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Novara FM: Mourn the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living w/ Sarah Jaffe
“Don’t mourn, organise” were the final words of American labour activist Joe Hill before his execution in 1915. But sometimes our feelings of grief d…
1 year, 8 months ago
Downstream: We Have Enabled Putin w/ Anne Appelbaum
Political scientists agree that we are now living in a “multipolar” world, with power contested by multiple states and blocs. But how we arrived at t…
1 year, 8 months ago
Novara FM: Motherhood In and Against the State w/ Helen Charman
Motherhood was once at the centre of the feminist movement’s demands, from campaigns for reproductive rights to the mobilisation of anti-nuclear mums…
1 year, 8 months ago
ACFM Trip 45: Holidays
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. …
1 year, 9 months ago
Novara FM: Clean Energy Is Already Terraforming the Earth w/ Thea Riofrancos
In 2019, mines expelled 100 billion tonnes of solid waste.
Vast and destructive almost beyond imagination, mining is nevertheless essential to the gr…
1 year, 9 months ago
Downstream: Is Humanity Really Heading for Population Collapse?! w/ Paul Morland
During 1960s, fears of planetary ‘overpopulation’ became widespread. And yet, in more recent years, an altogether different worry has emerged: futu…
1 year, 9 months ago
Novara FM: Fear and Loathing in Silicon Valley w/ Malcolm Harris
People walk around San Francisco in Make America Great Again hats. Major CEOs endorse Trump. JD Vance is a hit among the crypto whales.
So what?
It’s…
1 year, 9 months ago
Downstream: Can The Green Party Keep Winning? w/ Carla Denyer
The Green Party of England and Wales now has four MPs in Parliament, and even more impressively has doubled its vote share to 7%, coming second in 39…
1 year, 9 months ago
ACFM Trip 44: Humility
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…
1 year, 9 months ago
Downstream: Arab Jews, The Hidden History w/ Avi Shlaim
A foundational principle of the state of Israel is that it keeps Jews safe. This principle has been profoundly challenged in the last nine or so mont…
1 year, 10 months ago