Marxist Audio Archive

After post-secondary students had to deal with online classes and reduced services during the pandemic, now universities across Canada are hiking tuition fees, in some cases by 50%. What can students do about this? 

In this talk, comrade Holly discusses the lessons of the 2012 Quebec student strike.

While today Alberta is known as a bastion of right-wing ideology, this was not always the case. Western Canada actually has deep socialist and revolutionary traditions. In this talk, comrade Alvaro explores part of this history, as he discusses the One Big Union. 

The two years since Jason Kenney was elected as Premier of Alberta have seen a series of attacks on the working class. Kenney has come after teachers, nurses, and the right to strike and demonstrate, among others. In this talk, comrade Larissa discusses how to fight Jason Kenney. 

The following episode is part two of a reading of Fightback's perspectives for 2021. This document was discussed, amended, and passed by the comrades of Fightback/La Riposte socialiste at the national congress. It’s an important analysis of the class struggle in Canada and the way forward to socialism. We hope everyone will listen to and discuss its contents with us. This episode is presented by comrade Odyn Mulder.

For decades, the brutal Apartheid system dominated South Africa. In the early 1990s, this regime was shaken to its very foundations and was finally brought down. But how did this happen?

In this episode South African Marxist, Ben Morken describes the mighty revolution which ended Apartheid in South Africa.

Ben Morken is a member of the group Revolution. You can visit Revolution's website at (www.marxist.co.za/)

The following episode is part one of a reading of Fightback's perspectives for 2021. This document was discussed, amended, and passed by the comrades of Fightback/La Riposte socialiste at the national congress. It’s an important analysis of the class struggle in Canada and the way forward to socialism. We hope everyone will listen to and discuss its contents with us. This episode is presented by comrade Odyn Mulder. 

Listen to Fightback editor Alex Grant on Cheri DiNovo's "Left, Lefter, Leftist". This month: Alex and Cheri are joined by NDP MP Niki Ashton to discuss residential schools, the Islamophobic attack in London, ON, the future of socialism in Canada, and more. 

Also listen on Cheri DiNovo's soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/cheri-dinovo

The following is from an episode of Varn Vlog, in which Fightback editor Alex Grant discusses The future of Trotskyism and Leftism in Canada. C. Derick Varn can be found on YouTube, and on Twitter @skepoet

The following presentation is from Fightback/La Riposte socialiste's 2021 congress, in which comrades met to discuss and vote on our analysis of the current political and economic situation in Canada. The accompanying document can be read on our website at Marxist.ca. Alex Grant, editor of Fightback, gives this talk on Canadian Perspectives, 2021. 

The following is a reading of a document that is the product of over 20 years of study and participation in the fight of Indigenous peoples against Canadian capitalism. Revolution not Reconciliation encompasses the accumulated conclusions of the supporters of the International Marxist Tendency, Indigenous and non, applying Marxist theory to the movement on the ground.

The third and final part looks at the Indigenous struggle today, and how the fight for socialism provides a way forward.