‘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…
Social Anarchism and the Rejection of Private Property – A Public Lecture by Jesse Spafford
February 11, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Anarchists of all varieties believe that the state lacks political authority—i.e., a special right to coercively rule its subjects. However,…
Some things are worth fighting for – War Surgeon and Socialist Doug Jolly
December 10, 2024 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Central Otago-born Doug Jolly served on the front lines throughout the Spanish Civil War and in WW2, developing innovative systems…
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…
Of Parasites and Plagues: The Social Origins of Cosmic Horror
October 30, 2024 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
The Otago Socialist Society is thrilled to be presenting this guest lecture for our October 2024 monthly event. Chris Lam…
Resisting neoliberalism in Latin America: The 2019 Chilean revolt and the struggle for constitutional reform
October 27, 2024 6:45 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Coming to us all the way from Chile, Pablo Abufom is the Sunday keynote speaker at the Second New Zealand…
Second New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies National Conference – Labour Weekend 2024
October 26, 2024 12:00 pm-October 27, 2024 10:00 pm
Events, Panel Discussion, Public Lecture, Wellington
Kia ora Neighbours - both members and supporters of the New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies. The Wellington Socialist Society…
Guest Lecture – New Debates on Social Domination: Marxist Political Theory in the Post-Pandemic Era
August 14, 2024 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
The Canterbury Socialist Society is thrilled to be able to host this guest lecture for our August event, 2024. Berkay…
The Philosophy of Ernst Bloch in an Age of Disaster – An online seminar hosted by Jon Greenaway
August 4, 2024 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Interview, Otago, Public Lecture, Wellington
"Precisely the defeated man must try the outside world again" - Ernst Bloch, The Principle of Hope (1954). It is…
CSS public lecture and discussion – Mutual Aid: Fostering Resilience and Solidarity
July 31, 2024 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
“The mutual-aid tendency in man has so remote an origin, and is so deeply interwoven with all the past evolution…
They Shall Beat Their Swords Into Plowshares – The Catholic Worker Kaupapa with Adi Leason
May 14, 2024 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
“And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword…