Opinion: Socialists, in 2023 Read More Fiction
by Aaron Bastani
It’s impossible to respond to the challenges of the 21st century without literature, writes Aaron Bastani.
Tag: literature
ACFM: Microdose: A Ghost Story for Christmas
Jeremy explores the connections between festive cheer and spectral fear, with help from Lee Perry and Jacques Derrida.
ACFM: Microdose: Fantasy and Conspiracy With Wu Ming 1
Did a '90s literary prank inspire the Capitol riots? The author of Q explores the universal appeal of conspiracies.
Opinion: The North Has Always Been at the Cutting Edge of Culture
by Kojo Koram
Forget the stereotypes, red wall voters aren’t inherently culturally conservative. The north has always pioneered culture.
Novara FM: Sex, Dissidence, Desire
Jonathan Dollimore joins James Butler to talk sex, subversion and truly dangerous knowledge.
Opinion: The Slumflower Beef Has Exposed the Limits of Influencer Activism
by Ash Sarkar
A plagiarism dispute in which a Black influencer has demanded 'reparations' from her white peer demonstrates the limits of social media activism and a politics constructed around white guilt, writes Ash Sarkar.
ACFM: #ACFM Trip 9: Utopia
Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn discuss utopias, including the Paris Commune, analogue dreamlands and kettle logic.
Novara FM: Nightwalking & the city: In Discussion with Matthew Beaumont
"God made the country; man made the town." James Butler in conversation with Matthew Beaumont, author of Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London, discussing nightwalking, the city and urban spaces in darkness.
12 Books White People Should Read in Preparation for Becoming a Minority in Britain
by Adam Elliott-Cooper & Ashok Kumar
Recent research suggesting that by 2066 white people will be an ethnic minority in Britain has caused a storm in the right-wing press. Here's a short reading list to help the white-dominated left prepare to fight capitalism from their new societal position.
Novara FM: In Conversation with ‘Wu Ming’
On this week's Novara Aaron Bastani and James Butler talk to two members of the Italian writing collective 'Wu Ming'.