Should We Fight for Our Right to Be Bored?
Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn, Jeremy Gilbert
Face it, you’re over-stimulated.
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Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn examine the links between left-wing politics, culture, music and experiences of collective joy.
What Does the Green Party Really Want?
Nadia Idle, Jem Gilbert and Keir Milburn
Will Zack Polanski’s party become the main political vehicle of the radical left?
How to Think Ecologically
Jeremy Gilbert, Keir Milburn and Nadia Idle
Are humans distinct from nature?
Who Are the ‘Radical Realists’ of Mainstream, the Labour Party’s New Faction?
Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn & Jeremy Gilbert
An ACFM update on the inner workings of your favourite political party.
Is There Anything Left of the Mainstream?
Jeremy Gilbert, Keir Milburn & Nadia Idle
Is Stranger Things the last remnant of the ‘mainstream’? The gang explore the political meanings of a multifaceted term.
What’s Going on Inside Your Party?
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
Is this Corbynism 2.0 or something else? The ACFM crew analyse the predicament facing the new leftwing party.
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Do We Still Need Political Parties?
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle & Keir Milburn
Why do they call them parties if they aren’t any fun? ACFM investigates.
How Sci-Fi Visions of the Future Became Dystopian and Paranoid
Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn
And other big questions about science fiction, from Mary Shelley to Kim Stanley Robinson.
What Happened to Our Dreams of the Future?
Nadia Idle, Jem Gilbert and Keir Milburn
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?
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
From imperial pineapples to invasive species, ACFM offer a weird-left history of gardening.
Can We Escape the Obsession With Growth?
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle & Keir Milburn
A weird-left perspective on growth, from macroeconomics to personal productivity.
What’s the Hidden Unpaid Labour That Keeps the Economy Running?
Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn
The ACFM crew explain how social reproduction gets us back into work, day after day.
Is Cleanliness the Most Powerful Taboo?
Jem Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
Who’s doing the dishes in the communist utopia? ACFM investigate the politics of cleaning and cleanliness.
Are Superheroes Inherently Reactionary?
Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert
The ACFM hosts explore the enduring popularity of superheroes.
Does the Left Need New Heroes?
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn
The ACFM crew ask whether the idea of the hero is a right-wing fantasy.
Should Revolutionaries Fall in Love? Reading Alexandra Kollontai
Jem Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
The ACFM gang read a classic communist text by Russian revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai.
Why Leftwing Politics Still Needs ‘Acid’
Jem Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
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?
Nadia Idle meets Amber Massie-Blomfield
The author of Acts of Resistance makes the case for creativity in a crisis.