Bourgeoisie caught red-handed trying to blame inflation on shoplifting 

Over the past year there has been a torrent of attempts by the bourgeois media to push the blame for inflation onto the working class. The latest claim is that petty shoplifting is driving up inflation. This is nothing more than a thinly veiled attack on the poor that only serves to highlight the much deeper crisis of capitalism.

Brutal police murder of Tyre Nichols sparks outrage in Memphis and beyond

Outrage at police violence has erupted once again across the United States. Protests began in Memphis on Friday, January 27, following the release of video showing the barbaric and fatal police beating of 29-year-old photographer and FedEx worker, Tyre Nichols. The protests then spread to at least 38 cities nationwide.

Davos 2023: Capitalism’s polycrisis strikes fear into the ruling class’ hearts

The global elites gathered in Davos last week, to discuss the fate and future of capitalism. With the world economy wracked by inflation and instability, a mood of pessimism prevailed. We need a revolution to put them out of their misery.

Is this the end of globalization?

In May 2022, the CEO of BlackRock declared that “the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the globalization we have experienced over the last three decades”. He undoubtedly has a point. The war in Ukraine has brought to a head the conflicts that have been brewing between the major powers for some time.

Death toll of British imperialism in India shows hypocrisy of anti-communists

A new report in the journal World Development estimates that British colonial rule killed 100 million people in India in the span of just 40 years. While anti-communists falsely claim communism led to the deaths of 100 million people worldwide, capitalism caused the deaths of 100 million people in a single country within less than two generations.

The rise of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes: Capitalists have blood on their hands

On Nov. 19, a mass shooter named Anderson Lee Aldrich entered Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, and opened fire, killing five people and wounding 17 others. This shooting cannot be understood as an isolated event, nor as a phenomenon isolated to the U.S.A. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes are on the rise in Canada and the United States.

100 years of René Lévesque: Setting the record straight

Probably the most influential and popular politician in Quebec history, the entire political spectrum celebrates René Lévesque. From left to right, from the Liberals to the CAQ, from Quebec solidaire to the Parti quebecois, Lévesque is praised. For Marxists, the centennial of his birth is an opportunity to revisit and critique the ideas and career of the former premier.

COP15 in Montreal: The latest in capitalist greenwashing

The United Nations’ “Conference of Parties” (COP15) convention on biodiversity is meeting from Dec. 7-19 in Montreal in a heavily barricaded Palais des Congrès. Guarded by the largest police garrison mobilized in decades in the city, hundreds of state representatives and lobbyists meet for yet another round of meaningless talks and empty promises. 

Marxism, money, and inflation

After decades of low inflation and rock-bottom interest rates, economies throughout the world are now facing a spectre unseen since the 1970s: rising inflation levels combined with the beginnings of another recession. It is clear that we have entered a new chapter in the crisis of world capitalism, which the strategists of capital themselves are at a […]

Ford’s bourgeois buddies profit off attacking the Greenbelt

Doug Ford recently announced his plan to carve 7,400 acres out of the Ontario Greenbelt so that it can be opened up to housing development. This is directly going back on his promise in 2018 to leave the Greenbelt untouched, and people are rightfully outraged—except for Ford’s developer friends, who now stand to make massive profits.