The Class Line

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. 📖 Re...

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...

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...

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. 📖 Rec...

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...

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 crisi...

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...

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 t...

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 jo...

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 fa...

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 Revo...

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...

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 servic...

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 m...

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 w...

After resisting and delaying, they were finally forced to release the Epstein files. The 3.5 million pages of documents lay out the seedy wheeling and dealings of Epstein and his associates. The files confirm everything Marxists have explained about the inner workings of the capitalist system itself, politics, morality and law under capitalism. This week Joel is joined by Josh Holroyd, editor of t...

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Carney gave an uncharacteristically honest speech. Carney declared that the rules based order is dead and in its place we are faced with a situation in which “great powers abandon even the pretense of rules and values for the unhindered pursuit of their power and interests.” For this episode of The Class Line, Joel Bergman and Marco La Grotta discuss the signi...

With the bombing of Venezuela and the kidnapping of Maduro, Donald Trump stormed into 2026 with what he calls "the Donroe doctrine." Detailed in the National Security Strategy document, the Americans will be fighting for U.S. dominance in the Western hemisphere. For the first episode of The Class Line, Joel is joined by Marco La Grotta to discuss what this all means for Canada. Related A...