{"id":4601,"date":"2019-08-24T21:11:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T20:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2019-09-26T19:34:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T18:34:05","slug":"class-wargames-transforms-the-world-in-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/?p=4601","title":{"rendered":"Class Wargames Transforms the World in Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Corbynista Cadre Training<\/h1>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Labour Party is not a creed-bound thing of dogmas, but represents the state of self-consciousness reached by the working class.&#8221; &#8211; Keir Hardie.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Communique_11-Autumn-2019.pdf\"><em>Communiqu\u00e9 11: 22\/9\/19<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy Debord&#8217;s <em>The Game of War<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Game of War<\/em> is a Clausewitz simulator: a Napoleonic-era military strategy game where armies must maintain their communications structure to survive &#8211; and where victory is achieved by smashing your opponent\u2019s supply network rather than by taking their pieces. For Guy Debord, revolutionary activists could learn by playing The Game of War how to fight and win against the oppressors of spectacular society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWargames are a continuation of politics by other means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 22nd September<br \/>\n7.30-9.00pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theworldtransformed.org\/festival\/2019\/programme\/class-wargames-presents-'the-game-of-war'\">The World Transformed<\/a><br \/>\nTWT Activities Tent<br \/>\nOld Steine Gardens (South side)<br \/>\nBrighton BN1 1EL<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Taste of Power: the great municipal socialism game<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this mass-participatory role-playing game, a recently elected radical local council must battle with the legacy of their neoliberal predecessors and halt a disastrous redevelopment scheme.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digital-liberties.coop\/\">Digital Liberties<\/a>, the makers of last year&#8217;s wildly successful <em><a href=\"https:\/\/newsocialist.org.uk\/very-british-coup-megagame-world-transformed\/\">A Very British Coup<\/a><\/em> mega-game, this new multiplayer strategy game designed especially for TWT19 teaches Labour activists how to operate in and against the local state.<\/p>\n<p>Come and play at TWT19 to get an insight into the difficulties of being a political radical in government.<\/p>\n<p>Monday 23rd September<br \/>\n3.00-4.30pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theworldtransformed.org\/festival\/2019\/programme\/a-taste-of-power:-the-great-municipal-socialism-game\">The World Transformed<\/a><br \/>\nTWT Activities Tent<br \/>\nOld Steine Gardens (South side)<br \/>\nBrighton BN1 1EL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Taste-of-Power-game-board.pdf\"><em>Taste of Power<\/em> game board<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TWT_players_manual.pdf\"><em>Taste of Power<\/em> Players&#8217; Manual<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corbynista Cadre Training &#8220;The Labour Party is not a creed-bound thing of dogmas, but represents the state of self-consciousness reached by the working class.&#8221; &#8211; Keir Hardie. 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