The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago.
Our events are open to all and free to attend.
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…
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…
Lives in the Labour Movement: Pat Hickey, Jim Anderton, and Helen Kelly
November 14, 2023 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Events, Panel Discussion, Wellington
In this panel discussion, the Wellington Socialist Society brings together three biographers of influential labour movement figures in Aotearoa. Two…
Federation of Socialist Societies 2023 Conference
October 21, 2023 12:00 am-October 23, 2023 12:00 am
Canterbury, Events, Otago, Wellington
Federation of Socialist Societies 2023 Conference Registration The New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies is holding our first conference…