Vicky Southworth was a regional councillor at Environment Canterbury for 6 years (2019 to 2022). Prior to this she gained a Master of Water Resource Management from the University of Canterbury and worked as an engineering geologist with a focus on contaminated sites. Vicky will talk about the Nitrate Emergency declaration – what the issue…
The Wellington Socialist Society Presents – Against All Odds: A Public Talk on the Past, Present, and Future of Social Movements in Indonesia, In Conversation with Ben Laksana (Te Herenga Waka). Activism and social movements in Indonesia have been shaped by a long history of anti-communism, state violence, and the repression of popular organising. Drawing…
NOTE: as per the decision made at our 2025 AGM, this social drinks event will now take place on the fourth Wednesday of every month and alternate between Pomeroy’s and Punky Brewster. — Come along to our monthly social event for a beer and a banter about political goings on and/or anything else that comes…
It’s a question that comes up at least once per year: should the Canterbury Socialist Society enter into a more ‘formal’ politics at the levels of local and central government? Should it establish a new party? Seek to influence an existing one? Or should it support independent candidates on a case by case basis? On…
Join the Wellington Socialist Society and Rebel Press for the launch of Graeme Clarke’s memoir “It’s Not My Fault.” Graeme has spent much of his life in the trade union and socialist movements. He became active as a union delegate in the auto industry and later became a union official. He also became involved in…
Welcome to our inaugural Christmas pub quiz hosted by the Wellington Socialist Society to cap off a long year! Have a few drinks and enjoy some pub trivia covering topics ranging everything from politics, pop culture, to general trivia. We’ll be awarding prizes to the teams that come out on top with a podium finish….
The Canterbury Socialist Society welcomes you to our famous Christmas Quiz. Get your team together or join as an individual, be ready for a night of fun! Doors open at 6:30pm at Space Academy, quiz starts 7pm sharp. Registrations are a must! Sign up via the humanitix link here.
As per the decision at our AGM we will be having these social events on the fourth Wednesday of every month, and alternate between Pomeroy’s and Punky Brewster. Our regular monthly lowkey social event. Come along for a beer and a banter about political goings on, and anything else that comes to mind. You can…
On 14 February 1951, waterside workers rejected the shipowners’ wage offer and refused to work overtime. Within two weeks the government had deregistered their union, passed emergency regulations making it a crime to publicly support the union or provide funds, and sent the military onto wharves to do watersiders’ work. For five months, 14,000 watersiders,…
Education in New Zealand is in a state of crisis. It is fighting a hostile government that does not believe in public education. From broad sweeping curriculum changes, privatisation and union busting through charter schools, a worsening of teachers’ conditions, and the larger social issues facing youth, schools are a focal point of capitalist society’s…