How Sci-Fi Visions of the Future Became Dystopian and Paranoid
And other big questions about science fiction, from Mary Shelley to Kim Stanley Robinson.
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.
What Happened to Our Dreams of the Future?
A weird-left explanation of how the future lost its shine, with ideas from Max Weber, Kate Raworth and Jonathan White.
Is Gardening What We’d Do If We Didn’t Have to Work?
From imperial pineapples to invasive species, ACFM offer a weird-left history of gardening.
Can We Escape the Obsession With Growth?
A weird-left perspective on growth, from macroeconomics to personal productivity.
What’s the Hidden Unpaid Labour That Keeps the Economy Running?
The ACFM crew explain how social reproduction gets us back into work, day after day.
Is Cleanliness the Most Powerful Taboo?
Who's doing the dishes in the communist utopia? ACFM investigate the politics of cleaning and cleanliness.
Are Superheroes Inherently Reactionary?
The ACFM hosts explore the enduring popularity of superheroes.
Does the Left Need New Heroes?
The ACFM crew ask whether the idea of the hero is a right-wing fantasy.
Should Revolutionaries Fall in Love? Reading Alexandra Kollontai
The ACFM gang read a classic communist text by Russian revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai.
Why Leftwing Politics Still Needs ‘Acid’
On their 50th Trip, the gang wonder why 'acid' has retained its potency in politics and culture.
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.
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.
Trip 49: Debt
From easy credit to debt jubilees, what does it means to owe and be owed? The ACFM gang find out.
Reading the Communist Manifesto
The ACFM gang gather for a midwinter reading of Marx and Engels' endlessly quotable 1848 tract.
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.
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.
Trip 46: Death
Of all the unseen forces that shape human society, could death be the most powerful? The ACFM crew face the inevitable.
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.