The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago.
Our events are open to all and free to attend.
CSS Public Lecture: Workers Against War
April 24, 2018 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
Canterbury Socialist Society presents "Workers Against War" - a public lecture on this history of the Workers' Movement opposition to…
CSS Guest Lecture: The Working Day & Surplus Value
March 29, 2018 7:30 pm-11:30 pm
"As capitalist, he is only capital personified. His soul is the soul of capital. But capital has one single life…
Standings Orders: Monthly Pints with the Socialist Society
March 15, 2018 7:00 pm-11:59 pm
We will be at Pomeroy's Old Brewery Inn from 7pm. Pints and politics, beer and banter, martinis and marxism, negri and a…
Screening: Hail, Caesar! (2016)
February 20, 2018 7:30 pm-11:00 pm
The February event of the Canterbury Socialist Society is a screening of the Coen brothers' film 'Hail, Caesar!'. This satire…
Standings Orders: Monthly Pints with the Socialist Society
February 15, 2018 5:00 pm-11:59 pm
As usual our social event is the third Thursday of the month from 7pm at Pomeroy's Old Brewery Inn on…
Women, Witches, Work: Silvia Federici’s Caliban and the Witch
January 17, 2018 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
According to this new social-sexual contract, proletarian women became for male workers the substitute for the land lost to the…
Last Call: End of Year Drinks with Canterbury Socialist Society
December 21, 2017 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
Last call! "Working deer of all countries, unite! You have nothing to lose but your reins." After a bit over…
CSS Film Screening: The Young Karl Marx (2017)
December 13, 2017 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
As our last event of the year, aside from monthly drinks, is a screening of Raoul Peck's 2017 biopic of…
Standing Orders: Monthly Pints with the Socialist Society
November 16, 2017 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
Though Cowards Flinch and Traitors Sneer, We’ll Keep the Red Ale Flowing Here Starting in April 2017 – the third…
NZ’s Road To Socialism, Project Launch, Christchurch
November 9, 2017 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
NZ’s road to socialism and the Canterbury Socialist Society are co-hosting this event to launch a new project to record oral histories of…
Standing Orders: Monthly Pints with the Socialist Society
October 19, 2017 7:00 pm-11:00 pm
Though Cowards Flinch and Traitors Sneer, We’ll Keep the Red Ale Flowing Here Starting in April 2017 – the third…
Condition of the Working Class Discussion w/ Loren Goldner
October 9, 2017 12:00 am-12:00 am
In the aftermath of the NZ General Election we are gathering for an informal exchange of ideas and thoughts about…