Western Standard - September 19, 2025


UofC students report conflict with Revolutionary Communist Party amid harassment claims

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Charlie Kirk Michael
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In this episode, we talk about a group that has been harassing and harassing students on our campus, and how the University of Calgary has done nothing to stop them. We also talk about the lack of action being taken against them, and what we can do about it.

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00:00:00.000 Hi, Michael. How are you doing today?
00:00:02.460 I'm doing amazing. How are you doing today?
00:00:04.400 I'm pretty good. So I know we've been talking and you mentioned some people harassing people
00:00:11.380 and putting up signs all over you of Calgary campus. Who are they and what have you seen?
00:00:18.120 So there's a group that's been existing across Calgary on Calgary campuses for the longest time
00:00:24.060 called the RCP or Revolutionary Communist Party. As the name implies, you can probably make a
00:00:29.760 pretty good guess what they're about. They are a group that advocates for a violent revolution
00:00:35.160 through communism to establish some Marxist-Leninist utopia. And unfortunately, that means that
00:00:43.080 they're going to be pushing a lot of what they want to achieve onto students. And for the last
00:00:49.420 three years, specifically on the University of Calgary campus, they have broken God knows how
00:00:55.460 many laws. Just as recently, their deputy president got a trespassing cease and desist letter because
00:01:02.900 they broke into the university late at night. They put up harmful posters calling people who support
00:01:08.600 the free market capitalism racist. They're actively calling for the deaths of billionaires on our
00:01:15.180 campus. They have gone and pushed people if they are coming out of class, if they're coming off the
00:01:21.760 train just as recently today. They were handing out posters and pamphlets to people advocating for
00:01:27.320 violent revolution. And they also have a tendency to go to other people's events to harass them if
00:01:33.340 they have views that obviously they disagree with. This has been an on and off issue for the last
00:01:38.960 two years. And me and my group, we're affiliated with a group called Students for Liberty, have been
00:01:44.680 trying to fight back against them to educate people the opposite way, the best that we can.
00:01:49.060 And when you're saying they're going and pushing people, are they going out of their way to harm
00:01:54.600 students or just trying to go to class? Well, obviously, it's a case by case basis. But at least
00:02:00.140 from my experience, it's especially coming off the train, they can be pretty forceful. They want to
00:02:07.060 give you a pamphlet, they want you to read what they're trying to say. If you don't listen to them,
00:02:11.220 if you don't take their pamphlet, they make you they try to guilt trip you into thinking that you are a
00:02:16.840 horrible person because you're not wanting to take their stuff, they'll follow you, they'll make it
00:02:21.460 so that you have to physically take it out of their hand, or else be prepared that you're going to be
00:02:26.160 having people following you across the bridge into the university. So it can be pretty aggressive.
00:02:31.180 Sometimes my experiences have been nothing but aggressive. But, you know, obviously, it is a case
00:02:35.520 by case basis. I've had some people where, you know, you just tell them, I'm not interested in no
00:02:39.960 legal. And you said that they broke into the library overnight to put up posters, have they
00:02:46.900 made a habit of either trespassing, or breaking school guidelines? And what have they done?
00:02:53.560 Well, obviously, I unfortunately don't work with the security staff, I thought I would probably get
00:02:58.340 more information if I was, but at least publicly, they have a tendency to make a big deal out of their
00:03:05.180 own crimes. If you go to their Instagram page, they have a amazing UC communist page, which details
00:03:12.920 actually all of their crimes, because like posting about it, every time they get caught up for
00:03:17.120 trespassing or harassment, or any of that type of stuff, they actually have a tendency to post it.
00:03:22.940 And I'd say it's a regular basis over the last two or three years, since I've seen them on our campus,
00:03:27.240 I'd say they've probably gone about six or seven trespassing notices and three harassment notices by our
00:03:34.540 campus. And yet at the same time, while this is all happening, the campus actually hasn't done
00:03:39.520 anything to enforce these notices. Every single time the campus has unfortunately let it go, whether
00:03:46.200 that because of these groups harassing student staff, or because I don't know if they actually
00:03:52.760 secretly support what they're doing. However, there actually hasn't actually been any punishment for what
00:03:58.200 they have done on campus, unfortunately. And I'd like to see something done. I mean, like I said,
00:04:02.780 my fellow students are being harassed and chased around campus to, you know, take their literature,
00:04:07.060 they get told that they're a fascist, or that they're racist, because they support capitalism.
00:04:12.720 Or, you know, they have to deal with their if they're in the library, or if they're a student
00:04:16.840 that they're gonna have to deal with someone trying to break in at night. That's concerning for a lot of
00:04:21.600 people. And I think it's a failure, honestly, of our university staff and our university security for
00:04:26.500 not actually properly enforcing the rules that are applicable to any other person. If I broke into the
00:04:32.080 library at, you know, midnight to put my posters up on campus, I'd probably be in jail, but yet they
00:04:37.840 get a free pass. I think it's unfair, personally.
00:04:41.160 Mm hmm. And when you said they are breaking into students, did I hear you right? They're breaking
00:04:47.000 into students dorm rooms or residences or anything like that?
00:04:50.520 There has been some claims of that, supposedly, because you're not supposed to put up any posters
00:04:54.780 in dorm rooms or any of that type of stuff. Anywhere where like residence buildings where students
00:05:00.460 actually live? And yet those posters get put up. So either there's two things happening here,
00:05:05.500 there's either people who are actively living in residence that are breaking the rules of their
00:05:08.980 contract and are putting up political posters in the residence buildings, or they're breaking it.
00:05:14.140 I don't know which one is which, regardless of the point, they've been specifically told by
00:05:19.400 security staff, they are not allowed to do that. And yet they continue to do so.
00:05:23.480 Mm hmm. And recently, after Charlie Kirk's tragic assassination, we saw a U of Calgary professor
00:05:29.800 not quite celebrating, but making insensitive comments about his assassination. Is this
00:05:38.980 an ideology that's pervasive on UFC campus?
00:05:42.440 Unfortunately, especially with the RCP and a lot more of these like far left organizations on our
00:05:47.300 campus. As of late, it has actually been a big deal to talk about Charlie Kirk in a negative light. I
00:05:54.900 actually attended one of the RCP's rallies last Friday because I'm a debater, I go to people's
00:06:01.940 events, I want to make sure that, you know, I can see if I can't change their mind. And the very
00:06:06.660 first minute, as soon as the event started, they made a whole big deal about Charlie Kirk's death 1.00
00:06:13.060 and celebrating it, clapping, cheering and saying that I hope the man burns in hell. 0.98
00:06:18.900 That is the type of comments that I heard from the UFC chapter that I've heard from other students in 0.99
00:06:24.020 these groups, but I have heard from even two professors as well, too. In my opinion, it's
00:06:28.900 disgusting language, because even if you don't you don't agree with the man, if you disagreed
00:06:32.900 with what he talked about, you were actively glorifying someone's death. And for some of these
00:06:37.860 people, they're hoping that it happens again. And that's a scary thought for students and
00:06:42.100 especially staff to be talking about on a college campus, in my opinion.
00:06:47.140 Absolutely. Thank you so much for your time, Michael. I really appreciate it.
00:06:50.900 Thank you, man.