How To Read Wars: A Public Conversation with John Dolan
July 25, 2024 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Chaired discussion, Events, Interview, Wellington
In many ways, the 2020’s seems further away from the ‘end of history’ than the 1920’s. This has led some…
Panel Event – The Socialist Society: Where have we come from, where are we going?
July 10, 2024 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion
"Marx was not simply the best or most consistent or radical socialist, but rather the most historically, and hence critically,…
They Shall Beat Their Swords Into Plowshares – The Catholic Worker Kaupapa with Adi Leason
May 14, 2024 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
“And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword…
Ghosts of the Millennial Left – An Online Seminar w/ C Derick Varn
May 5, 2024 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Interview, Otago, Public Lecture, Wellington
“There is today in the world a dominant discourse […] This dominating discourse often has the manic, jubilatory, and incantatory…
Summer of Discontent – Two Years on from the Parliament Protests with Tom Smith
April 9, 2024 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Events, Open Discussion, Public Lecture, Wellington
Join Federation member Tom Smith in a public discussion about the significance of 2022's parliament occupation. In the present moment,…
The Ernie Abbott Memorial Lecture
March 27, 2024 4:30 pm-7:00 pm
Events, Film Screening, Panel Discussion, Wellington
Wellington Socialist Society & Wellington Trades Hall are proud to present: THE ERNIE ABBOTT MEMORIAL LECTURE “Ernie was an ordinary…
WSS Screening: Utu, 1983
March 19, 2024 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Events, Film Screening, Wellington
Come along to our next WSS film screening. Utu is Geoff Murphy's depiction of the Māori struggle against Pākehā domination in…
Reality Captured; Reality Imagined: Politics and Gender Through the Lens of Kati Horna
March 13, 2024 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Amelia Byrnes will survey the life and work of Hungarian-born photographer, Kati Horna, and…
Waitangi – Colonial Capitalism Comes to New Zealand with Tony Simpson (hosted by Nīkau Wi Neera)
March 12, 2024 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Events, Open Discussion, Public Lecture, Wellington
The Wellington Socialist Society is pleased to once again welcome writer and historian Tony Simpson to Bedlam & Squalor for…
Colonisation 101
February 14, 2024 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Given that the Aotearoa | New Zealand government is seeking to delegitimise Te Tiriti o Waitangi and disembed other elements…
Our New Prometheans – WSS presents: The Radical Philosophies of Silicon Valley Elites w/ Paris Marx
February 8, 2024 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Events, Open Discussion, Panel Discussion, Public Lecture, Wellington
“The reform of consciousness consists only in making the world aware of its own consciousness, in awakening it out of…
CSS Guest Speaker – Paris Marx: The Radical Philosophies of Silicon Valley Elites
February 4, 2024 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Canterbury Socialist Society are thrilled to welcome Paris Marx back to Christchurch. In one of our best and busiest events…