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Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn talk intoxication and sobriety: from capitalist prohibition to weekend trippers, from drunk workers to Romantic escapes from bourgeois subjectivity, to straightedge and tech-world microdosers. PRS LICENCE NUMBER: LE-0016481

Mika Nava, a retired academic and early participant in the UK women’s liberation movement, shares her insights on feminist consciousness-raising groups. She recalls the power of collective discussions among women to transform daily life. The conversation explores the links between consciousness inflation, psychedelics, and radical change. Mika reflects on the emotional impact of activism and the lasting friendships formed in these groups. They also discuss modern obstacles to reviving such practices, emphasizing the need for solidarity and shared experiences in today’s movements.

ACFM’s Jeremy Gilbert interviews Professor Mica Nava on her experience of women’s liberation and consciousness raising in London in the 1970s. Mica is the author books such as Changing Cultures; Feminism, Youth and Consumerism and Visceral Cosmopolitanism Here are some texts by some of the people we mention: Sheila Rowbotham Women’s Consciousness, Man’s World  Juliet Mitchell […]

The #ACFM crew discuss the history of theories of ideology and consciousness in the radical tradition. Texts referred to include: Karl Marx The German Ideology György Lukacs History and Class Consciousness Vladimir Leinin What is to be Done Antonio Gramsci Selections From the Prison Notebooks Stuart Hall et. al Policing the Crisis Paolo Freire Pedagogy of […]

Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert discuss consciousness raising, with bonus excerpts from an interview with Mica Nava, one of the pioneers of feminist consciousness-raising in the UK. Listen to the full show, with music and archival material, on the Novara Media website or on Soundcloud.

Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert discuss love and hate. Listen to the full version of the show, including music and archive material on the Novara Media website: http://novaramedia.com/2019/07/16/acfm-trip-4-love-and-hate/

Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert discuss the weird left. FULL SHOW: http://novaramedia.com/2019/06/12/acfm-3-the-weird-left/

Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert discuss the politics of collective joy. FULL SHOW: http://novaramedia.com/2019/05/07/acfm-collective-joy/

Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn bring you #ACFM, a new show examining the links between left-wing politics and culture, music and experiences of collective joy. In this episode: what is – or was – the counterculture? What is ‘Acid Corbynism’? And is expanding consciousness anti-political? You can find the Acid Corbynism project on Facebook. PRS […]