The New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies would like to invite the public to our first-ever nationwide online presentation. The topic of discussion is “Inspiration and Betrayal: The Second International (1889-1914) and its Significance Today” and will be hosted by our comrade from the UK, Ben Lewis. This event has been put together in collaboration…
WSS welcomes you to our first virtual reading club of 2022. We are starting out with a classic of the twenty-teens, Mark FIsher’s Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative. If you have never read any “Theory” text before, CR is a very accessible work that introduces readers to various thinkers from Spinoza and Zizek to…
“The landlord demands a rent even for unimproved land, and the supposed interest l or profit upon the expense of improvement is generally an addition to this original rent. Those improvements, besides, are not always made by the stock of the landlord,but sometimes by that of the tenant. When the lease comes to be renewed,…
“Change is freedom, change is life. It’s always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don’t make changes, don’t risk disapproval, don’t upset your syndics. It’s always easiest to let yourself be governed. There’s a point, around age twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like…
Doors will open at 6:00 pm, and we will begin the screening at 6:30 pm. One of our members will briefly introduce the film and the director, and then we will kick things off. Our film for the evening is the acclaimed Sorry to Bother You, directed by Boots Riley. You can find the trailer…
Kia ora, comrades. On May 3rd, Unions Wellington and the Wellington Socialist Society will co-host a panel discussion on socialist strategy and organising in a post-pandemic era at Bedlam & Squalor. This will be our May Day event for 2022. Two years of the pandemic has seen limited opportunities for those on the left in…
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY | LIVE MUSIC BY RACHEL ANDIE | DRINKS & LIGHT SNACKS INCLUDED | 50% TICKET SALES DONATED TO SHAKTI NZ Kicking off at 11am with a Panel Discussion, moderated by the epic Maggie Tweedie (of RadioActive), the panel will discuss all things #breakingthebias within the workplace. We are super excited to have the following…
“Emancipatory politics must always destroy the appearance of a ‘natural order’, must reveal what is presented as necessary and inevitable to be a mere contingency, just as it must make what was previously deemed to be impossible seem attainable.” Mark Fisher (2009) WSS would like to invite you all to our first public event of…
Getting off the ground during these times has proved to be a challenge. Still, with such phenomenal support and solidarity from many members and non-members alike, it was only a matter of asking when, rather than if, we would have our Inaugural event. To that, we would like to extend an invitation to all to…