Federation of Socialist Societies 2023 Conference Registration The New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies is holding our first conference over Labour Weekend (21-23 October) 2023. The ‘main event’ will be all day on Sunday 22nd, and this will be bookended with a Commonweal IV launch party on Saturday evening, and an optional working…
Category: Canterbury
Capital After Covid – NZFSS Online Seminar w Guest Speaker Michael Roberts
“Hitherto men have always formed wrong ideas about themselves, about what they are and what they ought to be. They have arranged their relations according to their ideas of God, of normal man, etc. The products of their brains have got out of their hands. They, the creators, have bowed down before their creations.” Karl…
CSS Public Lecture: Pro Patria Mori? Socialist Opposition to the First World War in Christchurch
“This war…WILL END CAPITALISM! Do you get that? After capitalism, what? SOCIALISM!” This quote from trade unionist Ted Howard, written in August 1914 reflects the hopes and beliefs of Canterbury socialists at the start of World War One. Based on research for the ‘Voices Against War’ website and her forthcoming book “‘I don’t believe in…
CSS Public Lecture: Anarchism for Dummies
Following the success of our first ‘Socialism for Dummies’ event earlier this year, the CSS brings you round two … ‘Anarchism for Dummies’. Featuring two of the CSS’ very own anarchists (Tim Elder and Leith McLean) and one executive member with a lot to learn (Sionainn Byrnes), this event is an opportunity to ask any…
CSS Public Lecture – They Rule: How capital dominates politics today
“The executive of the modern state is nothing but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.” -Marx Eighty three of the top US corporations are linked through their interconnecting boards. Who are these people who are making important decisions about the world’s future? How do they make decisions? As we face…
NZFSS Online Seminar – Significant Emotions w Ashley Frawley
“Nietzsche already observed that, after the death of God, health rose to divine status. If a horizon of meaning extended beyond bare life, the cult of health would not be able to achieve this degree of absoluteness.” ― Byung-Chul Han Join us for an engaging public lecture hosted by renowned author and sociologist, Ashley Frawley, as…
CSS Public Lecture: Crushing Apartheid – Breaking the Back of Pretoria’s Regime
In 1988 an army of mainly black Cuban and Angolan soldiers won a strategic victory at Cuito Cuanavale in Southern Angola. They fought the cream of the South African army to a standstill, a feat that Nelson Mandela hailed as being critical to the collapse of the apartheid regime. — This talk will discuss the…
CSS Public Lecture: “Socialism for Dummies”
For our second educational event of 2023, the Canterbury Socialist Society presents “Socialism for Dummies”. We hope this will be an opportunity for any curious, confused, unclear, or bamboozled members and supporters to get some clarification – or at least one version of it – to help progress conversations & understanding on the topic of…
CSS Event: International Women’s Day Quiz Night
That’s right! We’re doing something a little different this International Women’s Day! Courtney, Hayley, and Sionainn of the CSS executive and CSS member at large Angela have put their brains together to bring you five rounds of questions spanning history and politics, science, mythology, music, film, and more! The quizmistresses have worked hard to ensure…
CSS Bonus Event – Tech Won’t Save Us, with guest speaker Paris Marx
“In machinery, knowledge appears as alien, external to him; and living labour as subsumed under self-activating objectified labour. The worker appears as superfluous to the extent that his action is not determined by capital’s requirements.” – Karl Marx Canterbury Socialist Society are excited to offer this bonus event to our regular schedule with a guest…