“However specious in theory the project might be of giving education to the labouring classes of the poor, it would, in effect, be found to be prejudicial to their morals and happiness; it would teach them to despise their lot in life, instead of making them good servants in agriculture and other laborious employments to…
Category: Open Discussion
CSS Round Table Discussion: Covid, Crisis, Economic Responses
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” -Lenin Similar to our previous “show and tell” events, this will be an opportunity for anyone who would like to contribute to a discussion to bring some thoughts and reflections on the situation the working class finds itself in today in New…
CSS Discussion Evening: Rapprochement 2020
“Our immediate aim should be chiefly educational… with a view to dealing with the crisis if it should come in our day, or of handing on the tradition of our hope to others if we should die before it comes.” -William Morris, 1884 Our first event for 2020 is a bit of a regroupment at…
Open Discussion: What do we mean when we talk about socialism?
“One sometimes gets the impression that the mere words ‘Socialism’ and ‘Communism’ draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, ‘Nature Cure’ quack, pacifist, and feminist in England.” -George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier With the postponement of this month’s scheduled public lecture (Postponed – CSS Public Lecture: Solitude…