International Women’s Day: Declaring a Nitrate Emergency
March 11, 2026 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
Vicky Southworth was a regional councillor at Environment Canterbury for 6 years (2019 to 2022). Prior to this she gained…
Standing Orders: Social(ist) Drinks
February 25, 2026 5:30 pm-9:00 pm
NOTE: as per the decision made at our 2025 AGM, this social drinks event will now take place on the…
Show Debate: ‘The CSS should be involved in electoral politics…’
February 11, 2026 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
It’s a question that comes up at least once per year: should the Canterbury Socialist Society enter into a more…
CSS Presents: A Very Merry Quizmas!
December 10, 2025 7:30 pm-9:00 pm
The Canterbury Socialist Society welcomes you to our famous Christmas Quiz. Get your team together or join as an individual,…
Standing orders Social(ist) Drinks
November 26, 2025 5:30 pm-8:30 pm
Punky Brewster Craft Beer Fillery
As per the decision at our AGM we will be having these social events on the fourth Wednesday of every…
Fred Evans Memorial Lecture: The Material History of the 1951 Waterfront Dispute by Grace Millar
November 12, 2025 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
On 14 February 1951, waterside workers rejected the shipowners’ wage offer and refused to work overtime. Within two weeks the…
Marxist Theory of Capitalist Breakdown
July 27, 2025 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Otago, Public Lecture, Wellington
‘In world market crises, all the contradictions of bourgeois production erupt collectively; in particular crises (particular in their content and…
Going into Labour: Childbirth in Capitalism by Anna Fielder
May 28, 2025 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT DATE DIFFERS FROM OUR USUAL SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH* Childbirth is often described…
ANZACS and Jihadis – Public Lecture by Byron Clark
April 9, 2025 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
On November 14,1914 the Sultan-Caliph of the Ottoman empire proclaimed an official ‘Great Jihad’ against the allied powers. Today there…
News from Nowhere: The Utopian Vision of William Morris
February 19, 2025 6:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
"Go back again, now you have seen us, and your outward eyes have learned that in spite of all the…
The Left in Local Government – Limits and Opportunities
January 22, 2025 6:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion
The Canterbury Socialist Society are back for 2025 with our first event, a panel exploring the political left in the…
1913: False Dawn – The Great Strike and the triumph of the ruling class
November 13, 2024 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
The Canterbury Socialist Society is pleased to confirm our 2024 Fred Evans Memorial Lecture. For this lecture we invite a…