The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago.
Our events are open to all and free to attend.
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…
Election Night Watch Party
October 14, 2023 6:00 pm-10:00 pm
Events, Open Discussion, Open Discussion, Wellington
“And if universal suffrage had offered no other advantage than that it allowed us to count our numbers every three…
Wellington Socialist Society AGM 2023
October 14, 2023 4:00 pm-5:30 pm
To all members, This is the date for the Wellington Socialist Society Annual General Meeting for 2023. The AGM is…
Confronting Fascism: Socialist Knowledge and the Far-Right in Interwar Europe
September 12, 2023 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
“Fascism attempts to organize the newly created proletarian masses without affecting the property structure which the masses strive to eliminate.…
CSS Public Lecture – They Rule: How capital dominates politics today
July 12, 2023 6:00 pm
"The executive of the modern state is nothing but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie."…
Supplementary Questions – WSS Presents A Public Conversation with Chloe Swarbrick
June 22, 2023 6:00 pm
Kia ora, neighbours. The Wellington Socialist Society brings to you, the good people of Wellington, a bonus event this June.…