ACFM: Is Cleanliness the Most Powerful Taboo?
Who's doing the dishes in the communist utopia? ACFM investigate the politics of cleaning and cleanliness.
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ACFM: Are Superheroes Inherently Reactionary?
The ACFM hosts explore the enduring popularity of superheroes.
ACFM: Should Revolutionaries Fall in Love? Reading Alexandra Kollontai
The ACFM gang read a classic communist text by Russian revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai.
ACFM: Why Leftwing Politics Still Needs ‘Acid’
On their 50th Trip, the gang wonder why 'acid' has retained its potency in politics and culture.
ACFM: 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.
ACFM: 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.
ACFM: Trip 49: Debt
From easy credit to debt jubilees, what does it means to owe and be owed? The ACFM gang find out.
ACFM: Reading the Communist Manifesto
The ACFM gang gather for a midwinter reading of Marx and Engels' endlessly quotable 1848 tract.
ACFM: 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.
ACFM: 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.
ACFM: Trip 46: Death
Of all the unseen forces that shape human society, could death be the most powerful? The ACFM crew face the inevitable.
ACFM: Trip 44: Humility
What happens when you lose? Nadia, Jem and Keir unpack the role of humility – and humiliation – in politics.
ACFM: Microdose: Election Vibecheck
The ACFM crew offer their first reactions to Labour's landslide election win.
ACFM: Microdose: Notes on Camp
Has camp changed culture forever? The gang revisit Susan Sontag's 1964 essay for an aesthetic Microdose.
ACFM: Trip 43: Cool
What's cooler than being cool? The ACFM crew find out, with help from Miles Davis, the Stooges and Pierre Bourdieu.
ACFM: Microdose: Reactionary Democracy
How do politicians and pundits end up normalising the far-right? Aaron Winter and Aurelien Mondon explain in a Microdose interview.
ACFM: 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.
ACFM: Trip 41: Trust Your Gut
How did capitalism separate our minds from our bodies? Nadia, Jem and Keir investigate.