“And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” – Isaiah 2.4 “I wasn’t disturbing the peace, I was disturbing the war.” – Ammon Hennacy Sixteen years ago three Catholic Workers, Adi Leason,…
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Ghosts of the Millennial Left – An Online Seminar w/ C Derick Varn
“There is today in the world a dominant discourse […] This dominating discourse often has the manic, jubilatory, and incantatory form that Freud assigned to the so-called triumphant phase of mourning work. The incantation repeats and ritualizes itself, it holds forth and holds to formulas, like any animistic magic. To the rhythm of a cadenced…
New Members Meeting & Social Drinks
Kia ora Neighbours, We’ve been a bit slack at organising social events lately. Given we’ve had a fair number of new members join in the last few months we thought it would be a good opportunity to have a meet-and-greet especially for new members – although of course existing members and fellow travelers are more…
Summer of Discontent – Two Years on from the Parliament Protests with Tom Smith
Join Federation member Tom Smith in a public discussion about the significance of 2022’s parliament occupation. In the present moment, the Parliament protests serve as an indicator of the interregnum. This protest, characterized by its diverse ideological factions, serves as an expression of popular discontent, particularly concerning government mandates and perceived overreach. The COVID-19 pandemic…
WSS Screening: Utu, 1983
Come along to our next WSS film screening. Utu is Geoff Murphy’s depiction of the Māori struggle against Pākehā domination in the 19th century, loosely based on the events of Te Kooti’s War. Starring Anzac Wallace and Merata Mita. Doors open at 6:00pm and the screening will start at 6:30pm, snacks will be provided and make sure…
The Ernie Abbott Memorial Lecture
Wellington Socialist Society & Wellington Trades Hall are proud to present: THE ERNIE ABBOTT MEMORIAL LECTURE “Ernie was an ordinary man who believed that we all should have the right to a safe workplace with decent pay and conditions. He paid the ultimate price for those beliefs.” – Helen Kelly On 27th March 1984, an…
Waitangi – Colonial Capitalism Comes to New Zealand with Tony Simpson (hosted by Nīkau Wi Neera)
The Wellington Socialist Society is pleased to once again welcome writer and historian Tony Simpson to Bedlam & Squalor for the highly relevant talk ‘Waitangi – Colonial Capital Comes to New Zealand’. When Tony first encountered the Treaty in the 1970’s he was puzzled by certain aspects of its text and context. Over the succeeding…
Our New Prometheans – WSS presents: The Radical Philosophies of Silicon Valley Elites w/ Paris Marx
“The reform of consciousness consists only in making the world aware of its own consciousness, in awakening it out of its dream about itself, in explaining to it the meaning of its own actions… Hence, our motto must be: reform of consciousness not through dogmas, but by analysing the mystical consciousness that is unintelligible to…
Federation of Socialist Societies 2023 Conference
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…
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…