at The World Transformed 2017 The festival was created with an aim of bringing together the activist and intellectual parts of the left together, and was inspired by the
Dialectics of Liberation Congress held in 1967 which took place at the
Roundhouse in London. Through this festival, discussions around
political education and
municipal socialism – considered by the
New Statesman George Eaton to have been previously dormant – were said to be revitalised. The second festival in 2017 based in
Brighton was successful, incorporating 9 different venues and had between 5,000 and 8,000 attendees. The organisers considered incorporating the
Brighton Dome into the festival. Its development has led to delegates from left-wing organisations and parties from across Europe and the USA. Following the 2018 World Transformed event, many local events not directly organised by Momentum or TWT began to emerge. The events have been seen to foster political education, active participation, skills training, critical thinking and intellectual curiosity. The 2020 festival took place online as a
pay what you want festival due to the
COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown that ensued. It spread over the entire month of September rather than over four days. In 2021, the festival returned as a physical festival in
Brighton with additional online access and – while using local venues and community centres – used its first purpose-built festival space, which was built in
Old Steine Gardens park. The World Transformed does not plan to hold a 2024 festival alongside the Labour Party Conference, with the festival set to return in October 2025, taking place in
Hulme, Manchester. ==List of events==