
WSS Public Lecture: Who’s Afraid of Fu Manchu – Moral Panics in Politics & the Return of Sinophobia
February 7, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
"Rather than the manufactured clash of civilisations, we need to concentrate on the slow working together of cultures that overlap,…

Making Rebels: New Zealand’s First Socialist Party
October 25, 2022 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
The Wellington Socialist Society invites you, dear neighbour, to our next public event - Making Rebels: New Zealand’s First Socialist…

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…

This New Democracy: The Maritime Strike, Workers, and Politics in 1890s
September 20, 2022 6:00 pm
Kia ora, neighbours. We are back for our monthly public talk at the regular haunt, Bedlam & Squalor. $2 Taco's…

WSS Presents – Pt1. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative Online Reading Club
September 4, 2022 11:00 am
WSS welcomes you to our first virtual reading club of 2022. We are starting out with a classic of the…

A Crisis Sown: Origins Of The Housing Crisis In Aotearoa
August 23, 2022 6:00 pm
“The landlord demands a rent even for unimproved land, and the supposed interest l or profit upon the expense of…

Matter, Myth, & Memory
July 10, 2022 6:00 pm
“Change is freedom, change is life. It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and…

WSS FILM NIGHT : SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
June 7, 2022 6:00 pm-12:00 am
Doors will open at 6:00 pm, and we will begin the screening at 6:30 pm. One of our members will…

May Day Event – What is to be won?
May 3, 2022 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Events, Panel Discussion, Wellington
Kia ora, comrades. On May 3rd, Unions Wellington and the Wellington Socialist Society will co-host a panel discussion on socialist…

International Women’s Day Panel Discussion (Postponed)
April 10, 2022 11:00 am-April 11, 2022 3:00 pm
Events, Panel Discussion, Wellington
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY | LIVE MUSIC BY RACHEL ANDIE | DRINKS & LIGHT SNACKS INCLUDED | 50% TICKET SALES DONATED…

WSS Public Lecture: “Capitalist Realism” – Is there no alternative?
February 1, 2022 6:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
“Emancipatory politics must always destroy the appearance of a ‘natural order’, must reveal what is presented as necessary and inevitable…

An Epoch of Unrest // WSS Public Lecture on the Legacy of William Morris
December 1, 2021 6:00 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
Getting off the ground during these times has proved to be a challenge. Still, with such phenomenal support and solidarity…