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Many different types of work have been carried out in the port of Malmö – loading and unloading of different types of goods, ferries across the strait or to more distant destinations, shipbuilding, small industries and so on. It has also been a place where the union has been strong and where many dramatic conflicts have taken place. Although geographically close, the port has at many times been perceived as being a bit remote from the city centre, which is why rents have been cheap and various political groups have been able to find a place here. On this walk we discuss some of the stories about these activists and workers. The guided tour will be led by historians Pål Brunnström from Malmö University and Fredrik Egefur from Labour Archives Skåne. Meeting place: Spetsbunkern (Stora Varvsgatan 6A)
Pål Brunnström · Fredrik Egefur
Pick up your name badge, welcome materials, and your copy of The Organize! Reader – our magazine on organizing, with the full programme printed inside.
What's better than a room full of socialist computer geeks building tools for organizing? Honestly, not much. During the weekend-long hackathon you can contribute to the Zetkin platform by solving code bugs, working on designing new parts of the interface, or collaborating on building new cool features that will make the lives of organizers everywhere smoother and easier.
Volunteers & day team building Zetkin
What is this Zetkin thing people keep talking about? What does it look like? What can it do? How do you use it? Well, the Zetkin hub is the space with the answers for you! Come to talk to the Zetkin tech gang to learn about the platform, get a little demo and some answers about the tech that's making organizers across the globe go wobbly at the knees with excitement.
We sit down together for a shared dinner at Restaurang Varv and its outdoor terrace. A moment to settle in, meet new people, and enjoy a meal before the opening ceremony begins.
Democracy is not self-sustaining – it must be built, defended, and deepened through collective struggle. This keynote explores why only deep movement alignment can meet the scale of the attacks we face, and why the labour movement is central to building that broader fight. When unions organize across sectors, communities, and struggles, they can defend public services, workers, and the common good together – and help build the majority power and disruption needed to win. Our speaker will share lessons from Bargaining for the Common Good in Minnesota, where unions joined with migrant rights, housing justice, climate organizers, and Black Lives Matter to build real power, win major legislative victories through the “Minnesota Miracle”, and then turn that alignment into resistance against ICE attacks. She will also draw on South Korea, where the labour movement not only defended democracy, but helped tip the balance in a moment of crisis – mobilising up to 2 million workers, preparing for strike action, and showing the decisive role labour can play when democratic rights are under threat. These are not just inspiring stories – they are blueprints for building the power to defend and deepen democracy.
Our speaker
After dinner, we gather to officially open Organize! Movement – the first European organizing conference. We do what movements are made of – meet, connect, and recognize each other – before the keynote "Democracy is a verb: Building deep movement alignment to fight back" sets the tone for the weekend. We are joined by acclaimed pianist Tanja Naranjo and percussionist Bader Debs, whose music weaves together exile experiences from Chile and Syria into something both beautiful and unsparing. The night ends with a toast and a pulsating mingle with curated DJ music.
Daniel Sestrajcic · Susanne Lang · Tanja Naranjo & Bader Debs · Our speaker
The opening ceremony flows into the evening – music takes over, drinks are poured, and conversations spill across the room. DJ Hallis Placebo and Rockadelika join forces behind the decks, spinning global vinyl from Arabic funk to Brazilian gospel and psychedelic yacht disco. Stay as long as you like.
Hallis Placebo och Rockadelika
Still need to register? Pick up your name badge, welcome materials, and your copy of The Organize! Reader before the day kicks off.
Arrive, grab a coffee on us, and settle in. If you're hungry, Restaurang Varv serves a simple breakfast – their bread is fantastic and everything is baked in-house.
The world order is fracturing – and what replaces it will not be decided by accident. We are living through ecological collapse, the return of great power conflict, and the systematic stripping of public services and workers' rights. The forces of capital are using this moment deliberately – to consolidate power, militarise economies, and push the costs onto ordinary people. But crisis also opens possibilities. As socialists, we understand that what feels like chaos is also a contest – between those who want to lock in a brutal new order, and those of us building something different. Jeremy Corbyn will speak to what this moment demands of us: honesty about the scale of the attacks we face, and clarity about the direction of travel – toward collective ownership, economic justice, and a peace built on solidarity rather than militarism. Deep canvassing, community organising, and movement-building are how we build the majority that can actually win, and how we root socialist politics in the lived experience of working-class communities. In a world being reshaped by force, the left must be clear-eyed about what we are up against – and confident in what we are building toward.
Jeremy Corbyn
After the keynote, it's time for a short hallway hangout. Chat to someone, check the programme, and make your pick – eight sessions are waiting for you.
Field leads are the backbone of any successful canvassing operation. In this session, we dive deep into everything from recruitment and training to how you create a culture where volunteers feel a genuine sense of ownership and purpose. A great field lead program is about giving people a strong sense of purpose — helping every volunteer understand not just what they're doing, but why it matters. That culture is what keeps people coming back. We'll cover expectations, trust, and how structured debriefs keep the whole operation learning and improving. This session draws directly from DSA organizers who played a leading role in Zohran Mamdani's New York campaign. Rather than a straight lecture, it combines short presentations with interactive elements and group discussions — leaving you with concrete tools to build your own field lead program.
Carmen Kunkel Quesada
This workshop explores three detailed case studies of successful organizing and innovative campaigning in challenging conditions. First, it examines the principles and practice of Bargaining for the Common Good, drawing on examples from Minnesota and teachers’ strikes across the US. Second, it looks at organizing with food delivery workers, and more broadly with workers in sectors that have been dramatically reshaped by capital during the neoliberal period, and how we can organize effectively today in this new terrain. Third, it turns to the campaign to organize distant-water fishers – migrant workers in one of the world’s most dangerous sectors, labouring in extreme isolation across a complex global value chain. Across these cases, the workshop will explore how organizers can innovate in both campaigning and organizing, from local struggles to transnational strategies. It will highlight some of the most innovative multi-directional campaigning anywhere in the labour movement, and draw out practical lessons on field organizing, strategic choices, and movement alignment.
Our speaker · Charlie Macnamara