“And if universal suffrage had offered no other advantage than that it allowed us to count our numbers every three years; that by the regularly established, unexpectedly rapid rise in the number of our votes it increased in equal measure the workers’ certainty of victory and the dismay of their opponents, and so became our…
Kia ora, neighbours. The Wellington Socialist Society brings to you, the good people of Wellington, a bonus event this June. How lucky. Chlöe Swarbrick is taking some time off her regularly scheduled sausage-making at Parliament to come down to Bedlam & Squalor so she can share some reflections over a pint or two on her…
“On the way from mythology to logistics thought has lost the element of self-reflection and today machinery disables men even as it nurtures them.” ― Theodor Adorno, Dialectic of Enlightenment Join the Wellington Socialist Society for a conversation with Canadian author and journalist Paris Marx, as we delve into his groundbreaking work on the tech…
The Canterbury Socialist Society is very excited to announce the schedule for our programme for the next four months (May through August), the “Winter of Discontent“. To celebrate reaching 100 members in the Federation of Socialist Societies we have organised a minimum of 16 free public events over the next four months. These include: public lectures and discussions,…
PLEASE NOTE: Over the winter months we are adjusting our start time by half an hour so that attendees are not out so late in the evening. Take care to note the difference start time if you don’t want to miss significant portions of the event! ——————————————————– “But it gave me no satisfaction at all…
“…we need something far more vulgar, far more dangerous and far more banal at the same time: a political party, for such an organisation for the international organisation of the working class in this farmyard presupposes something that can contest power where it apparently resides. This is, unfortunately, the House of Parliament where ugly and…
“However specious in theory the project might be of giving education to the labouring classes of the poor, it would, in effect, be found to be prejudicial to their morals and happiness; it would teach them to despise their lot in life, instead of making them good servants in agriculture and other laborious employments to…
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” -Lenin Similar to our previous “show and tell” events, this will be an opportunity for anyone who would like to contribute to a discussion to bring some thoughts and reflections on the situation the working class finds itself in today in New…
“Our immediate aim should be chiefly educational… with a view to dealing with the crisis if it should come in our day, or of handing on the tradition of our hope to others if we should die before it comes.” -William Morris, 1884 Our first event for 2020 is a bit of a regroupment at…
“One sometimes gets the impression that the mere words ‘Socialism’ and ‘Communism’ draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, ‘Nature Cure’ quack, pacifist, and feminist in England.” -George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier With the postponement of this month’s scheduled public lecture (Postponed – CSS Public Lecture: Solitude…