Lucien van der Walt, 1997, "Brève Histoire de l'Anarchisme en Afrique du Sud," Le Monde Libertaire, 13-19 November 1997, number 1100, p. 5. PDF HERE
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.
[JOURNAL]: Maisiri, Phillip Nyalungu and van der Walt (2020), “Anarchist/ Syndicalist and Independent Marxist Intersections in Post-apartheid Struggles, South Africa: The WSF/ ZACF current in Gauteng, 1990s-2010s”
Leroy Maisiri, Phillip Nyalungu and Lucien van der Walt (2020), “Anarchist/ Syndicalist and Independent Marxist Intersections in Post-apartheid Struggles, South Africa: The WSF/ ZACF current in Gauteng, 1990s-2010s,” Globalizations, volume 17, number 5, pp. 797-819. Part of a special issue on “Pluriversality, Convergence, and Hybridity in the Global Left,” edited by Alex Prichard and Owen Worth. … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Maisiri, Phillip Nyalungu and van der Walt (2020), “Anarchist/ Syndicalist and Independent Marxist Intersections in Post-apartheid Struggles, South Africa: The WSF/ ZACF current in Gauteng, 1990s-2010s”
Shawn Hattingh &Lucien van der Walt, [2015] 2019, “Appendix: The Kurdish Question,” in Alfredo Bonanno, “Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle”
Shawn Hattingh and Lucien van der Walt, [2015] 2019, "Appendix: The Kurdish Question - Nationhood or Autonomy?," in Alfredo Bonanno, Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle, Zabalaza Books, Johannesburg, third South African edition, pp. 36-39, from HERE, reprinted from HERE. Taking a look at the existential crisis of the Kurdish in Turkey and elsewhere [this article … Continue reading Shawn Hattingh &Lucien van der Walt, [2015] 2019, “Appendix: The Kurdish Question,” in Alfredo Bonanno, “Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle”
Lucien van der Walt, [2003] 2019, “Introduction to the Second South African Edition (2003),” to Alfredo Bonanno, “Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle”
Lucien van der Walt, [2003] 2019, "Introduction to the Second South African Edition (2003)," Alfredo Bonanno, Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle, Zabalaza Books, Johannesburg, third South African edition, pp. 7-14, from HERE. The ongoing struggle in Palestine is only the most obvious of a number of national liberation struggles taking place worldwide. In northern Ireland, … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, [2003] 2019, “Introduction to the Second South African Edition (2003),” to Alfredo Bonanno, “Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Introduction to the 1994 South African Edition (revised),” to Alfredo Bonanno, “Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, "Introduction to the 1994 South African Edition (revised)," Alfredo Bonanno, Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle, Zabalaza Books, Johannesburg, third South African edition, pp. 4-6, from HERE. This pamphlet represents an attempt to develop an anarchist internationalist stance on the ever present and ever controversial issue of the national liberation struggle (NLS), … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Introduction to the 1994 South African Edition (revised),” to Alfredo Bonanno, “Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle”
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Reverse the Drive to Privatise: Fighting Neo-liberalism in South African Higher Education”
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, Reverse the Drive to Privatise: Fighting Neo-liberalism in South African Higher Education, Zabalaza Books, Durban, Johannesburg. Introducing the text: This was a long pamphlet from an anarchist/ syndicalist perspective that located the post-apartheid neo-liberal reforms and attacks on workers in state universities in South Africa within a larger context: the neo-liberal … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Reverse the Drive to Privatise: Fighting Neo-liberalism in South African Higher Education”
[SHORT] van der Walt, [2004] 2019, “On Bakunin: Introduction to the South African Edition (2004)”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “On Bakunin: Introduction to the South African Edition (2004),” in Basic Bakunin, Zabalaza Books, Durban/ Johannesburg, second South African edition, pp 3-6. HERE. This was an introduction written for the second South African edition of the 1993 British pamphlet Basic Bakunin, which was written by Colin Parker. A first South African edition … Continue reading [SHORT] van der Walt, [2004] 2019, “On Bakunin: Introduction to the South African Edition (2004)”
