The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago.
Our events are open to all and free to attend.
Winter of Discontent: Canterbury Socialist Society Winter Programme May – August 2022
May 1, 2022 12:00 am-August 28, 2022 12:00 am
Canterbury, Film Screening, Interview, Open Discussion, Panel Discussion, Public Lecture
The Canterbury Socialist Society is very excited to announce the schedule for our programme for the next four months (May…
CSS Roundtable Discussion: What are we to do?
April 13, 2022 7:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Open Discussion
"...we need something far more vulgar, far more dangerous and far more banal at the same time: a political party,…
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…
Surprise: It’s Women’s Day (Again)
March 9, 2022 7:00 pm-9:30 pm
It's International Women's Day on Tuesday 8th March - that's no surprise ... but this event is! A special treat…
CSS Public Lecture: What Happened to Labour? Gramsci, Postmodernism, and the Neoliberal Turn
February 9, 2022 7:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
“The common-sense notion that 'There is a time and place for everything' gets carried into a set of prescriptions which…
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…
CSS Public Discussion: Socialist Roundtable (Education)
January 12, 2022 7:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Open Discussion
"However specious in theory the project might be of giving education to the labouring classes of the poor, it would,…
CSS Public Lecture: The Limits of Education under Capitalism
December 8, 2021 7:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion, Public Lecture
"This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An…
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…
Loyal Right Through: Commemorating the ’51 Waterside Lockout
November 13, 2021 6:00 pm-November 15, 2021 6:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Film Screening
A joint event with the Maritime Union of New Zealand, the Rail and Maritime Union of New Zealand, and the…
CSS Book Launch & Public Lecture: The Unrest of 2011, One Decade On.
November 11, 2021 7:00 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
In 2011 a wave of revolution began in Tunisia and then spread across North Africa and the Middle East. In…
CSS Public Lecture – Solitude or Solidarity: Marxism and Postcolonial Theory
October 13, 2021 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
"The day we can’t get our hands on the ballot boxes before the vote is counted we’re done for,’ Trueba…