Events
Social(ist) Drinks & Book Swap
June 21, 2024 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Unfortunately, plans for our regular educational event in June need to be postponed, however we hope to be able to…
How To Read Wars: A Public Conversation with John Dolan
July 25, 2024 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Chaired discussion, Events, Interview, Wellington
In many ways, the 2020’s seems further away from the ‘end of history’ than the 1920’s. This has led some…
International Indigenous Solidarity Panel: Palestinian and Tangata Whenua – hosted by Justice for Palestine & Wellington Socialist Society
August 5, 2024 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Events, Panel Discussion, Wellington
Indigenous resistance in Palestine and in Aotearoa responds to the violence of settler colonialism, and it is initiated in both…
The Labour Party: Which Way Forward? – A Wellington Socialist Society Panel Discussion
August 13, 2024 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Panel Discussion, Wellington
There have been three periods of major transformation in Aotearoa’s political economy: the 1890s, the 1930s, and the 1980s. Founded…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Shaming State: How Democracies Erode Public Solidarity with Shame with Sara Salman
May 27, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Sara Salman joins us to discuss her recent book, The Shaming State, which examines the erosion of social rights and…
For Austerity’s Sake: A panel event on the attempted sale of the Wellington Airport
June 10, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Panel Discussion, Wellington
In 2023, the Wellington City Council commissioned a review of its balance sheet which identified that the Council had a…