Max Haiven
@maxhaiven.bsky.social
Propagandist for an impossible country.
Two letters away from a tax haven.
Canada Research Chair in the Radical Imagination
Two letters away from a tax haven.
Canada Research Chair in the Radical Imagination
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Another London-based games event to promote! We're running a Gaming Social Justice workshop on Nov 14th, ft. demos of games like @maxhaiven.bsky.social's Billionaires and Guillotines & @miasmacorp.bsky.social's 1720s masquerade 'em up Molly House www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...
Select tickets – Gaming Social Justice – REACH Space
Gaming Social Justice – REACH Space, Fri 14 Nov 2025 -
‘Let the children once see clearly the gross injustice of our present land system and when they grow up, if they are allowed to develop naturall...
www.tickettailor.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Another London-based games event to promote! We're running a Gaming Social Justice workshop on Nov 14th, ft. demos of games like @maxhaiven.bsky.social's Billionaires and Guillotines & @miasmacorp.bsky.social's 1720s masquerade 'em up Molly House www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...
Join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in Brussels in November for a workshop on the deplorable state of things and what can be done
September 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in Brussels in November for a workshop on the deplorable state of things and what can be done
Come play billionaires vs masses with us at Games Transformed this year! October 10 in Manchester!
theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...
theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...
September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Come play billionaires vs masses with us at Games Transformed this year! October 10 in Manchester!
theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...
theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...
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
September 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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
Forum on @nickmirzoeff.bsky.social recent #VAGABONDS book
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...
socialtextjournal.org/periscope_to...
Seeing in the Dark – Social Text
socialtextjournal.org
August 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Forum on @nickmirzoeff.bsky.social recent #VAGABONDS book
And here is the schedule for @gamestransformed.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
And here is the schedule for @gamestransformed.bsky.social
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!
July 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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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🎮 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
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
July 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🎮 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
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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Fascism and the civil war in the middle class with @maxhaiven.bsky.social :
May 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Fascism and the civil war in the middle class with @maxhaiven.bsky.social :
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This is happening tomorrow. Come along!
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.
May 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This is happening tomorrow. Come along!
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!
🚨 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
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
May 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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!
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/
reimaginingvalue.ca/antifagame/
May 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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/
reimaginingvalue.ca/antifagame/
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
♟️ 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
May 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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
♟️ 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
"it's all a game, and the game is deadly real."
makingandbreaking.org/article/max-...
makingandbreaking.org/article/max-...
May 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"it's all a game, and the game is deadly real."
makingandbreaking.org/article/max-...
makingandbreaking.org/article/max-...
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
May 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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
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
billionairesandguillotines.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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
billionairesandguillotines.com
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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
April 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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...
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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...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/plu...
Billionaires & Guillotines
A game for 2-5 aspiring plutocrats… and their enemies
www.kickstarter.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/plu...
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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?...
youtu.be/W00vEhAcwgg?...
Billionaires and Guillotines: Max Haiven, Meghna Jayanth, Danny Dorling
YouTube video by Danny Dorling
youtu.be
April 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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?...
youtu.be/W00vEhAcwgg?...
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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...
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
April 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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...
Read: tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/radi...
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“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...
@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
April 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
“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...
@maxhaiven.bsky.social creator of Billionaires and Guillotines, for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/radi...
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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...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/radi...
April 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/radi...
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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 😎
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 😎
April 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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 😎
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 😎
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...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/radi...
April 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/radi...
Join us!
🎲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
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
April 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Join us!