The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago.
Our events are open to all and free to attend.
March 17, 2020 12:00 am-12:00 am
CANCELLED: CSS Interview With Caleb Cain: Countering the Far-Right
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the developing situation with COVID-19 and travel restrictions Caleb has needed to return to the United…
March 12, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Double Feature: The Industrial Workers of the World
Canterbury, Events, Film Screening
"The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. There can be no peace so long as hunger…
February 11, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture: Climate and Capitalism
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
Climate and Capitalism: A Public Lecture on Climate Change and Capitalism “It seems to be easier for us today to…
January 29, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Discussion Evening: Rapprochement 2020
Canterbury, Events, Open Discussion
“Our immediate aim should be chiefly educational… with a view to dealing with the crisis if it should come in…
December 11, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Film Screening: The Death of Stalin (2017)
Canterbury, Events, Film Screening
"It is an error to divide people into the living and the dead: there are people who are dead-alive, and…
November 13, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
Fred Evans Memorial Lecture: Socialism & the Early Labour Party
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
The Canterbury Socialist Society is excited to announce our first annual Fred Evans Memorial Lecture. For this lecture we invite…
October 9, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Panel Discussion: State of the Unions
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion
"It is always somewhat perplexing and sometimes shocking to hear, from respected unionists, a lack of concern for the struggle…
September 11, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
POSTPONED: CSS Public Lecture: Solitude or Solidarity
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
[Solitude or Solidarity: On Postcolonialism and Marxism] "The day we can’t get our hands on the ballot boxes before the…
September 11, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
Open Discussion: What do we mean when we talk about socialism?
Canterbury, Events, Open Discussion
“One sometimes gets the impression that the mere words ‘Socialism’ and ‘Communism’ draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice…
August 14, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS & Unions Canterbury Film Screening: 1951
Canterbury, Events, Film Screening
"At the anniversary celebrations of the veterans of '51, as I mingled with those mighty people, the years fell away…
July 10, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture: Local Legacies of Radicalism
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
"No. I am no dog to be registered; neither am I a slave to be trained to fight to uphold…
June 12, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Film Screening: Land and Freedom (1995)
“You will never find peace with these fascists You'll never find friends such as we So remember that valley of…