Lucien van der Walt and Steven J. Hirsch, 2010, “Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: the colonial and post-colonial experience, 1870-1940”, in Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), (foreword by Benedict Anderson), Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940: the praxis of national liberation, internationalism, and social revolution, Brill Academic Publishers, … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: van der Walt & Hirsch, 2010, “Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: The colonial and post-colonial experience, 1870-1940”
Author: Lucien van der Walt
I teach at Rhodes University, the Eastern Cape. I’m 10th generation South African, born and bred. I have long been involved in union and working class education, and have a background in social movement and left-wing activism, the Workers’ Library and Museum, the Anti-Privatisation Forum, and the National Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU).
I’ve presented or published 450+ papers, including conferences and workshops, co-edited 4 journal specials (on global and African labour history, and the left), and produced five books. Southern Africa editor for the 2009 'International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest' (Blackwell). I won the 2008 international ‘Labor History’ PhD thesis prize, and the 2008/2009 Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) award for best African dissertation, for my thesis on South African anarchism, syndicalism and black militants. I have also done research in Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, Berry and Bantman (eds.), “New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: the Individual, the National and the Transnational”
Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “David Berry and Constance Bantman, eds., New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: the individual, the national and the transnational ”, Anarchist Studies, volume 20, number 1, pp. 123-126. David Berry and Constance Bantman (eds.), New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: the Individual, the National and the Transnational, Newcastle … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, Berry and Bantman (eds.), “New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: the Individual, the National and the Transnational”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neil Roos, Ordinary Springboks: white servicemen and social justice in South Africa, 1939-1961”
Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neil Roos, Ordinary Springboks: white servicemen and social justice in South Africa, 1939-1961”, International Review of Social History, volume 51, part 3, pp. 501-504. REVIEW: Roos, NEIL. Ordinary Springboks. White Servicemen and Social Justice in South Africa, 1939- 1961. Ashgate, Aldershot [etc.] 2005. xvi, 23 I pp. £45 .oo; A … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neil Roos, Ordinary Springboks: white servicemen and social justice in South Africa, 1939-1961”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, Lis Lange, “White, Poor and Angry: white working class families in Johannesburg”
Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Lis Lange, White, Poor and Angry: white working class families in Johannesburg”, International Review of Social History, volume 50, number 1, pp. 115-117.LANGE, LIS. van der Walt - Review of Lange 'White, Poor and Angry' [Race and representation.] Ashgate, Aldershot [etc.] 2003. viii, 186 pp. £45.00.Lis Lange provides that rarity in … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, Lis Lange, “White, Poor and Angry: white working class families in Johannesburg”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, Chris Harman, “A People’s History of the World”
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Chris Harman, A People's History of the World”, International Review of Social History, volume 45, part 1, pp. 77-79. BOOK REVIEWS HARMAN, CHRIS. A people's history of the world. Bookmarks, London [etc.] 1999, vii, 729 pp. £15.99. Chris Harman's *A People's History of the World* is an ambitious attempt to … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, Chris Harman, “A People’s History of the World”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, Owen Crankshaw, “Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid”
Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Owen Crankshaw, Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid”, International Review of Social History, volume 44, part 3, pp. 505-508. CRANKSHAW, OWEN, Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid. Routledge, London [etc.] 1997. ix, 214 pp. 45.00. Owen Crankshaw's *Race, Class and the Changing … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, Owen Crankshaw, “Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2003, Peter Alexander’s “Workers, War and the Origins of Apartheid”
REVIEW: Lucien van der Walt, 2003, “Inter-racial Workers' Solidarity in South Africa: Peter Alexander, Workers, War and the Origins of Apartheid: labour and politics in South Africa”, Journal of African History, volume 44, number 1, pp. 168-169. INTER - RACIAL WORKERS' SOLIDARITY IN SOUTH AFRICA Lucien van der Walt p. 168 REVIEW of Workers, War … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2003, Peter Alexander’s “Workers, War and the Origins of Apartheid”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Rethinking Welfare: a radical critique”
Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Rethinking Welfare: a radical critique”, South African Labour Bulletin, volume 30, number 1, pp. 56-57. PDF is here Lucien van der Walt, 2006, "Rethinking Welfare: A radical critique," South African Labour Bulleti, Volume 30 Number 1 March/April 2006, pp. 56-57 Government has introduced various welfare measures to … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Rethinking Welfare: a radical critique”
[JOURNAL]: van der Walt, Alexander, Bonner, Hyslop, 2009, “Introduction: Labour crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”
Peter Alexander, Philip Bonner, Jonathan Hyslop, and Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Introduction: labour crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”, African Studies, volume 68, number 1, special section on “Labour Crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”, African Studies, volume 68, number 1, pp. 79-85.PDF online here. OUTLINE: Substantive introduction to a special section of African Studies, … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: van der Walt, Alexander, Bonner, Hyslop, 2009, “Introduction: Labour crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Internationalismus und Antiimperialismus von unten: Anarchismus und Syndikalismus in der kolonialen und postkolonialen Welt”
Internationalismus und Antiimperialismus von unten: Anarchismus und Syndikalismus in der kolonialen und postkolonialen Welt Lucien van der Walt Übersetzung: A. Förster Erschienen in Direkte Aktion, 209 – Jan/Feb 2012 PDF online here. In den Weltregionen, die dem Kolonialismus und Imperialismus unterworfen sind, spielte die anarchistische Bewegung –einschließlich ihres gewerkschaftlichen Ablegers, des Syndikalismus – eine Schlüsselrolle. … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Internationalismus und Antiimperialismus von unten: Anarchismus und Syndikalismus in der kolonialen und postkolonialen Welt”
[SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, “Speech to South African Movements on Politics at a Distance from the State”
Lucien van der Walt, "Speech to South African Movements on Politics at a Distance from the State," ASR #61, 2014, pp. 21-23 The following article is a lightly edited transcript of a talk by Lucien van der Walt (co-author of *Black Flame*), at the ‘Politics at a Distance from the State’ summit held at Rhodes … Continue reading [SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, “Speech to South African Movements on Politics at a Distance from the State”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Ο Αναρχισμός και ο Συνδικαλισμός ως προοπτική, στρατηγική και εμπειρία της από τα κάτω σοσιαλιστικής δημοκρατίας: μια απάντηση στον Daryl Glaser”
Greek translation of Lucien van der Walt, 2013m "Anarchism/Syndicalism as a Vision, Strategy and Experience of Bottom-up Socialist Democracy: A Reply to Daryl Glaser," Politikon: The South African Journal of Political Science, 2013, Vol. 40, No. 2, 339 – 349. Ο Αναρχισμός και ο Συνδικαλισμός ως προοπτική, στρατηγική και εμπειρία της από τα κάτω σοσιαλιστικής … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Ο Αναρχισμός και ο Συνδικαλισμός ως προοπτική, στρατηγική και εμπειρία της από τα κάτω σοσιαλιστικής δημοκρατίας: μια απάντηση στον Daryl Glaser”
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Anarchism/Syndicalism as a Vision, Strategy and Experience of Bottom-up Socialist Democracy: A Reply to Daryl Glaser”
Anarchism/Syndicalism as a Vision, Strategy and Experience of Bottom-up Socialist Democracy: A Reply to Daryl Glaser LUCIEN VAN DER WALT Politikon, 2013, Vol. 40, No. 2, 339 – 349 PDF is here and here ABSTRACT Examining the theory and practice of ‘mass’ anarchism and syndicalism, this paper argues against Daryl Glaser’s views that workers’ council … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Anarchism/Syndicalism as a Vision, Strategy and Experience of Bottom-up Socialist Democracy: A Reply to Daryl Glaser”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Il sindacalismo rivendicativo: dalla Spagna al Sud Africa al mondo del lavoro globale oggi”
Italian translation of van der Walt, Lucien (2014) "Reclaiming Syndicalism: From Spain to South Africa to Global Labour Today," Global Labour Journal: Vol. 5: Iss. 2, p. 239-252. Available at: http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/globallabour/vol5/iss2/10 and here. Il sindacalismo rivendicativo: dalla Spagna al Sud Africa al mondo del lavoro globale oggi Lucien van der Walt From http://www.anarkismo.net/article/27184 Perché è … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Il sindacalismo rivendicativo: dalla Spagna al Sud Africa al mondo del lavoro globale oggi”
[BOOK] “Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870–1940” (Steven J. Hirsch & Lucien van der Walt, eds., 2010)
Steven Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2010, (foreword by Benedict Anderson), Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870–1940: The Praxis of National Liberation, Internationalism, and Social Revolution, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers,Studies in Global Social History, lxxiv+434pp. Description Narratives of anarchist and syndicalist history during the era of the first globalization … Continue reading [BOOK] “Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870–1940” (Steven J. Hirsch & Lucien van der Walt, eds., 2010)
Lucien van der Walt 