CSS Public Lecture: Contemporary Socialism in the United States
May 12, 2021 7:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
"Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will Socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and…
CSS Public Lecture: Economic Growth & The Environment
April 14, 2021 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
“Let us not, however, flatter ourselves overmuch on account of our human victories over nature. For each such victory nature…
CSS On Tour – William Morris: Poet, Craftsman, Socialist
February 13, 2021 6:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Other NZ Locations, Public Lecture
"We are living in a epoch where there is combat between commercialism, or the system of reckless waste, and communism,…
CSS Public Lecture – Useful Work vs. Useless Toil: Marx, Morris, and Alienation
February 10, 2021 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
Please note: we are working on a new schedule where "doors open" from 7pm, and ours events will start right…
CSS Public Lecture – Shop Floor 101: Employment Rights & Economics for Workers
January 20, 2021 7:30 pm-9:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed…
CSS Public Lecture – Harbinger of a New Society: The Paris Commune of 1871
December 9, 2020 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
“Working men’s Paris, with its Commune, will be forever celebrated as the glorious harbinger of a new society. Its martyrs…
The Fred Evans Memorial Lecture 2020: “Workingmen’s Rugby”
November 11, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
The Canterbury Socialist Society is pleased to confirm our second annual Fred Evans Memorial Lecture. For this lecture we invite…
CSS Public Lecture: Such a Power In the Land as to Make the Tyrants in Wellington Tremble
October 14, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
For our October event, CSS member David Colyer will present a lecture on some of the earliest aspects of the…
A Movement Divided: British Socialism Before & During WW1
September 9, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
"War is the mass murder of workers. When workers refuse to obey the calls of their governments, there will be…
CSS Public Lecture: Climate and Capitalism
February 11, 2020 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
Climate and Capitalism: A Public Lecture on Climate Change and Capitalism “It seems to be easier for us today to…
Fred Evans Memorial Lecture: Socialism & the Early Labour Party
November 13, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
The Canterbury Socialist Society is excited to announce our first annual Fred Evans Memorial Lecture. For this lecture we invite…
POSTPONED: CSS Public Lecture: Solitude or Solidarity
September 11, 2019 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
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…