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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · 22d

Join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in Brussels in November for a workshop on the deplorable state of things and what can be done

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · 23d

Come play billionaires vs masses with us at Games Transformed this year! October 10 in Manchester!
theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · 25d

BERLIN: Don't miss next week's "four days of conversation, practical work, and collective reflection on the politics and tactics of pirate care" (Sept 18-21) - aaagit.org/priate_care_... based on the #VAGABONDS book out now from @plutopress.bsky.social

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · Aug 21

Forum on @nickmirzoeff.bsky.social recent #VAGABONDS book

Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · Aug 21

Scholars, poets, and organizers reflect on the genocide in Gaza and the current moment in relation to @nickmirzoeff.bsky.social recent VAGABONDS book To See in the Dark: Palestine and Visual Activism Since October 7 in Social Text Journal
socialtextjournal.org/periscope_to...

Seeing in the Dark – Social Text

socialtextjournal.org

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · Jul 9

And here is the schedule for @gamestransformed.bsky.social

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · Jul 9

Join us this weekend for the @gamestransformed.bsky.social festival in London, celebrating the radical potential of games to transform our world towards the horizon of collective liberation! Saturday night: a live game-show version of Billionaires and Guillotines!

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Games Transformed @gamestransformed.bsky.social · Jul 4

🎮 Panel at Games Transformed 12/07/25 🎮 "From Gamergate to QAnon: How Fascists Use Games"

With @maxhaiven.bsky.social @innuendostudios.bsky.social @digital-stranger.bsky.social and Konstanze N'Guessan

📅 13.00-14.30
📍 Ground Floor Event Space

#GamesTransformed2025 #AntiFascism #GT25

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Sarah Stein Lubrano @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social · May 29

Fascism and the civil war in the middle class with @maxhaiven.bsky.social :

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Ali Rıza Taşkale @alirizataskale.bsky.social · May 20

This is happening tomorrow. Come along!

Ali Rıza Taşkale @alirizataskale.bsky.social · Apr 29

I’m hosting an event at the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking, University of Copenhagen on May 21, exploring two visions of the future: one through the fight of Amazon workers for labour & ecological justice; the other through the environmental crises tied to Silicon Valley’s AI-driven dreams.

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · May 14

I'm thrilled to be helping out with the GAMES TRANSFORMED festival this year. Tickets are on sale now and they'll go fast. It'll include a special LIVE gameshow edition of Billionaires and Guillotines!

Games Transformed @gamestransformed.bsky.social · May 14

🚨 TICKETS ARE LIVE! 🚨

How do we kick the fash out of gaming? Join devs, players & organisers (and @chrisbratt.bsky.social!) July 11–12 at Pelican House , London to find out.

Tickets on sale now → buytickets.at/gamestransfo...

#SmashTheFash #GamesTransformedFestival

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · May 13

A reminder to apply to join us in London on July 11 for the symposium on the question WHAT IS THE ANTIFASCIST GAME. Applications due May 17!
reimaginingvalue.ca/antifagame/

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · May 9

Berlin friends!
♟️ Join me and others at TRUST on Weds, May 14 to learn about the politics of games and play BILLIONAIRES AND GUILLOTINES!
🤫 And come see @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in conversation about her new book DON'T TALK ABOUT POLITICS on Tues, May 20 at Shakespeare & Sons

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · May 3

"it's all a game, and the game is deadly real."
makingandbreaking.org/article/max-...

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · May 2

My essay "It's all a game, and the game is deadly real" on how financialized capitalism incubates gamified fascism, is out now, alongside several fascinating essays, in the 4th issue of Making and Breaking --> makingandbreaking.org

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · May 1

A small May Day victory for me and the team at @plutopress.bsky.social - our board game Billionaires & Guillotines is funded! You can still back the project on Kickstarter til tonight and get a discount. We hope to have games in stores this autumn!
billionairesandguillotines.com

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Ali Rıza Taşkale @alirizataskale.bsky.social · Apr 29

Sherryl Vint from UC Riverside and @maxhaiven.bsky.social will be my guests. Huge thanks to Stefan Jacobsen, head of the center, and Andrea Thorup for all the support along the way. Save the date: May 21st. All are welcome! cape.ku.dk/eng/calendar...

Speculative Futures: Labour, Technology, and Ecological Justice

This event will explore two key visions of the near future: one through the struggles of Amazon workers for labour and ecological justice, and the other through the ecological challenges of Silicon Va...

cape.ku.dk

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meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · Apr 23

here's the billionaires + guillotines kickstarter. i have a little suspicion that lots of you following me will very much enjoy it
www.kickstarter.com/projects/plu...

Billionaires & Guillotines

A game for 2-5 aspiring plutocrats… and their enemies

www.kickstarter.com

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meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · Apr 23

had the most excellent discussion with @maxhaiven.bsky.social & @dannydorling.bsky.social a few weekends ago about max's fantastically raucous boardgame billionaires + guillotines (being kickstarted now!), whether video games can be anti-fascist & play as a radical force
youtu.be/W00vEhAcwgg?...

Billionaires and Guillotines: Max Haiven, Meghna Jayanth, Danny Dorling

YouTube video by Danny Dorling

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wassimulacrum @wassimulacrum.bsky.social · Apr 18

as part of my current "speculative economies" residency at au JUS in Brussels, @maxhaiven.bsky.social will be visiting 28/29 Apr. We'll be launching his new anticapitalist boardgame and going into conversation on gamification, fascism, and the endless Crusade.

Read: tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/radi...

Radical Gaming

A new left-wing board game puts players in the role of maniacal plutocrats trying to take over the world. Its creator explains how it responds to the wider phenomenon of ‘gamified capitalism’.

tribunemag.co.uk

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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · Apr 18

“In this moment of capitalism, most of us feel that our chances of securing a good life are slim, no matter how dutifully we play by the rules.”

@maxhaiven.bsky.social creator of Billionaires and Guillotines, for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social

tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/radi...

Radical Gaming

A new left-wing board game puts players in the role of maniacal plutocrats trying to take over the world. Its creator explains how it responds to the wider phenomenon of ‘gamified capitalism’.

tribunemag.co.uk

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · Apr 14

Very pleased to write for Tribune about games and the radical imagination in a moment of gamified capitalism (and its fascist nightmares), w. words about Billionaires & Guillotines, the game I've made with @plutopress.bsky.social which you can help us crowdfund now.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/radi...

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Games Transformed @gamestransformed.bsky.social · Apr 14

Games Transformed THOROUGHLY ENDORSES Billionaires and Guillotines, the new game from @maxhaiven.bsky.social & @plutopress.bsky.social!

We were forced to introduce a house rule to legalise the copious amounts of cheating at our table and Max has promised it will make it into the game at release 😎

Games Transformed organisers playing Billionaires and Guillotines. They are drunk.

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · Apr 14

Very pleased to write for Tribune about games and the radical imagination in a moment of gamified capitalism (and its fascist nightmares), w. words about Billionaires & Guillotines, the game I've made with @plutopress.bsky.social which you can help us crowdfund now.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/radi...

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · Apr 12

Join us!

Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · Apr 12

🎲TOMORROW!🎲

Join @maxhaiven.bsky.social and play Billionaires & Guillotines!
Hosted by us, with Weird Economies, RiVAL, and @gamestransformed.bsky.social

🗓️Sun, Apr 13
⏰6:30pm
📍Pelican House
🎟 buff.ly/Y3JqYTQ

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · Apr 11

Join us on Sunday!

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