Kulturarbetare förena er!

Cultural workers unite!

Next meeting:
October 14, 2024
Lodgatan 3B
Malmö

Join us for a dinner and discussion on October 14

Aside from our usual group discussion and socializing, this time there will also be a communal meal! Free of charge, just sign up and let us know you want to eat. The topic of our discussion will be: What kind of community for cultural workers do we want to build in Malmö and how can Kulturarbetare förena er! become a long-lasting platform for this? In preparation for this we ask you to read a short interview with the Rotterdam-based group Cultural Workers Unite (link below). You're of course still welcome to join us even if you didn't manage to read the text in time.

Previous meetups

September 2, 2024· STPLN
Theme: Sharing and learningJune 10th, 2024 · Karavan
Theme: Where do we go from here?March 25th 2024, · Krakel
Theme: Venting our frustrations

AboutAre you an artist, designer, architect, musician, writer, dancer, performing artist, illustrator, photographer, animator, craftsperson, curator, museum guide or some other kind of cultural, arts or creative worker?Fully or part-time employed, self-employed, freelance or newly graduated?Join us in building and organizing a community of leftist cultural workers in of Malmö!

Most of us feel the political, financial and technological difficulties of our times. Funding for arts and culture are slashed, cultural policies serving only commercial interests, our cities are rapidly gentrifying and AI is creeping closer to automating us out of our livelihoods. Simultaneously we’re overwhelmed by the realities of climate and ecological crisis, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, growing militarism and the inequalities inherent in capitalist society everywhere.But artists have always dreamed of another world. A socially, economically and ecologically just society, where art no longer is an exchangeable commodity and luxury for the few, but a joy for the many. So let's get together to think and discuss how we can organize ourselves as cultural workers and how we can use our skills in support of existing progressive movements and organizations. It could be workshops, political actions, social gatherings, study circles, unionizing, community organizing and much more.Bring your colleagues! No prior experiences needed, we’ll learn together and from each other.

Who are we?

These meetups are organized by a small group of cultural workers who want to create opportunities for leftist colleagues in the culture, arts and creative fields of Malmö to get together in solidarity and organizing.