The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago.
Our events are open to all and free to attend.
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…
May 8, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture: ¡No pasarán! – The Far Right Today
“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride…
April 28, 2019 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Canterbury Socialist Society Sunday Morning Reading Group
As an addition to the Canterbury Socialist Society programming for 2019 we will be hosting a monthly reading group on…
April 10, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture: Homage to Rojava
For our April event Canterbury Socialist Society is excited to host Lachlan, a young Cantabrian, who fought alongside the People's…
March 31, 2019 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Canterbury Socialist Society Sunday Morning Reading Group
As an addition to the Canterbury Socialist Society programming for 2019 we will be hosting a monthly reading group on…