ACFM: Is There Anything Left of the Mainstream?
Is Stranger Things the last remnant of the 'mainstream'? The gang explore the political meanings of a multifaceted term.
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ACFM: What’s Going on Inside Your Party?
Is this Corbynism 2.0 or something else? The ACFM crew analyse the predicament facing the new leftwing party.
ACFM: Do We Still Need Political Parties?
Why do they call them parties if they aren't any fun? ACFM investigates.
ACFM: 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.
ACFM: 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.
ACFM: 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.
ACFM: Can We Escape the Obsession With Growth?
A weird-left perspective on growth, from macroeconomics to personal productivity.
ACFM: 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.
ACFM: Is Cleanliness the Most Powerful Taboo?
Who's doing the dishes in the communist utopia? ACFM investigate the politics of cleaning and cleanliness.
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.