The Fred Evans Memorial Lecture 2022: Lessons from the Picket Line
November 9, 2022 6:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
Strikes and the origins of neoliberalism in Aotearoa in the 1970s and 1980s. The Canterbury Socialist Society is pleased…
Inspiration and Betrayal: The Second International (1889-1914) and its Significance Today
September 28, 2022 6:30 pm
Canterbury, Otago, Other NZ Locations, Public Lecture, Wellington
The New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies would like to invite the public to our first-ever nationwide online presentation. The…
Winter of Discontent: Canterbury Socialist Society Winter Programme May – August 2022
May 1, 2022 12:00 am-August 28, 2022 12:00 am
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…
CSS Roundtable Discussion: What are we to do?
April 13, 2022 7:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Open Discussion
"...we need something far more vulgar, far more dangerous and far more banal at the same time: a political party,…
CSS Public Lecture: What Happened to Labour? Gramsci, Postmodernism, and the Neoliberal Turn
February 9, 2022 7:00 pm
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…
CSS Public Discussion: Socialist Roundtable (Education)
January 12, 2022 7:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Open Discussion
"However specious in theory the project might be of giving education to the labouring classes of the poor, it would,…
CSS Public Lecture: The Limits of Education under Capitalism
December 8, 2021 7:00 pm
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…
Loyal Right Through: Commemorating the ’51 Waterside Lockout
November 13, 2021 6:00 pm-November 15, 2021 6:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Film Screening
A joint event with the Maritime Union of New Zealand, the Rail and Maritime Union of New Zealand, and the…
CSS Book Launch & Public Lecture: The Unrest of 2011, One Decade On.
November 11, 2021 7:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
In 2011 a wave of revolution began in Tunisia and then spread across North Africa and the Middle East. In…
CSS Public Lecture – Solitude or Solidarity: Marxism and Postcolonial Theory
October 13, 2021 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
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…
CSS Public Lecture: The Rise of Modi and the Situation in India
August 11, 2021 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
For our 2021 August event the Canterbury Socialist Society is pleased to host a guest lecture from Josephine Varghese. Josephine…
State of the Unions 2021: The Employment Contracts Act and its Legacy
July 14, 2021 7:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion
"In a political struggle of class against class, organisation is the most important weapon." -Engels --------------------------------------------- For our third annual…