Social(ist) Drinks & Book Swap
June 21, 2024 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Unfortunately, plans for our regular educational event in June need to be postponed, however we hope to be able to…
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…
New Members Meeting & Social Drinks
April 26, 2024 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Kia ora Neighbours, We've been a bit slack at organising social events lately. Given we've had a fair number of…
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…
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…
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…
Capital After Covid – NZFSS Online Seminar w Guest Speaker Michael Roberts
January 24, 2024 8:00 pm
Canterbury, Otago, Public Lecture, Wellington
“Hitherto men have always formed wrong ideas about themselves, about what they are and what they ought to be. They…
WSS Presents – It’s Not You, It’s Me: Seeing the Real Problems in New Zealand Politics
December 12, 2023 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
For our last educational event of 2023, the Wellington Socialist Society are happy to host Danyl McLauchlan, one of Aotearoa’s…
WSS Screening: The Dupes, 1972
December 5, 2023 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Events, Film Screening, Wellington
Come along to the first WSS Film Screening in a long while next Tuesday. The Dupes is Tewfik Saleh's adaptation…