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Joy, Relief and Fear: Gaza in the Hours Before the Ceasefire
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As a ceasefire was announced, Palestinian celebrations were cut short by Israeli bombs. Ahmed Dremly reports from Gaza.
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Devolution, trickle-down economics and Thatcherite ideology.

The Scandal-Hit US Health Insurance Company Deeply Embedded in the NHS

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Palestine Marchers Set to Defy Police Ban

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Labour’s Culture Secretary Is Missing in Action

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Labour Said It Would Make Work Pay. Will It?

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BBC Exec Downplayed Israel ‘Plausible Genocide’ Ruling to Dismayed Colleagues

Rivkah Brown
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Why Is the Science Museum Laundering a Coal Giant’s Reputation?

Adam Ramsay
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First Working GP Sent to Prison for Peaceful Climate Protest

Clare Hymer
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I Hate Dating Apps. But How Else Am I Supposed to Find Love?

Sophie K Rosa

Dating apps deprive us of an intangible but vital magic, writes Sophie K Rosa. Here’s how to subvert their logic.

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Why the Left Needs to Care About Crypto

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A blockchain for the local economy?

The Parallel Political Universe of Love Actually

From the war on terror to the looming social care crisis, Richard Curtis’ festive romcom is a counterfactual vision of ’00s Britain. Nathalie Olah investigates.

Reading the Communist Manifesto

Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle & Keir Milburn

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

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Donald Trump’s Avalanche of Executive Orders
Donald Trump has started his presidency with a flurry of executive orders. Plus: Israel has launched a new operation in the West Bank; and Elon Musk appears to have performed a fascist salute on stage. With Michael Walker and Kieran Andrieu. Donate to Gaza Great Minds: https://gazagreatminds.org/donate/
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Rachel Reeves Fends Off Calls to Resign

13 January 2025

Is Rachel Reeves on Her Way Out Already?

10 January 2025

Gaza Death Toll 40% Higher Than Previously Thought, Study Shows

9 January 2025

Los Angeles Wildfires: 130,000 Ordered to Evacuate

8 January 2025

Tories Try to Sabotage Child Protection Bill

7 January 2025

Grooming Inquiry Chair Hits Back at Elon Musk

6 January 2025

Elon Musk’s Far-Right Bid to Transform Britain

20 December 2024

Owen Jones Investigates the BBC’s Pro-Israel Bias

19 December 2024

Landmark Ruling in French Mass Rape Trial

18 December 2024

Starmer’s Labour Denies Pension Payouts for Waspi Women

17 December 2024

Israel Drops “Earthquake Bomb” on Syria

16 December 2024

Prince Andrew Duped by Alleged Chinese Spy

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The Parallel Political Universe of Love Actually

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19 December 2024

Die Hard and the Fate of American Empire

What can Bruce Willis’ shoeless cowboy cop tell us about American corporate power? James Butler explores a Christmas favourite.
13 December 2024

We Need a New Wikileaks

Who will take up the mantle for the age of livestreamed genocide?
5 December 2024

The New Scramble for Africa in the Vacuum of Empire

Guns for hire in the neocolonial hinterlands.
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Reading the Communist Manifesto

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

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8 December 2024

Trip 48: Political Commitment

The ACFM gang ask what it means to dedicate yourself to a cause, with ideas from Jodi Dean and Leonard Cohen.
17 November 2024

Trip 47: Disruption

Why are so many people so angry at Just Stop Oil? The ACFM gang explore the political uses and abuses of disruption.
13 October 2024

Trip 46: Death

Of all the unseen forces that shape human society, could death be the most powerful? The ACFM crew face the inevitable.
15 September 2024

Microdose: The Joy of Fascism

A month after racist riots engulfed Britain, the ACFM crew ask why the Labour party chose not align itself with opponents of fascism.

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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Who Really Funds the Institute of Economic Affairs?
Aaron Bastani meets Kristian Niemietz
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Germany, Russia and the Death of Europe. Aaron Bastani meets Wolfgang Munchau
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Humans Could Become Immortal This Century. Aaron Bastani meets Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston
Trains Are Better Than Cars. Here’s Why. Aaron Bastani meets Gareth Dennis

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Palestine Marchers Set to Defy Police Ban
British Jews Call Bullshit on Met’s Palestine March Ban
How New Labour Accelerated the Protest Crackdown

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Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed houses and buildings in the southern Gaza Strip, January 20 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Joy, Relief and Fear: Gaza in the Hours Before the Ceasefire
BBC Exec Downplayed Israel 'Plausible Genocide' Ruling to Dismayed Colleagues
The Father and Son Who Survived Genocide in Gaza

Labour Party

Opinion
A woman with black shoulder-length hair looks awkward beneath a bright pink background and the word 'stronger'
Labour’s Culture Secretary Is Missing in Action
2024 Round Up: Gaza, Starmer and the Death of Woke
Has David Lammy Betrayed His Kurdish Friends?

Organised Labour

Analysis
The strike at Amazon Coventry in November 2023. REUTERS/Carl Recine
Labour Said It Would Make Work Pay. Will It?
Service Work Is Joyless at Christmas - And Online Deliveries Are Making It Worse
Trip 48: Political Commitment

Conservative Party

Report
Lincoln Jopp MP. Photo: parliament.uk
Exclusive: Tory MP Looks at Israel’s Lebanon Pager Attacks ‘With Awe’
A Government 'Best Value' Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council Turned Out to Be Very Bad Value
How the British Establishment Really Works

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I Hate Dating Apps. But How Else Am I Supposed to Find Love?
I Drank the Russell Brand Kool-Aid
Novara Media's Losers of the Year 2024

Economics

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Who Really Funds the Institute of Economic Affairs?
Woke Capitalism Just Collapsed. Here’s Why
Why the Left Needs to Care About Crypto

Environment

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Climate Prisoners Are Exposing the Dire State of Prison Healthcare
Ash Sarkar Spoke to Farmers Furious at Labour's New Tax Laws
The History of Rice, Air-Con and How the Mongols Really Won

Policing

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Protect or Punish? The Stakes of Sex Worker Activism
Metropolitan Police Put Kurdish Community Centre Under 'Siege’
Lord Walney Keeps His Job - For Now

Housing

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A man looks at the camera in front of a house facade
Labour Is Finally Treating Landlords Like the Spoiled Children They Are
Can a Bunch of Tech Nerds Solve the Housing Crisis?
I Know the Nuclear Family Is Flawed But What Else Can I Do?

Society

If I Speak
48: Is It Time to Cut Off My Lying Dad?
The Scandal-Hit US Health Insurance Company Deeply Embedded in the NHS
47: Is the Era of Public Shaming Over? W/ Yomi Adegoke

History

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Is the West Heading for Civilisational Collapse?
India Was the Epicentre of the Ancient World
Arab Jews: the Hidden History

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The Parallel Political Universe of Love Actually
Die Hard and the Fate of American Empire
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Why Is the Science Museum Laundering a Coal Giant's Reputation?
46: Porn Is Everywhere. How Damaging Is It Really?
Reading the Communist Manifesto

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