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Downstream: Exposing the Lies of the 20th Century w/ Tariq Ali
Our guest this week was born in 1943, in what was then British India – modern day Pakistan. Unlike most, who have learned history through books and s…
4 months ago
Downstream: Venezuela, China and the End of the Dollar w/ Glenn Greenwald
It has been a bellicose start to 2026, with the US army kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and threatening to annex Greenland, putting ma…
4 months, 1 week ago
Downstream: Exposing the Israeli Capture of British Politics w/ Peter Oborne
After ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ on October 7th, a specific narrative quickly emerged and pervaded the entire Western mainstream media. Namely, that u…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Downstream: 2025: What Actually Happened? w/ Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani
Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani joined each other on 17th December for a special end-of-year Downstream, wrapping up the year in politics.
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Downstream: ‘Gaza Is Over, It’s Gone. There’s Nothing Left’ w/ Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is one of the west’s leading anti-Zionist scholars. The son of Holocaust survivors, he has spent his life studying and critiquing …
5 months ago
ACFM Microdose: The ‘Radical Realists’ of Mainstream, Labour’s New Faction
After a Trip episode about the meaning of mainstream, this time the gang go deeper into ‘Mainstream’ – that is, the new soft-left faction inside Labo…
5 months ago
Downstream: The Truth About Hamas, October 7th & Israel’s Ongoing Genocide w/ Tareq Baconi
Since Hamas launched its assault on October 7th, 2023, the group has become synonymous with evil in large parts of the Western media. Condemnation ha…
5 months, 1 week ago
92: Should we say something about women’s shrinking bodies?
NEW LIVE SHOW! Join us at Crossed Wires festival in Sheffield on 4th July 2026. Presale tickets available at 11AM on 10th December – go to crossedwir…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Downstream: The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse Forever w/ Cory Doctorow
Did you know that the standard of Google searches has actually gotten worse over recent years? Once you think about it, it makes sense. Highly effect…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
ACFM Trip 56: The Mainstream
Jem, Nadia and Keir debate the meaning of ‘mainstream’ – something none of them could ever possibly be, of course.
Is ‘woke’ the new mainstream? Can …
5 months, 2 weeks ago