The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago. Our events are open to all and free to attend.
May 1, 2022 12:00 am-August 28, 2022 12:00 am
Winter of Discontent: Canterbury Socialist Society Winter Programme May – August 2022
Canterbury, Film Screening, Interview, Open Discussion, Panel Discussion, Public Lecture
The Canterbury Socialist Society is very excited to announce the schedule for our programme for the next four months (May…
April 13, 2022 7:00 pm
CSS Roundtable Discussion: What are we to do?
Canterbury, Events, Open Discussion
"...we need something far more vulgar, far more dangerous and far more banal at the same time: a political party,…
April 10, 2022 11:00 am-April 11, 2022 3:00 pm
International Women’s Day Panel Discussion (Postponed)
Events, Panel Discussion, Wellington
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY | LIVE MUSIC BY RACHEL ANDIE | DRINKS & LIGHT SNACKS INCLUDED | 50% TICKET SALES DONATED…
March 9, 2022 7:00 pm-9:30 pm
Surprise: It’s Women’s Day (Again)
It's International Women's Day on Tuesday 8th March - that's no surprise ... but this event is! A special treat…
February 9, 2022 7:00 pm
CSS Public Lecture: What Happened to Labour? Gramsci, Postmodernism, and the Neoliberal Turn
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
“The common-sense notion that 'There is a time and place for everything' gets carried into a set of prescriptions which…
February 1, 2022 6:00 pm
WSS Public Lecture: “Capitalist Realism” – Is there no alternative?
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
“Emancipatory politics must always destroy the appearance of a ‘natural order’, must reveal what is presented as necessary and inevitable…
January 12, 2022 7:00 pm
CSS Public Discussion: Socialist Roundtable (Education)
Canterbury, Events, Open Discussion
"However specious in theory the project might be of giving education to the labouring classes of the poor, it would,…
December 8, 2021 7:00 pm
CSS Public Lecture: The Limits of Education under Capitalism
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion, Public Lecture
"This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An…
December 1, 2021 6:00 pm
An Epoch of Unrest // WSS Public Lecture on the Legacy of William Morris
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Getting off the ground during these times has proved to be a challenge. Still, with such phenomenal support and solidarity…
November 13, 2021 6:00 pm-November 15, 2021 6:00 pm
Loyal Right Through: Commemorating the ’51 Waterside Lockout
Canterbury, Events, Film Screening
A joint event with the Maritime Union of New Zealand, the Rail and Maritime Union of New Zealand, and the…
November 11, 2021 7:00 pm
CSS Book Launch & Public Lecture: The Unrest of 2011, One Decade On.
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
In 2011 a wave of revolution began in Tunisia and then spread across North Africa and the Middle East. In…
October 13, 2021 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture – Solitude or Solidarity: Marxism and Postcolonial Theory
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
"The day we can’t get our hands on the ballot boxes before the vote is counted we’re done for,’ Trueba…