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Liz Kendall looks evil

Labour Wants to Force Banks to Spy on Their Most Vulnerable Customers
Harriet Williamson

Labour’s ‘biggest fraud crackdown in a generation’ involves using artificial intelligence to surveil Britain’s most vulnerable people, while letting the rich and powerful do as they please. 
Committed

How Do Climate Activists Cope in Prison?

Episode 2

Our new podcast goes behind bars with Just Stop Oil.

Why Starmerism Can’t Survive Contact With Reality

Phil McDuff
A Herculean effort of self-delusion.

Rightwing Journalists Are Openly Backing the Guy Who Came up With the ‘Great Replacement’ Theory

Olly Haynes
Fascism on prime time.
Opinion

Voting Labour Won’t Save Us From Reform

Harriet Williamson
Feature

How Labour Is Using Biased AI to Determine Benefit Claims

Harriet Williamson
Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a visit to the Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL (University College London), in London, Britain January 13, 2025, as he prepares to launch a plan to harness AI to spur growth and efficiency in the country. HENRY NICHOLLS/Pool via REUTERS
Opinion

Keir Starmer Is Driving Scotland Towards Independence. The Least He Can Do Is Let Us Go

Adam Ramsay
Report

Ten Brits Accused of War Crimes in Gaza, Including Killing Civilians

Harriet Williamson
Opinion

Banning Le Pen From Running Will Let Her Play the Victim

Richard Hames
Report

London Uber Drivers Are Drowning in Debt As TfL Delays Renewing Licences

Polly Smythe
Analysis

Goodbye to Just Stop Oil. Or Is It?

Richard Hames
Downstream

How Israel Became a Fascist State
Aaron Bastani meets Ilan Pappé

Ilan Pappé joined us live at EartH in Hackney.
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Downstream

The Real Point of Trump’s Tariffs

Aaron Bastani meets Slavoj Žižek

Is there method in Trump’s tariff madness?

How the West Tried to Co-opt Iranian Feminism

Eleanor Penny Meets Bahar Noorizadeh

Kurdish, Baloch and Palestinian feminists are fighting to be heard.

On Palestine, Prisons and British Vs. American Racism

Ash Sarkar meets Ta-Nehisi Coates

Israel is the new Jim Crow.

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Reform UK are expected to take a significant vote share from Labour and the Tories in the upcoming local elections. Plus: We interview an aid worker in Gaza; and we discuss the privatisation of space. With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani, Gavin Kelleher and Carla Ibled.
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Trump on Netanyahu: We Are on the Same Side of Every Issue

Dollar Plummets As Trump Attacks US Central Bank

Pope Dies One Day After Calling to End War on Gaza

The US Could Abandon Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks, Warns Marco Rubio

17 April 2025

Trump Blocks Israeli Attack on Iranian Nuclear Sites

16 April 2025

UK Supreme Court Backs ‘Biological’ Definition of Woman

15 April 2025

Trump Blames “Incompetent” Zelensky for Russia-Ukraine War

14 April 2025

The Race to Save British Steel

11 April 2025

Why Trump’s China Trade War Will Harm Us All

10 April 2025

Trump Administration Scrambles to Justify Folding on Tariffs

9 April 2025

Financial Markets Spiral As US-China Trade War Goes Nuclear

8 April 2025

The Trade War Between China and the US Escalates

7 April 2025

Stocks Plunge After Trump Doubles Down on Trade War

4 April 2025

The World Is Reeling From Donald Trump’s Tariffs

3 April 2025

Donald Trump’s Tariffs Spark Global Turmoil

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How the West Tried to Co-opt Iranian Feminism

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3 April 2025

How Forensic Architecture Mapped the Gaza Genocide

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27 March 2025

Geoengineering Is Coming Whether We Like It or Not

Time to start cooling down the planet?
20 March 2025

Is This What Neofeudalism Looks Like?

It’s time for a class struggle led by service workers.
13 March 2025

Rojava After Assad: Where Next for the Kurdish Struggle?

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The home of the weird left. Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn examine the links between left-wing politics, culture, music and experiences of collective joy.
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Why Leftwing Politics Still Needs ‘Acid’

On their 50th Trip, the gang wonder why ‘acid’ has retained its potency in politics and culture.

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9 March 2025

What’s the Point in Art When the World Is on Fire?

The author of Acts of Resistance makes the case for creativity in a crisis.
2 February 2025

How Does Sovereign Debt Work?

How and why do countries borrow money? Heidi Chow, executive director of Debt Justice, provides the big picture on ACFM.
26 January 2025

Trip 49: Debt

From easy credit to debt jubilees, what does it means to owe and be owed? The ACFM gang find out.
3 January 2025

Reading the Communist Manifesto

The ACFM gang gather for a midwinter reading of Marx and Engels’ endlessly quotable 1848 tract.

