TOTW: Olympics, Bacchanalia, Saturnalia
What would ontologically anarchist Olympics, Bacchanalia, and Saturnalia be like?
What would ontologically anarchist Olympics, Bacchanalia, and Saturnalia be like?
From The Commoner
by Javier Sethness
June 30, 2023
While this review of Cyberpunk 2077 will include some spoilers about the start of the game, it will exclude much of the later plot, especially the ending(s). Still, the author will examine some parallels between the game and the real world.
by Nadia Di Fiore
Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023
a review of
Bloc by Bloc: Uprising, The Insurrection Game 3rd edition (Out of Order Games)
Bloc by Bloc is a strategy game inspired by contemporary protest movements.
from Center for a Stateless Society
Join us this Friday for the second Anti-Nazi Gaming League stream with special guest Saint Andrewism (Andrew Sage). Andrew is an Afro-Trinidadian solarpunk anarchist and YouTuber, and we’re excited to have him on the stream to chat about anarchism, Mardi Gras, Carnival, and more. In particular, we’ll take a look at the recent Batman movie The Batman and discuss anarchist perspectives on the franchise, along with boycotts in gaming, new releases, and other news.
Topic of the Week – As parts of the world are opening back up and returning to “normal”, other areas are experiencing the worst yet of the pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, there have been many stories of people picking up new hobbies, quitting their jobs, and finding themselves on new adventures in dark times. This week, we’re discussing the topic of fun.
From C4SS by Evan Pierce
For better or worse, board games tend to be a popular form of entertainment in radical spaces, and yet there are precious few games that explicitly deal with anarchist ideas. For those exhausted by games glorifying nationalistic conquest, monopoly capitalism, and settler colonialism, Bloc by Bloc: The Insurrection Game may offer a breath of refreshing (if tear-gas-scented) air. According to the introduction in the manual, Bloc by Bloc is “a semi-cooperative game simulating protest movements, riots and popular uprisings in urban areas of the world during the first decades of the 21st century.” The name refers to the black bloc, a tactic used to anonymize and thereby protect participants in these uprisings, and in the game refers to the literal wooden blocks that represent such participants.
I've never come across anyone identifying as an anarchist who is opposed to fun. Arguably, fun seems to be a required aspect of any anarchist-activity, for it not to simply be reproducing workerist narratives that perpetuate the mechanisms of boredom. I find boredom to be absent in spaces of anarchy.
From El Libertario
by Jorge Enkis
Acracia is a licensed free to play role playing card game that promotes direct action, mutual aid and solidarity. This game is ideal to introduce common theories and forms of solidarity together, in an entertaining and instructive manner. It's specially great for boring and rainy afternoons!
HOW TO PLAY
Of the human experience, play has a great potential to tell us about ourselves and as we find each other increasingly quarantined in a world of chaos, what are you playing? Did you ever stop? How are you keeping yourself occupied in this time of societal disruption?
Now that summer is here and things are starting to heat up, what do you do to stay active? What does your anarchist fitness and exercise program look like? Is it motivated by revolutionary goals and a defense mentality or something else?