Book Launch: ‘It’s Not My Fault: Memoir of Graeme Clarke’
February 10, 2026 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Open Discussion, Public Lecture, Wellington
Join the Wellington Socialist Society and Rebel Press for the launch of Graeme Clarke’s memoir “It’s Not My Fault.” Graeme…
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…
Ivor Montagu: Profile of a Stalinist with Dr Russell Campbell
October 7, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
The son of a wealthy British peer, Ivor Montagu (1904–1984) rebelled against his privileged background, becoming a pioneer of film…
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…
The Shaming State: How Democracies Erode Public Solidarity with Shame with Sara Salman
May 27, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Sara Salman joins us to discuss her recent book, The Shaming State, which examines the erosion of social rights and…
A CLASS FOR ITSELF — Independent Labour & Organising in Civil Society: An online seminar with Sean KB
April 27, 2025 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Sean KB is a rank-and-file member of the NYC District Council of Carpenters, co-host of the Antifada podcast, and founder…
The Ernie Abbott Memorial Lecture 2025 – The Life and Death (and Rebirth?) of Fair Pay Agreements w/ Ben Peterson
April 15, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
The introduction of Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) under the last Labour government was an ambitious attempt to deal with stagnant…
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…
For What We Will – A Brief History of American Socialism: An Online Seminar
March 29, 2025 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
For more than a century, socialism in the United States has gone through two distinct phases: a period of ascent…
‘They’ll never understand why I’m here’ – James Connolly: Irish Nationalist & Revolutionary Socialist
March 4, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
“If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the…
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…