YouTube 📱Apple Podcasts 📸 Instagram 💬X 💻Facebook New episodes of The Class Line every Friday. Listen wherever you get your podcasts Recorded on June 18, 2026.

Mark Carney is more popular than ever. He has made many big promises about building the economy and creating jobs. But the truth is he is captaining a sinking ship, and the working class will be made to pay for the crisis of the system—no matter what Carney says. This week, Joel is joined by Marco La Grotta to discuss how Carney's promises measure up to reality—and why his honeymoon won't last forever. 📖 Recommended reading: Alberta-Canada pipeline agreement threatens Liberal majority Selling the kitchen sink: Carney’s privatization plan REGISTER for Edmonton's Communist Summer School 🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party 📰 Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the RCP ▶️ YouTube 📱 Apple Podcasts 📸 Instagram 💬 X 💻 Facebook New episodes of The Class Line every Friday. Listen wherever you get your podcasts Recorded on June 11, 2026.

Britain is in a deep crisis. The economy has declined and living conditions are deteriorating. The political landscape has polarized to the right and left as voters look for solutions outside the establishment parties. Canada's future can be seen in Britain. This week, Joel is joined by Ben Curry of the International Secretariat of the Revolutionary Communist International to discuss the crisis in Britain and what Canadian revolutionaries can learn to prepare for similar developments in Canada. 📖 Recommended reading: May elections 2026: A funeral for the two-party system “There’ll be riots”: Farage gets in line to implement austerity Mandelson, May elections, and the markets: Pressures pile up for Starmer 🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party 📰 Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the RCP ▶️ YouTube 📱 Apple Podcasts 📸 Instagram 💬 X 💻 Facebook New episodes of The Class Line Fridays at 12pm EST. Listen wherever you get your podcasts Recorded on May 20, 2026.

Separatist sentiment is rapidly growing in Alberta. Over 300,000 people signed a petition for an independence referendum. Although a judge rejected this, anger has only grown, making a referendum on separation more likely. This week on the Class Line, Joel is joined by Laine Sheldon Houle to discuss the desire to separate from Canada and the position communists take towards the Alberta separatist movement. Note: This podcast was filmed on Tuesday May 19th, before Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced the referendum on May 21st. 📖 Recommended reading: Why would Alberta separate? Join the Revolutionary Communist Party Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Party

The podcast will be taking a two-week break as we prepare for the third congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party. Read our perspectives draft document here Watch the presentation from our Central Committee meeting back in March here Join the RCP here

Faced with rising grocery costs, the idea of public grocery stores is gaining traction. First raised by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the idea also became a centerpiece of newly elected NDP leader Avi Lewis’ program - and the Toronto City Council has also voted in favour of a plan to create public grocery stores. But will this work? This week on the Class Line, Joel is joined by Marco La Grotta to discuss what Communists think of publicly run grocery stores. Related articles: Public grocery stores: Will they work? Avi Lewis vs. telecom giants: The spectre of nationalization The Venezuelan Revolution: A Marxist Perspective Join the Revolutionary Communist Party Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Party

APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY: ⁠Help free our comrades!⁠ The NDP government of British Columbia has betrayed Indigenous people. Bending to pressure from mining companies, British Columbia Premier David Eby wants to change the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). This proves what Communists have always explained: there can be no reconciliation under capitalism. This week, Joel is joined by Marcus Katryniuk to discuss the crisis in BC and what Communists think about it. Related articles: DRIPA, private property, and Eby’s betrayal of Indigenous people BC NDP pisses everyone off with new budget Join the Revolutionary Communist Party Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Party

Avi Lewis, a self described democratic socialist has been elected leader of the New Democratic Party. After drifting to the right for decades the party has now taken a step to the left. This week, Joel is joined by Marco La Grotta to discuss what this means for the fight against capitalism. Related articles: Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership—what does it mean? NDP election review says: it’s not our fault! Avi Lewis vs. telecom giants: The spectre of nationalization

British Columbia faces a dire crisis. The economy is stagnating and the province is hemorrhaging jobs. The government has a record deficit and the BC NDP has began implementing layoffs, cuts and tax increases on working class people. As the crisis affects society, there is radicalization to the right and to the left. This week, Joel is joined by Matt Kneller, a Central Committee member of the Revolutionary Communist Party from British Columbia. Related articles: BC NDP pisses everyone off with new budget Public sector workers vs. the B.C. NDP ‘We’d rather not split the vote’: Capitalists force BC United to fold, place their bets on Conservatives Trumpism at the gates in British Columbia Operation Solidarity: British Columbia’s aborted revolution Join the Revolutionary Communist Party Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Party Editor's note: there were a few technical difficulties with the audio recorder. Apologies for any drops in quality throughout the episode.

The ruling class is on a collision course with indigenous rights. After more than a decade of Liberal reconciliation policies, the economic needs of the system—to fast-track oil and gas development and critical mineral extraction—are running headlong into Indigenous rights. This is all done in the interest of capitalism This week, Joel is joined by Marcus Katryniuk from the executive committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party. Related articles: Federal infrastructure bill infuriates Indigenous groups Assembly of First Nations throws doors open for Pierre Poilievre Indigenous liberation: capitalism or communism? Indigenous Struggle and the Fight for Socialism: Revolution, Not Reconciliation! Join the Revolutionary Communist Party Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Party

We are witnessing the biggest militarization drive since WWII. The government, the media and the billionaires say this is necessary for “defence.” They all say this will create good jobs and kick start the economy. But this is a colossal waste of money - and they will make us pay for it. State finances are already strained, and governments across the country are implementing cuts to social services and conducting mass layoffs. And military spending, far from boosting the real economy, is a massive drain, throwing billions away that could be spent in the real economy. This week, Joel is joined by Holly Quilty from the Executive Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party to discuss what this massive increase in military spending means for the class struggle in Canada. Related articles: Carney’s military spending is a gift to the U.S. Carney gives billions to the army: who pays? Ted Grant - Will there be a slump? "Guns vs. Butter" NATO Association Article Subscribe to Communist Revolution Join the Revolutionary Communist Party

The post secondary education system is mired in a deep crisis. Already, tens of thousands of staff have been laid off, hundreds of programs have been cut and entire campuses have been shut down affecting tens of thousands of students. And now governments are moving to offload the cost of this crisis onto the backs of students by cutting funding, cutting grants and raising tuition. The conclusion many are drawing is that the only way to stop this is with a student strike. A strike is set for Nova Scotia and a student strike movement is developing in Ontario. As more governments release their spring budgets, we can expect more cuts. The only way to stop this is by mobilizing the widest possible layers for a student strike. But how can we build a student strike - and how can we win? This week, Joel is joined by Marco La Grotta to discuss this question drawing from experience with the 2019 Ryerson student strike and the 2012 Quebec student strike. Related articles: To save post-secondary education, fight for socialism! Ten years since the 2012 Quebec student strike Open letter to the Canadian Federation of Students: Fight Ford’s cuts! Prepare a student strike! Toronto university students hold first strike in a generation Sign the Petition in support of a student strike Join the Revolutionary Communist Party here

While there is a widespread feeling of hopelessness as the government withdraws climate policies, there is no reason to lose hope. This only represents the death of liberal environmentalism - the belief that we can protect the planet under capitalism. This week, Joel is joined by Josie Seaton from the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party to discuss why these policies failed and what we can do to solve the climate crisis. Related articles: The rich are killing the planet “It’s too late”: David Suzuki and the death agony of liberal environmentalism Another nail in the coffin of green liberalism ‘World covered in gasoline’: How capitalism poured fuel on the Alberta wildfires Join the Revolutionary Communist Party here