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 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…
CSS Public Lecture: The Rise of Modi and the Situation in India
August 11, 2021 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Canterbury, Events, Public Lecture
For our 2021 August event the Canterbury Socialist Society is pleased to host a guest lecture from Josephine Varghese. Josephine…