The Class Line

This week, Joel and Marco discuss the recent municipal elections in Toronto where Olivia Chow has been re-elected and Vancouver where a layer of democratic socialists has broken through. What do Communists think of this?📖 Recommended reading:Toronto: Is Chow’s re-election a victory for workers? https://www.marxist.ca/article/toronto-is-chows-re-election-a-victory-for-workersKen Sim gets evicted as democratic socialists make a breakthrough in Vancouver https://www.marxist.ca/article/ken-sim-gets-evicted-as-democratic-socialists-make-a-breakthrough-in-vancouverTo evict Ken Sim, fight for socialism https://www.marxist.ca/article/to-evict-ken-sim-fight-for-socialismBerlin: majority want expropriation of real estate companies https://marxist.com/berlin-majority-want-expropriation-of-real-estate-companies.htm🚩 Register for the Montreal Marxist Winter School: https://www.marxist.ca/school🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party - https://www.marxist.ca/join📰Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the official newspaper of the RCP - http://marxist.ca/subscribe🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5YkyZGl...📱 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast...📸 Instagram: / classline.pod 💬 X: https://x.com/CanadaMarxists💻Facebook: / canadamarxists Listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMGRlNmJjNTgvcG9kY2FzdC9yc3M?view=apps&sort=popularityRecorded on October 29, 2026.

Millions of Canadians are wondering if Canada will join the European Union, and if this will save the country. This week, Josie Seaton is joined by Marco La Grotta to discuss Carney's scheme, the real situation in Europe, and why Europe does show Canada's future—but not in the way Carney hopes. 📖 Recommended reading:Canada, Europe, and the fantasy of a middle powers allianceThe existential crisis of European capitalismStelco layoffs: How capitalism is gutting Canadian steelFrance: ‘Generation 6-7 doing May ‘68 all over again’Spain: Sánchez calls early elections—the streets demand a general strike🚩 Register for the Montreal Marxist Winter School📰Subscribe to Communist Revolution, the official newspaper of the RCP🫵 Join the Revolutionary Communist Party▶️YouTube📱Apple Podcasts📸 Instagram💬X💻FacebookListen wherever you get your podcastsRecorded on October 16, 2026.

With separation polling at around 25 per cent, the labour leaders and the NDP in Alberta have entered into an unholy alliance with hated establishment conservatives and CEOs to try to stop it. This week, Joel is joined by Laine Sheldon Houle to discuss why this is a mistaken approach to fighting right populism, and what Communists propose instead.📖 Recommended reading:Uniting with business won’t defeat Alberta separatismThe oil barons and everybody else: A tale of two AlbertasAlberta separatism: What does it mean?The working class response to Smith’s referendumWhy would Alberta separate?🚩 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💻FacebookListen wherever you get your podcastsRecorded on October 1, 2026.

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 meltdownAmazon desperate to crush union at B.C. warehouseB.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💻FacebookListen wherever you get your podcastsRecorded 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 electionSubscribe to Révolution communisteListen 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💻FacebookListen wherever you get your podcastsRecorded on September 3, 2026.