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> From: Richard Barbrook <rich...@imaginaryfutures.net> > Subject: Re: <nettime> Supreme Court Rulling consequeces > Date: 25 September 2019 15:07:42 BST > To: David Garcia <d.gar...@new-tactical-research.co.uk> > Reply-To: rich...@imaginaryfutures.net > >> Cummings’ passion for Bismark and game theory >> (read his blog: https://dominiccummings.com) >> will deliver him a majority by repeating the approach that won the >> referendum. His faith in Cummings is not dented by broken institutions >> "move fast and break things” could have been coined for this bunch. > > Here is our response to the Brexit elite's fascination with game theory which > was performed at The World Transformed during the 2019 Labour conference. > > Richard > > ================= > > Communiqué 11: 22/9/19 > > CLASS WARGAMES AUTUMN OFFENSIVE > > “The labouring classes have conquered nature; they have now to conquer > humanity. To succeed in this attempt they do not lack strength, but the > organisation of their common strength, organisation of the labouring classes > on a national scale – such, I suppose, is the great and glorious end aimed at > by the Labour Parliament.” – Karl Marx. > > Comrades and citizens, the future of this island and its inhabitants will > soon be decided by the decisive battle between the Party of Emancipation and > the Party of Reaction! For over three years, the class enemy has schemed and > manoeuvred to escape the consequences of its self-inflicted defeat through > victory in the 2016 Brexit referendum. Our stunning advances during the 2017 > election inflicted severe losses on the Tories and demoralised their depleted > troops. This year, they’ve already dismissed one failed general and selected > a duplicitous scoundrel as her replacement. The Conservative government’s > last hope of recovery is the appointment of Dominic Cummings as Boris > Johnson’s aide de camp. Mesmerised by the solipsistic formulas of Johnny von > Neumann, Thomas Schelling and Herman Kahn, this aficionado of game theory is > playing a Brexit contest of mutually assured destruction with a numerically > and economically superior competitor who can easily survive the worst case > outcome in its decision matrix. While waiting for this Tory stratagem’s > inevitable miscarriage, Labour activists must now redouble their efforts to > acquire and perfect our greatest advantage in political and economic > struggles against the oppressors of humanity: game practice. > > On Sunday evening, Class Wargames will begin its ludic intervention at The > World Transformed with a participatory performance of Guy Debord’s The Game > of War. First published in 1977, his simulation was designed as the > Situationist cure for the oligarchical recuperation of participatory > democracy. By moving silver and gold pieces across the gridded board, its two > teams of players are able to teach themselves the tactical and strategical > principles that deliver success on the social battlefield. For far too long, > military learning has been monopolised by the privileged few. By training > withThe Game of War, this wisdom can now be shared amongst the many. When > every proletarian possesses the knowledge of how to be a skillful general, > then revolutionary leadership is exercised by the entire class. > > On Monday afternoon, Class Wargames is making its second intervention at The > World Transformed with Digital Liberties’ Taste of Power: the great municipal > socialism game. Building on last year’s A Very British Coup mega-game, this > massive multi-player role-playing exercise enables Labour cadre to experiment > with different responses to the many crises and opportunities which we will > face when in government. By competing and cooperating together, the > participants in the Taste of Power game can learn how to combine > administrative efficiency and community mobilisation to bring about radical > social change. When the Labour party goes into government, the working class > must, as a whole, take control of the conditions of our everyday life, at > work, rest and play! > > Wargames are a continuation of politics by other means. > http://www.classwargames.net > https://www.digital-liberties.coop > https://www.facebook.com/groups/58141166910
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