Episodes

  • ACFM Microdose: The Communist Manifesto

    ACFM Microdose: The Communist Manifesto
    Jan 3 2025
    The ACFM gang gather for a midwinter reading of one of the most influential political tracts ever written. Download a version online and follow along as Nadia, Keir and Jem reassess The Communist Manifesto, published in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Find the books and music mentioned in the show: https://novara.media/acfm Sign up […]
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • ACFM Trip 48: Political Commitment

    ACFM Trip 48: Political Commitment
    Dec 8 2024
    Which side are you on? Keir, Nadia and Jem consider the ebb and flow of political commitment with ideas and music from Jodi Dean, Gramsci, John Coltrane and the Raincoats. Is cultural production the same as political action? What’s the difference between an ally and a comrade? And why do some communists end up as […]
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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • ACFM Trip 47: Disruption

    ACFM Trip 47: Disruption
    Nov 17 2024
    Disruption is a byword for success in the tech industry, but when it affects people’s daily routines – say, when JSO activists are slow-marching down a road – it becomes nothing short of criminal. On this Trip, Jem, Nadia and Keir unpack the political uses and abuses of disruption and the ‘creative destruction’ inherent to capitalism. […]
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • ACFM Trip 46: Death

    ACFM Trip 46: Death
    Oct 13 2024
    Of all the unseen forces that shape human society, could death be the most powerful? The ACFM crew take a leftwing look at mortality in this Trip, asking how capitalism has altered our approach to the inevitable. Jem, Nadia and Keir think about how industrialised workers were taught to prepare for death, why powerful men […]
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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • ACFM Microdose: The Joy Of Fascism

    ACFM Microdose: The Joy Of Fascism
    Sep 15 2024
    A month after racist riots engulfed the country, the ACFM crew ask what fascism – and antifascism – look like in Britain today. Do the riots and counter-protests mark a return to “street politics”? Why didn’t the Labour party align itself with opponents of the pogroms? And how popular are extreme rightwing views among Britain’s frustrated […]
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • ACFM Trip 45: Holidays

    ACFM Trip 45: Holidays
    Aug 25 2024
    Everybody hates a tourist, as Jarvis Cocker once pointed out, and the ACFM gang are no exception in this ACFM Trip exploring the allure of holidays. Keir, Jem and Nadia consider all the different ways we avoid work, from holy days and vay-cays to grand tours and gap yahs. Does travel make fools of us all, or […]
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    1 hr and 49 mins
  • ACFM Trip 44: Humility

    ACFM Trip 44: Humility
    Aug 4 2024
    What happens when you lose? In this Trip, the ACFM crew explore the role of humility – and humiliation – in politics. Should we cultivate humility to cope with political weakness? Is fear of humiliation a product of patriarchy? Can humility help us be better political thinkers and organisers? And who’s the humblest ACFM host of them […]
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • ACFM Microdose: Election ’24 Vibecheck

    ACFM Microdose: Election ’24 Vibecheck
    Jul 9 2024
    The ACFM crew offer their first reactions to Labour’s landslide election win. Can Starmer’s government rescue the public sector? Where will the money come from? And can they make it to a second term? Sign up to the ACFM newsletter: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters Produced and edited by Matt Huxley and Chal Ravens. Help us build people-powered media: […]
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    1 hr and 1 min