An activist group fashioning themselves into ‘Robin Hood’ heroes are actually Marxist anti-capitalists

By Olivia Murray

A bad take from the New York Post:

Robin Hood-style thieves dressed as Santa and elves steal $3K worth of goods from Canada grocery store

Several ‘masked and disguised individuals’ entered a Metro grocery store in Montreal and began snatching items off shelves around 9:15 p.m. on Monday, a Montreal police spokesperson told CBC.

On social media, a Robin Hood-style activist group called Robins des ruelles — or Robins of the Alleys — claimed responsibility for the seemingly festive heist, the outlet reported.

While the Post seemingly wants to give these thieves credit for being “Claus for a cause,” it’s important to remember the actual Robin Hood tale, lest we lionize immorality and celebrate Marxism.

Everyone knows that Robin Hood “stole from the rich” and “gave to the poor,” but of course that needs context: Robin Hood returned wealth to the people who had rightfully earned it, after it had been wrongfully seized by an illegitimate authority via exorbitant and unjust taxation. It was not a redistribution of wealth, but a restoration of wealth. The real Robin Hood would be anyone who returned the stolen grocery goods to the grocery store.

As the Post also reports, the theft was justified as a “great food drive,” an act of righteousness against the greedy corporate, capitalists:

‘A handful of corporations are holding our basic needs hostage. They continue to exploit the population, siphoning off as much money as possible, simply because they can. For us, that’s what constitutes theft, and they are the real bandits,’ the group wrote in a statement on an Instagram page, Les soulèvements du fleuve.

They’re not Robin Hoods, they’re Fidel Castros.

Grocery stores operate on “notoriously slim” profits: somewhere between 1% and 3%. Now, I’m not Canadian and I don’t know the specifics of the situation, but what I do know about rising prices is that they always stem from government policy, and I can make some educated speculations. Maybe it’s Canada’s big push to switch from diesel freight trucks to “green” electric ones, which drive up the cost of transport in myriad ways—perhaps that’s adding to rising prices? If it costs more for these goods to get to the stores, naturally those costs are reflected in the prices. Could it have anything to do with the millions and millions of foreigners receiving social assistance to buy food? From Canada’s own federal government, at least 65% of “refugees” show up and take welfare benefits. 

What’s ironic is that theft loss from grocery stores always gets passed on to the consumers—and eventually with enough theft, the store will just close up shop and leave, making it even harder for people to get food (a “food desert” as they say).

They’re just Marxists pretending they’re do-gooders—faking altrusim is their modus operandi.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/an_activist_group_fashioning_themselves_into_robin_hood_heroes_are_actually_marxist_anti_capitalists.html