The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago.
Our events are open to all and free to attend.
CSS Public Lecture – They Rule: How capital dominates politics today
July 12, 2023 6:00 pm
"The executive of the modern state is nothing but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie."…
Supplementary Questions – WSS Presents A Public Conversation with Chloe Swarbrick
June 22, 2023 6:00 pm
Kia ora, neighbours. The Wellington Socialist Society brings to you, the good people of Wellington, a bonus event this June.…
CSS Public Lecture: Anarchism for Dummies
June 14, 2023 6:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion
Following the success of our first 'Socialism for Dummies' event earlier this year, the CSS brings you round two ...…
WSS Public Panel: Social Democracy – Then & Now
June 13, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
"Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in…
WSS Public Lecture – Lessons from the Picket Line
May 9, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
"But as soon as the workers discover that their interests are common, that they are all opposed to the exploiter,…
CSS Public Lecture: Pro Patria Mori? Socialist Opposition to the First World War in Christchurch
April 12, 2023 6:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
"This war...WILL END CAPITALISM! Do you get that? After capitalism, what? SOCIALISM!" This quote from trade unionist Ted Howard, written…
Mā Pango Mā Whero Ka Oti Te Mahi – Public Discussion with Nīkau Wi Neera
April 11, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
"Mā pango mā whero ka oti te mahi" - Whakataukī (through the red and the black the work will be…
NZFSS Online Seminar – Significant Emotions w Ashley Frawley
April 5, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Otago, Other NZ Locations, Public Lecture, Wellington
“Nietzsche already observed that, after the death of God, health rose to divine status. If a horizon of meaning extended…
Tech Won’t Save Us – WSS Conversation with Paris Marx
March 28, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Events, Open Discussion, Wellington
“On the way from mythology to logistics thought has lost the element of self-reflection and today machinery disables men even…
CSS Bonus Event – Tech Won’t Save Us, with guest speaker Paris Marx
March 22, 2023 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
"In machinery, knowledge appears as alien, external to him; and living labour as subsumed under self-activating objectified labour. The worker…
OSS Public Lecture: Couldn’t Stop The Worst – The Anti-War Movement Twenty Years Later
March 20, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
On the 15th February 2003 a series of demonstrations held across New Zealand against the impending invasion kicked off a…
CSS Event: International Women’s Day Quiz Night
March 8, 2023 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
That's right! We're doing something a little different this International Women's Day! Courtney, Hayley, and Sionainn of the CSS executive…