Unfashionable truths are still truths. Cuba is a state-capitalist dictatorship, even today despite shifts to neo-liberalism; Che Guevara helped establish that regime, and played a key role in its early crackdowns on opponents. His forthright opposition to US imperialism was commendable, and accounts for much of his reputation. He has, of course, also been … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “‘The Tradition of All the Dead Generations’: Some Critical Notes on Che Guevara and the Cuban Mirage”
Category: From 2000+
Published or produced or presented or circulated in the 2000s
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, Chris Bolsmann, Bernadette Johnson, & Lindsey Martin, 2003, “Globalisation, the Market University and Support Service Outsourcing in South Africa: class struggle, convergence and difference, 1994-2001”
van der Walt, Lucien (and Chris Bolsmann, Bernadette Johnson, and Lindsey Martin), (2003), "Globalisation, the Market University and Support Service Outsourcing in South Africa: class struggle, convergence and difference, 1994-2001," Society in Transition, volume 34, number 2 PDF is now online here ABSTRACT: 'Globalisation' is all too often understood m a monolithic process that produces … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, Chris Bolsmann, Bernadette Johnson, & Lindsey Martin, 2003, “Globalisation, the Market University and Support Service Outsourcing in South Africa: class struggle, convergence and difference, 1994-2001”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “GEAR versus Social Security”
Lucien van der Walt, Lucien, 2000, "GEAR versus Social Security," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 24, number 5 Get the PDF here
[SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, 2003, “University Restructuring: whose gain, whose pain, whose transformation?” presentation to COMSA union
van der Walt, Lucien, (2003), "University Restructuring: whose gain, whose pain, whose transformation?" presentation to Combined Staff Association, University of Durban-Westville, 2 July 2003 This was a talk to the militant, independent union COMSA, based at the then-University of Durban-Westville. PDF online here
[REVIEW ESSAY]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “‘Fix It or Nix It?’ The anti-globalisation movement – review of J. Brecher, T. Costello and B. Smith, 2000, ‘Globalisation from Below: the power of solidarity'”
van der Walt, Lucien, (2001), "'Fix It or Nix It? The anti-globalisation movement [Review of J. Brecher, T. Costello and B. Smith, 2000, Globalisation from Below: the power of solidarity]," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 25, number 5 PDF online here
[INTERVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Subcontracting is Just a Ploy to Woo Votes”
‘Subcontracting is just a ploy to woo votes’Vuvuzela, 27 February 2009Masibulele Yaso reportsThe ANC’s policy on outsourcing and subcontracting is ‘just a ploy to woo voters’, according to sociologist and lecturer in the Sociology Department, Dr Lucien van der Walt. Van der Walt told Vuvuzela that ‘because of the election mood’, the ANC would … Continue reading [INTERVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Subcontracting is Just a Ploy to Woo Votes”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “The South African Elections, Neo-Liberalism and Working Class Strategy”
Previously published at anarkismo.net, 23 April 2009 The renewed Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) support for the ruling nationalist African National Congress (ANC) has seen the unions dedicate organisers over the last few weeks to ensuring an “overwhelming” ANC victory in the national elections on the 22 April 2009. How valid is such … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “The South African Elections, Neo-Liberalism and Working Class Strategy”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “The 2010 World Cup, the Neo-liberal Agenda and the Class Struggle in South Africa”
Lucien van der Walt, 2008, "The 2010 World Cup, the Neo-liberal Agenda and the Class Struggle in South Africa" Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism, number 8, pp. 8-9. Get the PDF here The 2010 World Cup is part and parcel of the neo-liberal restructuring of SA capitalism. It is also, however, a major … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “The 2010 World Cup, the Neo-liberal Agenda and the Class Struggle in South Africa”
[ARTICLE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “ASGISA: a working class critique”
Previous published in Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism #8, February 2008 Get the PDF here The announcement of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative – South Africa (Asgisa) in 2006 has been met with some enthusiasm in left and labour circles. There is, however, very little to be excited about. The SA … Continue reading [ARTICLE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “ASGISA: a working class critique”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “BEE-llionnaires in Mbeki-stan: BEE debate shows nature of post-apartheid SA, and limits of ‘left’ critique”
Lucien van der Walt, 2005, "BEE-llionnaires in Mbeki-stan: BEE debate shows nature of post- apartheid SA, and limits of 'left' critique," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, number 7. Get the PDF here Recent debates in the press around the issue of “Black Economic Empowerment,” or BEE, bring key features of the post-apartheid … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “BEE-llionnaires in Mbeki-stan: BEE debate shows nature of post-apartheid SA, and limits of ‘left’ critique”
[TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Rethinking welfare, building the working class movement”
Presented at the NALEDI OPEN FORUM, 10th -11th November 2005 Venue : Parktonian Hotel, Cnr. Rissik and De Korte Street, Braamfontein Social Policy and Development section PDF available here [FIXED BROKEN LINK]. Rejecting technocratic modes of policy intervention by labour's experts, this paper argues for a model of “policy-from-below”, based in mass campaigns that … Continue reading [TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Rethinking welfare, building the working class movement”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “The Political Significance of NEPAD: a homegrown recipe for neo-liberalism”
Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “The Political Significance of NEPAD”, Zabalaza: a southern African journal of revolutionary anarchism, number 5. Get the Zabalaza PDF here Reprinted as Lucien van der Walt, 2003/2004, "NEPAD: New Partnership for Africa's Exploitation" in Anarcho-syndicalist Review, #38. Get the ASR PDF here The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), adopted … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “The Political Significance of NEPAD: a homegrown recipe for neo-liberalism”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, David Mokoena& Sakhile Shange, 2001, “Cleaned Out: outsourcing at Wits University”
Previously published in the South African Labour Bulletin, volume 25, number 4, August 2001 PDF is online here Lucien van der Walt, David Mokoena and Sakhile Shange consider the consequences of the retrenchments at Wits University, South Africa, in 2000 and their link to neo-liberal anti-working class restructuring On 2 July 2001, Norma Reid … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, David Mokoena& Sakhile Shange, 2001, “Cleaned Out: outsourcing at Wits University”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Revolutionary Anarchism and the Anti-Globalization Movement”
Previously published in Red and Black Revolution: a magazine of libertarian communism, number 5, 2001 Original PDF is online here In the wake of the Seattle riots of 1999, Lucien van der Walt explains how he thinks anarchists should relate to the burgeoning anti-globalisation movement. Riot police battling youth. Armed forces locking down … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Revolutionary Anarchism and the Anti-Globalization Movement”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “The Neo-Liberal Agenda: GEAR versus the working class”
Previously published in Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, #1, April 2001 PDF is online here Underlying the government's drive to privatise is the neo-liberal GEAR programme. This is a macro-economic policy adopted by the government in mid-1996. GEAR argues that the capitalist class is the engine of reconstruction and development in South … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “The Neo-Liberal Agenda: GEAR versus the working class”
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