Havens in a Heartless World
What is "emotional reproduction"? Without it, says Alva Gotby, capitalism would collapse.
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A Christmas Carol with James Butler
James Butler returns to FM to dissect the politics of Charles Dickens' festive parable.
1971, The Year Britain Became White
Is all of Britain stolen goods? Eleanor Penny finds out with scholar Nadine El-Enany.
From Plantation to Platform With Dalia Gebrial
The TyskySour co-host explores how platform capitalism depends on a racialised workforce.
There Was No Theory, It Was All Action W/ Sarah Schulman
The NYC author and activist looks back on ACT UP, the Aids crisis and the erasure of alternative queer culture.
History’s Biggest Benefits Cheat
Sociologist Gurminder K. Bhambra tells the truth about the wealth of the welfare state.
Identity Politics Hijacked
Philosopher Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò reframes a radical struggle with Eleanor Penny.
The Unfinished Fight
With reproductive rights under threat around the world, activists have a lot to learn from Ireland's "Repeal" campaign.
Time to Say the F-Word?
Italy’s far right is in power — what now? David Broder tells Aaron Bastani just how worried to be.
Choose Your Own Family Adventure
Sophie Lewis — author of Abolish the Family — explores the limits of our biological bonds with Rivkah Brown.
Deep Medicine
Rupa Marya and Raj Patel take Eleanor Penny on a global tour of inflammation and healing.
How to Be a Good Ancestor
The left's political focus is typically on the here and now. Should we be considering our place in the vast scope of time?
Truncheons at Dawn
When a filmmaker and a solicitor investigated the policing of protest, they found secret manuals, imperial legacies and dirty tricks.
Abolishing Prisons Is Only the Start
How can we build a world that has no need of policing? Rivkah Brown finds out with scholar-activist Ruth Wilson Gilmore.
A Simple Plan to Save the World
Mass rewilding, worldwide socialist planning and universal veganism? It won't be easy but it's our best shot at the good life, say the authors of Half-Earth Socialism.
How We Normalised the Apocalypse
Can humanity turn back from the brink? Croatian philosopher Srećko Horvat on breaking the spell of end-times nihilism.
Putin’s Philosopher and the Global Far Right
Who is Aleksandr Dugin? Benjamin Teitelbaum introduces the spiritual leader of traditionalism, an idea that unites illiberal regimes around the world.
What Can Art Galleries Teach Us About Class Oppression?
The Tate's collection is a lesson in the making of class, explains Nathalie Olah.