The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago. Our events are open to all and free to attend.
September 23, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS State of the Unions: Elections & Unionism
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion
"...against this collective power of the propertied classes the working class cannot act, as a class, except by constituting itself…
September 9, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
A Movement Divided: British Socialism Before & During WW1
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
"War is the mass murder of workers. When workers refuse to obey the calls of their governments, there will be…
July 8, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Round Table Discussion: Covid, Crisis, Economic Responses
Canterbury, Events, Open Discussion
"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen." -Lenin Similar to our previous "show and…
June 10, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Film Screening: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Canterbury, Events, Film Screening
“The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and…
March 17, 2020 12:00 am-12:00 am
CANCELLED: CSS Interview With Caleb Cain: Countering the Far-Right
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the developing situation with COVID-19 and travel restrictions Caleb has needed to return to the United…
March 12, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Double Feature: The Industrial Workers of the World
Canterbury, Events, Film Screening
"The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. There can be no peace so long as hunger…
February 11, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture: Climate and Capitalism
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
Climate and Capitalism: A Public Lecture on Climate Change and Capitalism “It seems to be easier for us today to…
January 29, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Discussion Evening: Rapprochement 2020
Canterbury, Events, Open Discussion
“Our immediate aim should be chiefly educational… with a view to dealing with the crisis if it should come in…
December 11, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Film Screening: The Death of Stalin (2017)
Canterbury, Events, Film Screening
"It is an error to divide people into the living and the dead: there are people who are dead-alive, and…
November 13, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
Fred Evans Memorial Lecture: Socialism & the Early Labour Party
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
The Canterbury Socialist Society is excited to announce our first annual Fred Evans Memorial Lecture. For this lecture we invite…
October 9, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
CSS Panel Discussion: State of the Unions
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion
"It is always somewhat perplexing and sometimes shocking to hear, from respected unionists, a lack of concern for the struggle…
September 11, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
POSTPONED: CSS Public Lecture: Solitude or Solidarity
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
[Solitude or Solidarity: On Postcolonialism and Marxism] "The day we can’t get our hands on the ballot boxes before the…