The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago.
Our events are open to all and free to attend.
June 22, 2023 6:00 pm
Supplementary Questions – WSS Presents A Public Conversation with Chloe Swarbrick
Kia ora, neighbours. The Wellington Socialist Society brings to you, the good people of Wellington, a bonus event this June.…
June 14, 2023 6:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture: Anarchism for Dummies
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion
Following the success of our first 'Socialism for Dummies' event earlier this year, the CSS brings you round two ...…
June 13, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
WSS Public Panel: Social Democracy – Then & Now
"Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in…
May 9, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
WSS Public Lecture – Lessons from the Picket Line
"But as soon as the workers discover that their interests are common, that they are all opposed to the exploiter,…
April 12, 2023 6:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture: Pro Patria Mori? Socialist Opposition to the First World War in Christchurch
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…
April 11, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Mā Pango Mā Whero Ka Oti Te Mahi – Public Discussion with Nīkau Wi Neera
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
"Mā pango mā whero ka oti te mahi" - Whakataukī (through the red and the black the work will be…
April 5, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
NZFSS Online Seminar – Significant Emotions w Ashley Frawley
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…
March 28, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Tech Won’t Save Us – WSS Conversation with Paris Marx
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…
March 22, 2023 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
CSS Bonus Event – Tech Won’t Save Us, with guest speaker Paris Marx
"In machinery, knowledge appears as alien, external to him; and living labour as subsumed under self-activating objectified labour. The worker…
March 20, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
OSS Public Lecture: Couldn’t Stop The Worst – The Anti-War Movement Twenty Years Later
On the 15th February 2003 a series of demonstrations held across New Zealand against the impending invasion kicked off a…
March 8, 2023 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
CSS Event: International Women’s Day Quiz Night
That's right! We're doing something a little different this International Women's Day! Courtney, Hayley, and Sionainn of the CSS executive…
March 7, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Between First and Second-Wave Feminism, Communist Women’s Activism in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Kia ora, neighbours. We welcome you all to join us for our International Women's Day Event for 2023. Our March…