The World Transformed 2025

British politics are on the move.

Since the last TWT event in 2023, we have lived through seismic shifts in British and global politics. We are approaching two years of a genocide in Gaza, backed by a Labour government that meanwhile inflicts austerity and state repression at home. Filling the vacuum created by Labour’s failures, Reform is surging across Britain, bolstered by a rising tide of violent right-wing populism around the world.

Check the TWT25 website for more info and up to date announcements

Despite popular dismay and pockets of resistance, the left is struggling to build coherent counterpower. The only winners right now are the ruling class.

But the future is not inevitable, nor is it out of our hands.
Sometimes history needs a push.

Featuring

Jeremy Corbyn • Zarah Sultana • Jeanine Hourani • John McEvoy
Joy James • Ian Allinson • Raquel Rolnik • Zack Polanski
Peter Mertens • Owen Hatherley • Njuki Githethwa • Keir Milburn
Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla • Sarah Stein Lubrano • Tahir Latif

Sessions
Zionism and Hindutva: international far-right projects • Gentrification is Class War • Right to the City • How to Win a Strike • Salting: Getting a job to organise a union • BLM: 5 Years On • 80 Years on from the 5th Pan African Congress • Resisting Digital Policing • Against War, Against Militarism • Striking for Palestine • Lessons from the DSA • October 7th: 2 Years On • Building Coalitions That Last • Against labourism: the party and the trade unions • Fascism, Patriarchy & Reactionary Masculinities: Women’s Revolution against the Far-Right • What Does Winning Look Like? A Strategy for Radical Abundance • Trans feminism now! • How can we strengthen Britain's social movements? • Surviving the climate crisis • Young people, policing, and education • Understanding Imperialism Today

Arts
STAT Magazine presents: 'A Secular Exorcism of the North of England' • We Refuse: where next for artists & cultural workers opposing genocide • Solidarity through Football • Billionaires & Guillotines: Live Game Show Edition! • Workers' Music Association presents: Alan Bush’s ‘Dialectic’ for String Quartet • Irfan Rainy • Samrai • Chandé • Block the Block: A play about fighting gentrification on a Hulme estate • Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra • The ‘Art World’ Transformed: Political Organising in the Culture Industry • Denazifying Dance: modernism and German movement • Brown Wimpenny, Jennifer Reid, Ancient Hostility & Cherman Sog • Legacy of Unity: Archival Insights from the Pan African Congress 1945 • Collective Listening with Mo'min Swaitat • From Ground Zero: Stories From Gaza

And much more still to be announced...

The Saturday night party, headlined by Dele Sosimi and his Afrobeat Orchestra, is ticketed separately. TWT25 ticket holders can get discounted tickets here.

The World Transformed x Tribune special offer
Tribune magazine are one of our media partners this year, and as well as hosting a panel, they're offering TWT-goers a special discount rate on an annual print subscription, for just £20 if you buy a Standard ticket, or completely free with a Solidarity ticket. 

Additional and special tickets
Ticket with accommodation:
We have some dormitory beds available at Malacuna Manchester (formerly Penta Hotel, 15 Hilton St, Manchester M1 1JJ) .
Beds are in mixed dormitories with other TWT25 attendees or volunteers. We will you use the name you give us when you purchase the ticket to allocate your bed, and inform the hostel. Please read the disclaimer at the bottom of this page*.
Check-in: 15:00
Check-out: 11:00

Friday Block the Block performances: get tickets here
Saturday Night party - Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra: get tickets here
Sunday TWT25 Afterparty: get tickets here

About TWT25
Spread across venues in Hulme, Manchester, TWT25 will provide a core programme of talks, workshops and training on key areas, from workplace militancy to Palestine and anti-imperialism, from tenant organising to resisting fascism. And you may have heard there’s a new left party in the works - we should probably talk about that, shouldn’t we?

TWT25 will kick off with an Opening Ceremony at the Niamos Radical Arts Centre on Thursday, and go all the way through to a closing event on Sunday night.

At the heart of the programme this year will be daily assemblies, designed to hold genuinely constructive debates about what we should do and how we should do it.

But our movement isn’t just about economics or political strategy - it's also about building a vibrant culture that can sustain and express our vision for a better future. That’s why the cultural programme will offer music, performances and exhibitions to inspire and provoke, and to delight and entertain.

Most of all, TWT is where new relationships of solidarity and organisation are forged. International and national delegations from Trade Unions, tenant groups and movement organisations combine with independent activists, local organisers and the politically curious. Across four days, we gather in one place to socialise, debate and party - in short, to build the culture and connections required for us to win.

The Venues
Niamos Radical Arts Centre, Hulme Community Garden Centre, Space for Change, Ascension Church, The Aquarius Centre, the Kath Locke Centre and the MAV Hulme Hall.

Free tickets
To claim a free ticket for TWT25, no questions asked, please email tickets@theworldtransformed.org with your name and ''FREE TICKET" in the subject header. 

FAQs
For more information about the event, head over to the website.

*TWT is in no way liable for any damages, issues or additional costs arising from your stay in the accommodation. If any damages to the accommodation occur as a result of your use of it, you will be held responsible. You must abide by any rules or requirements set by the accommodation provider.