Lucien van der Walt, [1998] 2019, “Breaking the Chains: A History of Anarchism”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, Breaking the Chains: A History of Anarchism, Zabalaza Books, Johannesburg, reprint of 1998 Workers Solidarity booklet, from HERE. "This is a book about the history of anarchism. It is a history of nearly 120 years of unbroken workers struggle. It is a history of sacrifice and bravery by ordinary people fighting for … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, [1998] 2019, “Breaking the Chains: A History of Anarchism”
[RESEARCH REPORT] van der Walt, Bolsmann, Johnson and Martin, 2002, “The Outsourced University: A Survey of the Rise of Support Service Outsourcing in Public Sector Higher Education in South Africa…”, SWOP Research Report 11
Lucien van der Walt, Chris Bolsmann, Bernadette Johnson and Lindsey Martin, 2002, The Outsourced University: A Survey of the Rise of Support Service Outsourcing in Public Sector Higher Education in South Africa, and its effects on workers and trade unions, 1994-2001, Sociology of Work Unit (SWOP, now Society, Work and Development Institute), University of the … Continue reading [RESEARCH REPORT] van der Walt, Bolsmann, Johnson and Martin, 2002, “The Outsourced University: A Survey of the Rise of Support Service Outsourcing in Public Sector Higher Education in South Africa…”, SWOP Research Report 11
[SHORT] Bolsmann, Johnson, Martin and van der Walt, 2002, “The Effects of Support Service Outsourcing on Workers and Trade Unions in Public Universities in South Africa”
Chris Bolsmann, Bernadette Johnson, Lindsey Martin and Lucien van der Walt, 2002, "The Effects of Support Service Outsourcing on Workers and Trade Unions in Public Universities in South Africa," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 26, number 3, pp. 59-61. PDF of this article HERE
[SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2020, “Understanding South Africa’s Incomplete Liberation: An Anarchist/ Syndicalist Analysis”
Lucien van der Walt, 2020, "Understanding South Africa’s Incomplete Liberation: An Anarchist/ Syndicalist Analysis," ASR/ Anarcho-Syndicalist Review, number 80, pp. 11-16. PDF of this article HERE, text below UNDERSTANDING SOUTH AFRICA'S INCOMPLETE LIBERATION: AN ANARCHIST/SYNDICALIST ANALYSIS BY LUCIEN VAN DER WALT Input at Makhanda, South Africa, one-day workshop: "An Alternative for a World in … Continue reading [SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2020, “Understanding South Africa’s Incomplete Liberation: An Anarchist/ Syndicalist Analysis”
[TALK] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Alternatives from the Ground Up: Anarchism/Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, Alternatives from the Ground Up: Anarchism/ Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Zabalaza Books, Johannesburg, from HERE. This is a booklet (text below) published by Zabalaza Books in South Africa, HERE. It is based on a paper given at a political "Globalisation School" in Cape Town, for a … Continue reading [TALK] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Alternatives from the Ground Up: Anarchism/Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa”
[SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “The State, Accumulation and Class Formation after Apartheid”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “The State, Accumulation and Class Formation after Apartheid” in John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State, Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU), Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, pp. 62-68. PDF of this article HERE, and the whole book HERE, … Continue reading [SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “The State, Accumulation and Class Formation after Apartheid”
COLLECTION: John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2019, “Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State”
John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2019, Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State, Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU), Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa. Free for download, and sharing, published under copy-left. PDF of collection HERE, mirrored from HERE. What are the routes for societal transformation? What are the … Continue reading COLLECTION: John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2019, “Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State”
[SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Overview of Theories of the State”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Overview of Theories of the State,” in John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.) , Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State, Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU), Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, pp. 13-23. PDF of this article HERE, and the whole book HERE, mirrored … Continue reading [SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Overview of Theories of the State”
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