“On the way from mythology to logistics thought has lost the element of self-reflection and today machinery disables men even as it nurtures them.” ― Theodor Adorno, Dialectic of Enlightenment Join the Wellington Socialist Society for a conversation with Canadian author and journalist Paris Marx, as we delve into his groundbreaking work on the tech…
“Rather than the manufactured clash of civilisations, we need to concentrate on the slow working together of cultures that overlap, borrow from each other, and live together in far more interesting ways than any abridged or inauthentic mode of understanding can allow.” ― Edward W. Said, Orientalism “Any nation can be our friend without being…
“Nietzsche already observed that, after the death of God, health rose to divine status. If a horizon of meaning extended beyond bare life, the cult of health would not be able to achieve this degree of absoluteness.” ― Byung-Chul Han Join us for an engaging public lecture hosted by renowned author and sociologist, Ashley Frawley, as…
“Mā pango mā whero ka oti te mahi” – Whakataukī (through the red and the black the work will be done) “You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage to invent the…
On the 15th February 2003 a series of demonstrations held across New Zealand against the impending invasion kicked off a coordinated wave of demonstrations which would become one of the largest international protests in history. A month later, on the morning of the 20th March, combat troops from the US, UK, Australia, and Poland began…
In 1988 an army of mainly black Cuban and Angolan soldiers won a strategic victory at Cuito Cuanavale in Southern Angola. They fought the cream of the South African army to a standstill, a feat that Nelson Mandela hailed as being critical to the collapse of the apartheid regime. — This talk will discuss the…
For our second educational event of 2023, the Canterbury Socialist Society presents “Socialism for Dummies”. We hope this will be an opportunity for any curious, confused, unclear, or bamboozled members and supporters to get some clarification – or at least one version of it – to help progress conversations & understanding on the topic of…
That’s right! We’re doing something a little different this International Women’s Day! Courtney, Hayley, and Sionainn of the CSS executive and CSS member at large Angela have put their brains together to bring you five rounds of questions spanning history and politics, science, mythology, music, film, and more! The quizmistresses have worked hard to ensure…
“In machinery, knowledge appears as alien, external to him; and living labour as subsumed under self-activating objectified labour. The worker appears as superfluous to the extent that his action is not determined by capital’s requirements.” – Karl Marx Canterbury Socialist Society are excited to offer this bonus event to our regular schedule with a guest…
“A simply functional understanding of systems is insufficient; one needs to be able to think about histories and consequences too. Where did these systems come from, who designed them and what for, and which of these intentions still lurk within them today?”. — James Bridle The New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the…