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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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 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…
“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…
Come along to the first WSS Film Screening in a long while next Tuesday. The Dupes is Tewfik Saleh’s adaptation of socialist revolutionary and PFLP activist, Ghassan Kanafani’s novel ‘Men in the Sun’. The film depicts the struggle of three refugees after the 1948 Nakba in their attempt to arrive in Kuwait. Doors open at…
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…