Downstream is an in-depth interview show featuring conversations with activists, authors, economists, politicians, scientists, philosophers and thinkers of all stripes.

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How Israel Became a Fascist State
Aaron Bastani meets Ilan Pappé
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The Real Point of Trump’s Tariffs. Aaron Bastani meets Slavoj Žižek
On Palestine, Prisons and British Vs. American Racism. Ash Sarkar meets Ta-Nehisi Coates
This Much We Agree On: Britain Is in Decline. Aaron Bastani meets Peter Hitchens
The British Military Is Actively Involved in Gaza. Here’s How. Aaron Bastani meets Matt Kennard
We Have to Break up With the USA. Aaron Bastani meets Angus Hanton
Why Don’t We Have Any Hope? Aaron Bastani meets Jonathan White

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Committed
How Do Climate Activists Cope in Prison?
Why Starmerism Can’t Survive Contact With Reality
What Kind of Person Goes to Prison for Their Politics?

World

Downstream
The Real Point of Trump's Tariffs
How the West Tried to Co-opt Iranian Feminism
On Palestine, Prisons and British Vs. American Racism

Labour Party

Feature
Liz Kendall looks evil
Labour Wants to Force Banks to Spy on Their Most Vulnerable Customers
This Much We Agree On: Britain Is in Decline
The British Military Is Actively Involved in Gaza. Here’s How.

Organised Labour

Report
A private hire driver protesting at TfL's offices in Stratford, east London on Wednesday. Image: Courtesy of IWGB
London Uber Drivers Are Drowning in Debt As TfL Delays Renewing Licences
Labour Delays Repeal of Anti-Trade Union Law Ahead of Austerity 2.0
No Justice, No Peas: Inside the Toby Carvery Union Drive

Conservative Party

Report
Former home secretary Priti Patel in Westminster. Image: REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Revealed: How Priti Patel Influenced Anti-Terror Cops Over Palestine Protests
Tory Councillor Accused of Smearing Teenager As Antisemite for Palestine Petition
2024 Round Up: Gaza, Starmer and the Death of Woke

Politics

Opinion
Nigel Farage, in a hi-vis jacket, holds his arms in the air behind a podium reading 'Reform Will Fix It.'
Voting Labour Won't Save Us From Reform
Goodbye to Just Stop Oil. Or Is It?
What Disability Benefit Cuts Reveal About Labour’s Grasp of Economics

Economics

Downstream
We Have to Break up With the USA
The Real Reason Behind Starmer's Military Spending Drive
Why Don't We Have Any Hope?

Environment

Report
A banner is burned in protest outside Drax power station in North Yorkshire. Image: Axe Drax
UK’s Biggest ‘Renewable’ Power Station Sacked Employee Who Blew Whistle on Environmental Claims
BP’s Climate Backtrack Is an Admission It Has Failed
Should We Stop Paying Our Water Bills?

Policing

Report
Palestine Actionists blockade the entrance roadway at the research centre of Israel weapons producer Elbit Systems at Filton, Bristol. They hold a banner demanding the release of arrested activists. Image: Martin Pope / SOPA Images via Reuters Connect
The Pro-Palestine Activists Imprisoned for Months Without Being Found Guilty of Any Crime
Police 100 Times More Likely Than Average Person to Be Convicted of Cybercrime
The ICJ’s New Acting President Is a Christian Zionist. What Does That Mean for Israel?

Housing

Opinion
Buy-to-Let Landlords Are Dodging Tax En Masse
Labour Is Finally Treating Landlords Like the Spoiled Children They Are
Can a Bunch of Tech Nerds Solve the Housing Crisis?

Society

Opinion
Renaud Camus in Paris during his trial for a racism offence in 2014. Photo: Pierrot Patrice/Avenir Pictures/ABACA via Reuters Connect
Rightwing Journalists Are Openly Backing the Guy Who Came up With the 'Great Replacement' Theory
61: Can Friendships Cross Class Lines? W/ Natasha Brown
60: Are We Too Addicted to Convenience?

History

Interview
Professor Avi Shlaim
‘We’re Witnessing the Last Gasp of Israeli Violence’: In Conversation With Avi Shlaim
Everything We’re Told About the History of the West Is Wrong
Why Are So Many People Lonely?

TV & Film

Interview
On Falling
Warehouse Workers Are Too Tired to See a Way Out
No Other Land Has Exposed the Film Industry’s Cowardice
The Billionaire Landlord Battling a Beloved London Cinema

Culture

ACFM
Why Leftwing Politics Still Needs 'Acid'
What's the Point in Art When the World Is on Fire?
How the Pro-Israel Right Used Identity Politics to Crush Palestine Solidarity

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