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 13, 2019 7:00 pm-8:00 pm
CSS Public Lecture: “An Epoch of Rest” William Morris (1834-96)
"We are living in a epoch where there is combat between commercialism, or the system of reckless waste, and communism,…
January 27, 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…
January 15, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Film Screening: Sorry To Bother You (2018)
Our first event for 2019 is a free screening of the 2018 dark comedy 'Sorry to Bother You' written and…
December 12, 2018 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Guest Lecture: Restoring The Liberty Tree
“When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses…
November 7, 2018 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
CSS Guest Lecture: Ours To Master and To Own
"All the world that's owned by idle drones is ours and ours alone We have laid the wide foundations, built…
October 9, 2018 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture: The Grand Hotel Abyss
"A considerable part of the leading German intelligentsia have taken up residence in the ‘Grand Hotel Abyss’, a beautiful hotel,…
September 12, 2018 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
Canterbury Socialist Society: Annual General Meeting 2018
Dear friends, Due to the need to reschedule our original September event the CSS has brought its AGM forward from…
August 7, 2018 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Film Screening: Harlan County, USA (1976)
//Which side are you on? Which side are you on? They say in Harlan County There are no neutrals there…
July 10, 2018 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture: Kids These Days
"Major trends like the increase in average worker output, rationalization, downward pressure on the cost of labor, mass incarceration, and…
June 24, 2018 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
CSS Guest Lecture: Left Out? Speaking Tour – Christchurch
The Canterbury Socialist Society is excited to welcome a guest lecture from Tyler (The Ice Bloc) for our June Event:…
June 21, 2018 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
Standing Orders 2.0: Socialist Society Beers and Books Club
This is an update to our monthly social drinks in order to facilitate a wide variety of discussion and engagement.…
May 8, 2018 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Film Screening: The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006)
"If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the…