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Max Haiven is Canada Research Chair in Culture, Media and Social Justice at Lakehead University in Northwest Ontario and co-director of the ReImagining Value Action Lab (RiVAL).

In many places around the world, the fascist threat is rising. Far right, neonationalist and ultra-conservative parties, politicians, and pundits have taken advantage of growing inequalities and alienation to gain power and influence.

This rising fascistic tide is deeply entangled with games and play (Lankford et al. 2024; Schlegel and Kowert 2024; Wells et al. 2024). Over the last decade or more,

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	Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire (Volume 4) (Vagabonds) 3.94 avg rating — 69 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity and the Commons 4.11 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cultures of Financialization: Fictitious Capital in Popular Culture and Everyday Life 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Art after Money, Money after Art: Creative Strategies Against Financialization 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Aesthetics of Ambiguity: Understanding and Addressing Monoculture by Paolo Favero (Contributor), Christine Greiner (Contributor), Max Haiven (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge Capitalism: The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, and the Settling of Unpayable Debts 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rule of Finance (ROAR, #3) by ROAR Magazine, Jerome Roose (Founder and Editor), Joris Leverink (Managing Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radikal Hayalgücü ve İktidarın Krizleri by Max Haiven (Goodreads Author), Kübra Kelebekoğlu (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aceite de palma: La grasa del imperio (El libro de bolsillo - Ciencias sociales) by Max Haiven (Goodreads Author), Irene Riaño de Hoz (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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