Events
News from Nowhere: The Utopian Vision of William Morris
February 19, 2025 6:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
"Go back again, now you have seen us, and your outward eyes have learned that in spite of all the…
ANZACS and Jihadis – Public Lecture by Byron Clark
April 9, 2025 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
On November 14,1914 the Sultan-Caliph of the Ottoman empire proclaimed an official ‘Great Jihad’ against the allied powers. Today there…
Going into Labour: Childbirth in Capitalism by Anna Fielder
May 28, 2025 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT DATE DIFFERS FROM OUR USUAL SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH* Childbirth is often described…
Fred Evans Memorial Lecture: The Material History of the 1951 Waterfront Dispute by Grace Millar
November 12, 2025 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
On 14 February 1951, waterside workers rejected the shipowners’ wage offer and refused to work overtime. Within two weeks the…
CSS Presents: A Very Merry Quizmas!
December 10, 2025 7:30 pm-9:00 pm
The Canterbury Socialist Society welcomes you to our famous Christmas Quiz. Get your team together or join as an individual,…
Show Debate: ‘The CSS should be involved in electoral politics…’
February 11, 2026 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
It’s a question that comes up at least once per year: should the Canterbury Socialist Society enter into a more…
Murray Horton: Sixty Years of Political Activism
April 8, 2026 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
Murray Horton has been an activist for more than sixty years, in Aotearoa, Australia, and the Philippines. At one time…
What is Solidarity Anyway? A Unions Panel with an International Focus
May 13, 2026 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion
Are you looking at the world and wishing you could do more to change things? What about the people you…
Film Screening: The Arbor by Clio Barnard
June 10, 2026 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Film Screening
Andrea Dunbar was born in 1961 in Bradford, England. She lived on the Buttershaw council estate with her textile worker…
Members Forum (Open to Non Members)
July 8, 2026 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Members Forum
It has always been true that the projects and sites of class struggle are many and distributed, but that feels…
Public Lecture: Big Tech Imperialism, Market Failures and Oligarchy
August 12, 2026 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
The Canterbury Socialist Society is delighted to host Dr Olivier Jutel, former journalist and media worker and now lecturer at…