The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago.
Our events are open to all and free to attend.
February 8, 2023 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
CSS Public Lecture: “Socialism for Dummies”
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion, Public Lecture
For our second educational event of 2023, the Canterbury Socialist Society presents "Socialism for Dummies". We hope this will be…
February 7, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
WSS Public Lecture: Who’s Afraid of Fu Manchu – Moral Panics in Politics & the Return of Sinophobia
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
"Rather than the manufactured clash of civilisations, we need to concentrate on the slow working together of cultures that overlap,…
January 18, 2023 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
CSS Public Lecture: Crushing Apartheid – Breaking the Back of Pretoria’s Regime
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
In 1988 an army of mainly black Cuban and Angolan soldiers won a strategic victory at Cuito Cuanavale in Southern…
December 14, 2022 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture – Cloud Chasing: The Vaporous World of Modern Technology
“A simply functional understanding of systems is insufficient; one needs to be able to think about histories and consequences too.…
November 9, 2022 6:30 pm
The Fred Evans Memorial Lecture 2022: Lessons from the Picket Line
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
Strikes and the origins of neoliberalism in Aotearoa in the 1970s and 1980s. The Canterbury Socialist Society is pleased…
October 25, 2022 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Making Rebels: New Zealand’s First Socialist Party
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
The Wellington Socialist Society invites you, dear neighbour, to our next public event - Making Rebels: New Zealand’s First Socialist…
September 28, 2022 6:30 pm
Inspiration and Betrayal: The Second International (1889-1914) and its Significance Today
Canterbury, Otago, Other NZ Locations, Public Lecture, Wellington
The New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies would like to invite the public to our first-ever nationwide online presentation. The…
September 20, 2022 6:00 pm
This New Democracy: The Maritime Strike, Workers, and Politics in 1890s
Kia ora, neighbours. We are back for our monthly public talk at the regular haunt, Bedlam & Squalor. $2 Taco's…
September 4, 2022 11:00 am
WSS Presents – Pt1. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative Online Reading Club
WSS welcomes you to our first virtual reading club of 2022. We are starting out with a classic of the…
August 23, 2022 6:00 pm
A Crisis Sown: Origins Of The Housing Crisis In Aotearoa
“The landlord demands a rent even for unimproved land, and the supposed interest l or profit upon the expense of…
August 10, 2022 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture: Socialism and the Nation – the thought of James Connolly
"If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the…
August 6, 2022 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Otago Socialist Society Re-Launch Event – William Morris: Artist, Writer, Socialist
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” -William Morris…