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.
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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.
How Does Sovereign Debt Work?
Keir Milburn & Nadia Idle meet Heidi Chow
How and why do countries borrow money? Heidi Chow, executive director of Debt Justice, provides the big picture on ACFM.
Trip 49: Debt
Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn & Jem Gilbert
From easy credit to debt jubilees, what does it means to owe and be owed? The ACFM gang find out.
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.
Trip 48: Political Commitment
Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn & Jeremy Gilbert
The ACFM gang ask what it means to dedicate yourself to a cause, with ideas from Jodi Dean and Leonard Cohen.
Trip 47: Disruption
Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert
Why are so many people so angry at Just Stop Oil? The ACFM gang explore the political uses and abuses of disruption.
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Trip 46: Death
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
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
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
A month after racist riots engulfed Britain, the ACFM crew ask why the Labour party chose not align itself with opponents of fascism.
Trip 45: Holidays
Nadia Idle, Jem Gilbert and Keir Milburn
Does travel make fools of us all, or is there a smarter, more ethical way to go on holiday?
Trip 44: Humility
What happens when you lose? Nadia, Jem and Keir unpack the role of humility – and humiliation – in politics.
Microdose: Election Vibecheck
The ACFM crew offer their first reactions to Labour’s landslide election win.
Microdose: Notes on Camp
Has camp changed culture forever? The gang revisit Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay for an aesthetic Microdose.
Trip 43: Cool
What’s cooler than being cool? The ACFM crew find out, with help from Miles Davis, the Stooges and Pierre Bourdieu.
Microdose: Reactionary Democracy
How do politicians and pundits end up normalising the far-right? Aaron Winter and Aurelien Mondon explain in a Microdose interview.
Trip 42: Fascism
The ACFM gang investigate the use and abuse of the F-word, with help from Hannah Arendt, Antonio Gramsci and Black Sabbath.
Trip 41: Trust Your Gut
How did capitalism separate our minds from our bodies? Nadia, Jem and Keir investigate.
Microdose: Aliens on Screen
From Martian invaders to Mulder and Scully, our obsession with aliens says plenty about politics on Earth.
Trip 40: UFOs
Will aliens will bring about world revolution? ACFM investigates the impact of UFOs on political thought.