The Ernie Abbott Memorial Lecture 2025 – The Life and Death (and Rebirth?) of Fair Pay Agreements w/ Ben Peterson
April 15, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
The introduction of Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) under the last Labour government was an ambitious attempt to deal with stagnant…
ANZACS and Jihadis – Public Lecture by Byron Clark
April 9, 2025 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
On November 14,1914 the Sultan-Caliph of the Ottoman empire proclaimed an official ‘Great Jihad’ against the allied powers. Today there…
For What We Will – A Brief History of American Socialism: An Online Seminar
March 29, 2025 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
For more than a century, socialism in the United States has gone through two distinct phases: a period of ascent…
‘They’ll never understand why I’m here’ – James Connolly: Irish Nationalist & Revolutionary Socialist
March 4, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
“If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the…
News from Nowhere: The Utopian Vision of William Morris
February 19, 2025 6:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
"Go back again, now you have seen us, and your outward eyes have learned that in spite of all the…
Social Anarchism and the Rejection of Private Property – A Public Lecture by Jesse Spafford
February 11, 2025 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Anarchists of all varieties believe that the state lacks political authority—i.e., a special right to coercively rule its subjects. However,…
The Left in Local Government – Limits and Opportunities
January 22, 2025 6:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion
The Canterbury Socialist Society are back for 2025 with our first event, a panel exploring the political left in the…
Some things are worth fighting for – War Surgeon and Socialist Doug Jolly
December 10, 2024 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Central Otago-born Doug Jolly served on the front lines throughout the Spanish Civil War and in WW2, developing innovative systems…
1913: False Dawn – The Great Strike and the triumph of the ruling class
November 13, 2024 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
The Canterbury Socialist Society is pleased to confirm our 2024 Fred Evans Memorial Lecture. For this lecture we invite a…
Of Parasites and Plagues: The Social Origins of Cosmic Horror
October 30, 2024 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
The Otago Socialist Society is thrilled to be presenting this guest lecture for our October 2024 monthly event. Chris Lam…
Resisting neoliberalism in Latin America: The 2019 Chilean revolt and the struggle for constitutional reform
October 27, 2024 6:45 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Coming to us all the way from Chile, Pablo Abufom is the Sunday keynote speaker at the Second New Zealand…
Te Tiriti and the struggle for socialism
October 26, 2024 6:15 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Panel Discussion, Wellington
The Saturday keynote panel of the Second New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies National Conference - Labour Weekend 2024 brings…