“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…
For our last educational event of 2023, the Wellington Socialist Society are happy to host Danyl McLauchlan, one of Aotearoa’s most thought-provoking writers, for the talk ‘It’s Not You, It’s Me: Seeing the Real Problems in New Zealand Politics’. As Danyl explains: “There’s an Ursula le Guin quote that I often come up in online…
“Fascism attempts to organize the newly created proletarian masses without affecting the property structure which the masses strive to eliminate. Fascism sees its salvation in giving these masses not their right, but instead a chance to express themselves. The masses have a right to change property relations; Fascism seeks to give them an expression while…
“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…
“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…
“But as soon as the workers discover that their interests are common, that they are all opposed to the exploiter, it takes the form of great organizations and open battles against the exploiting class. The sense of power that goes with class consciousness means the regeneration of the working class. It raises this class forever…
The Wellington Socialist Society invites you, dear neighbour, to our next public event – Making Rebels: New Zealand’s First Socialist Party. Founded after a group of 200 British socialist ‘Clarion Settlers’ migrated here in 1900, the New Zealand Socialist Party was this country’s first nationwide socialist organisation. As branches were founded all over the country,…
Kia ora, neighbours. We welcome you all to join us for our International Women’s Day Event for 2023. Our March event will be an absolute cracking chat from a giant of Aotearoa Labour History. Cybèle Locke has been described as a ‘scrupulous, adventurous writer’ who ‘foregrounds twentieth-century working-class narratives in her research.’ Cybèle has written…
“Rather than the manufactured clash of civilisations, we need to concentrate on the slow working together of cultures that overlap, borrow from each other, and live together in far more interesting ways than any abridged or inauthentic mode of understanding can allow.” ― Edward W. Said, Orientalism “Any nation can be our friend without being…
“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…