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
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
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!
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
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...
"In the board game Billionaires & Guillotines, 2-5 players take on the role of plutocrats vying to grab the wealth of the world before their actions trigger a revolution where they all lose… a lot more than their assets."
⏳ 48h to help us make this a reality!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/plu...
⏳ 48h to help us make this a reality!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/plu...
April 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"In the board game Billionaires & Guillotines, 2-5 players take on the role of plutocrats vying to grab the wealth of the world before their actions trigger a revolution where they all lose… a lot more than their assets."
⏳ 48h to help us make this a reality!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/plu...
⏳ 48h to help us make this a reality!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/plu...
It was a pleasure to speak with Ivan Txaparro on Resonar's podcast, el Barrio Global, about the radical imagination and creative activism.
linktr.ee/barrioglobal
linktr.ee/barrioglobal
April 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It was a pleasure to speak with Ivan Txaparro on Resonar's podcast, el Barrio Global, about the radical imagination and creative activism.
linktr.ee/barrioglobal
linktr.ee/barrioglobal
We've extended the deadline to apply to join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in Palermo May 25-29 to study together what makes fascism so seductive and what can be done about it.
senseandsolidarity.org/dreams/
senseandsolidarity.org/dreams/
March 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We've extended the deadline to apply to join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in Palermo May 25-29 to study together what makes fascism so seductive and what can be done about it.
senseandsolidarity.org/dreams/
senseandsolidarity.org/dreams/
Let's learn together, then resist, rebel and reinvent the world.
You can join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in late May. We're trying to figure out what the hell is happening.
senseandsolidarity.org/dreams/
You can join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in late May. We're trying to figure out what the hell is happening.
senseandsolidarity.org/dreams/
March 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Let's learn together, then resist, rebel and reinvent the world.
You can join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in late May. We're trying to figure out what the hell is happening.
senseandsolidarity.org/dreams/
You can join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in late May. We're trying to figure out what the hell is happening.
senseandsolidarity.org/dreams/
For @jacobinmag.bsky.social I wrote about the politics of games, including the story of what happened when the winner of the world's most prestigious board game prize dared to express solidarity with Palestine... In Berlin...
jacobin.com/2025/03/boar...
jacobin.com/2025/03/boar...
March 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
For @jacobinmag.bsky.social I wrote about the politics of games, including the story of what happened when the winner of the world's most prestigious board game prize dared to express solidarity with Palestine... In Berlin...
jacobin.com/2025/03/boar...
jacobin.com/2025/03/boar...
~All Games are Political~
"Board games aren’t just escapist — they play a unique role in helping us imagine new worlds and different ways of working together."
jacobin.com/2025/03/boar...
"Board games aren’t just escapist — they play a unique role in helping us imagine new worlds and different ways of working together."
jacobin.com/2025/03/boar...
March 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
~All Games are Political~
"Board games aren’t just escapist — they play a unique role in helping us imagine new worlds and different ways of working together."
jacobin.com/2025/03/boar...
"Board games aren’t just escapist — they play a unique role in helping us imagine new worlds and different ways of working together."
jacobin.com/2025/03/boar...
London! Start (or end) your Friday night right by playing games (including Billionaires and Guillotines) with us at Kairos!
March 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
London! Start (or end) your Friday night right by playing games (including Billionaires and Guillotines) with us at Kairos!
As Bezos shows his true colors as another craven opportunist, just a reminder that over the last few years I've been collaborating with rank-and-file Amazon workers to support them writing speculative fiction about the worlds after Amazon.
You can read and listen to their work at afteramazon.world
You can read and listen to their work at afteramazon.world
February 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
As Bezos shows his true colors as another craven opportunist, just a reminder that over the last few years I've been collaborating with rank-and-file Amazon workers to support them writing speculative fiction about the worlds after Amazon.
You can read and listen to their work at afteramazon.world
You can read and listen to their work at afteramazon.world
NYers: Join @nickmirzoeff.bsky.social and company tonight at the Francis Kite Club to launch Nick's new VAGABONDS book ~ TO SEE IN THE DARK: Palestine and Visual Activism since October 7 ~ You can also order the book now from @plutopress.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NYers: Join @nickmirzoeff.bsky.social and company tonight at the Francis Kite Club to launch Nick's new VAGABONDS book ~ TO SEE IN THE DARK: Palestine and Visual Activism since October 7 ~ You can also order the book now from @plutopress.bsky.social
To celebrate the publication of our new titles, PIRATE CARE: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity & TO SEE IN THE DARK: Palestine and Visual Activism Since October 7, @plutopress.bsky.social has all the other ebooks in the VAGABONDS series on super sale!
February 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
To celebrate the publication of our new titles, PIRATE CARE: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity & TO SEE IN THE DARK: Palestine and Visual Activism Since October 7, @plutopress.bsky.social has all the other ebooks in the VAGABONDS series on super sale!
This book is a ray of light in dark times. Collecting stories of criminalized care and valiant solidarity, it shows us many paths forward in the disaster. PIRATE CARE launches on Wednesday at London's Mayday Rooms. The VAGABONDS series book is now available and on sale from @plutopress.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This book is a ray of light in dark times. Collecting stories of criminalized care and valiant solidarity, it shows us many paths forward in the disaster. PIRATE CARE launches on Wednesday at London's Mayday Rooms. The VAGABONDS series book is now available and on sale from @plutopress.bsky.social
"The truth? In this economy?"
Join @ariskomporozos.bsky.social and me on April 10 at London's @ucl-ccs.bsky.social for an unconventional gathering of worried thinkers trying to understand WTF happens to the world when the economy is lies all the way down.
Join @ariskomporozos.bsky.social and me on April 10 at London's @ucl-ccs.bsky.social for an unconventional gathering of worried thinkers trying to understand WTF happens to the world when the economy is lies all the way down.
January 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"The truth? In this economy?"
Join @ariskomporozos.bsky.social and me on April 10 at London's @ucl-ccs.bsky.social for an unconventional gathering of worried thinkers trying to understand WTF happens to the world when the economy is lies all the way down.
Join @ariskomporozos.bsky.social and me on April 10 at London's @ucl-ccs.bsky.social for an unconventional gathering of worried thinkers trying to understand WTF happens to the world when the economy is lies all the way down.