Posted on: February 12, 2024 Posted by: Richard Barbrook Comments: 0

Class Wargames Resists the Bonapartists

The Haitian Section of the Jacobin International “[Toussaint] Louverture was uniquely prepared for the events of the Saint­ Domingue revolution. He had an immense theoretical training, learning the revolution­ary military tactics of his own future enemies as a general in the French revo­lutionary army, combining these with local practices of guerrilla warfare. He read [Guillaume] Raynal for a scientific understanding of global colonialism, and above all, his entire life was…

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Posted on: January 18, 2024 Posted by: Richard Barbrook Comments: 0

Class Wargames Rescues the Budapest Workers’ Council

The Hungarian Section of the Situationist International “We fought the Communists because they were not communist!” – Attila Kotányi Class Wargames will be hosting a collective playing of Nights of Fire designed by Brian Train. This cooperative game reenacts the final days of resistance by the Budapest Workers’ Council against the Stalinist counter-revolution. Our goal is to hold off the forces of reaction long enough to enable as many militants…

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Posted on: November 9, 2023 Posted by: Richard Barbrook Comments: 0

Class Wargames Sparks the Slave Revolt

We are Spartacus!! “Spartacus … declared himself openly to be an enemy of Rome, and called upon all who were slaves or oppressed to rally round him, and to engage in the struggle for emancipation. Multitudes of slaves and dispossed, foreigners and Italians, responded to his appeal. Country people left their holdings, shepherds their sheep, slaves their masters, prisoners broke their bars, conscripted workers broke their chains – all flocked…

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Posted on: September 27, 2023 Posted by: Richard Barbrook Comments: 0

Class Wargames Fights for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

The Birth of the Social Republic   “The communal revolution, begun by popular initiative on 18th March [1871], begins a new era of experimental, positive, scientific politics.It’s the end of the old governmental and clerical world, of militarism and bureaucracy, of exploitation, speculation, monopolies and privileges to which the proletariat owe their servitude and the Fatherland its misfortunes and disasters.As for us, citizens of Paris, our mission is the accomplishing…

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Posted on: August 3, 2023 Posted by: Richard Barbrook Comments: 0

Class Wargames on the Canadian Road to Ludic Futurism

  Fomenting the Potlatch of Destruction “Pillage is the natural response to the affluent society: the affluence, however, is by no means natural or human — it is simply abundance of goods. Pilllage, moreover, which instantly destroys commodities as such, discloses the ultima ratio of commodities, namely, the army, the police and the other specialized detachments which have the monopoly of armed force within the State. What is a policeman?…

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Posted on: April 28, 2023 Posted by: Ethan S Comments: 0

Class Wargames launches the Spring Offensive

Waging War on Two Fronts “Whoever is more vigilant in observing the designs of the enemy in war, and endures much hardship in training his army, will incur fewer dangers, and can have greater hope for victory.” – Niccolò Machiavelli. Sunday 28th May 10.00am-11.45pm Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Rd, London E1 5QJ Class Wargames will be playing CorbynRun and Guy Debord’s The Game of War for TWT and IWGB‘s…

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