Events
The Little Red Reading Group: Introduction to Marxist Ecology – Metabolic Rift Theory
August 14, 2024 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Events, Open Discussion, Wellington
Today the climate crisis and humanity’s broader relationship to non-human nature are among the most important questions for the Left…
New Unionism – A Panel Conversation hosted by the Wellington Socialist Society
September 24, 2024 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
There is a cultural understanding that trade unions are male-dominated and the preserve of workers in manufacturing or other physically…
Second New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies National Conference – Labour Weekend 2024
October 26, 2024 12:00 pm-October 27, 2024 10:00 pm
Events, Panel Discussion, Public Lecture, Wellington
Kia ora Neighbours - both members and supporters of the New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies. The Wellington Socialist Society…
Te Tiriti and the struggle for socialism
October 26, 2024 6:15 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Panel Discussion, Wellington
The Saturday keynote panel of the Second New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies National Conference - Labour Weekend 2024 brings…
Resisting neoliberalism in Latin America: The 2019 Chilean revolt and the struggle for constitutional reform
October 27, 2024 6:45 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Coming to us all the way from Chile, Pablo Abufom is the Sunday keynote speaker at the Second New Zealand…
Some things are worth fighting for – War Surgeon and Socialist Doug Jolly
December 10, 2024 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Central Otago-born Doug Jolly served on the front lines throughout the Spanish Civil War and in WW2, developing innovative systems…
Social Anarchism and the Rejection of Private Property – A Public Lecture by Jesse Spafford
February 11, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Anarchists of all varieties believe that the state lacks political authority—i.e., a special right to coercively rule its subjects. However,…
‘They’ll never understand why I’m here’ – James Connolly: Irish Nationalist & Revolutionary Socialist
March 4, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
“If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the…
For What We Will – A Brief History of American Socialism: An Online Seminar
March 29, 2025 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
For more than a century, socialism in the United States has gone through two distinct phases: a period of ascent…
The Ernie Abbott Memorial Lecture 2025 – The Life and Death (and Rebirth?) of Fair Pay Agreements w/ Ben Peterson
April 15, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
The introduction of Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) under the last Labour government was an ambitious attempt to deal with stagnant…
A CLASS FOR ITSELF — Independent Labour & Organising in Civil Society: An online seminar with Sean KB
April 27, 2025 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Sean KB is a rank-and-file member of the NYC District Council of Carpenters, co-host of the Antifada podcast, and founder…
Pay Equity Snap Panel hosted by the Wellington Socialist Society
May 20, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Panel Discussion, Wellington
The National-led coalition’s shock gutting of pay equity legislation, passed under urgency just days after being announced, has taken woman…