Lucien van der Walt, November 2007, "Wits Students Fight Fee Increases, Privatisation," Steeldrum: news for members of Steelworkers Local 1998, University of Toronto, vol. 7, no. 4 PDF is online here
Category: From 2000+
Published or produced or presented or circulated in the 2000s
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “History of the IWW in South Africa,” from ‘Bread and Roses’
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, "A History of the IWW in South Africa", Bread and Roses, number 7, (Britain), pp. 11-14. This short article looks at how the revolutionary syndicalist IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) influenced South African workers struggles into the 1920s. The IWW had an important influence on black as well as … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “History of the IWW in South Africa,” from ‘Bread and Roses’
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”
Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”, African Studies, volume 66, number 2/3, special issue ‘Transnational and Comparative Perspectives on Southern African Labour History’, pp. 223-251. PDF is online here In this article, I argue that the history of … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Revolutionärer Syndikalismus, Rasse und Klasse in Südafrika: die ‘International Socialist League’ und die ‘Industrial Workers of Africa’ 1915 bis 1920”, Archiv für die Geschichte des Widerstandes und der Arbeit, number 16, (Germany), pp. 213-246.
This article appeared in German in the Archiv für die Geschichte des Widerstandes und der Arbeit (AGWA), of which more can be read here. Get the PDF here It discusses South African revolutionary syndicalism, with particular reference to the International Socialist League (a syndicalist political group, later merged into the Communist Party of South Africa), … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Revolutionärer Syndikalismus, Rasse und Klasse in Südafrika: die ‘International Socialist League’ und die ‘Industrial Workers of Africa’ 1915 bis 1920”, Archiv für die Geschichte des Widerstandes und der Arbeit, number 16, (Germany), pp. 213-246.
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Perspectives on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004”
Lucien van der Walt, 2004, "Perspectives on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004," Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, volume 8 number 1, pp. 1, 14-16. Correct PDF is here This short analysis, looking at both the South African anarchist / syndicalist movement of the 1880s-1920s, and the revived movement that emerged from the 1990s, examined … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Perspectives on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004”
[CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “Zyklen der Akkumulation – Zyklen des Klassenkampfes. Zum Verhältnis von Apartheid, Arbeit und Befreiung in Südafrika”
Lucien van der Walt, 2008, "Zyklen der Akkumulation - Zyklen des Klassenkampfes. Zum Verhältnis von Apartheid, Arbeit und Befreiung in Südafrika", Holger Marcks and Matthias Seiffert (Hg.), Die großen Streiks: Episoden aus dem Klassenkampf, Unrast-Bücher der Kritik, Münster, pp. 160-164. PDF is here.
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Against the Bourgeois University: Fighting neo-liberalism in South African higher education”
This is the English-language original of Lucien van der Walt, November 2000, "Contre l'Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l'enseignement superieur Sud Africain," Le Combat Syndicaliste, p. 13, which is here Against the Bourgeois University: Fighting neo-liberalism in South African higher education Lucien van der Walt Bikisha Media Collective Johannesburg Since early 2000, libertarian … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Against the Bourgeois University: Fighting neo-liberalism in South African higher education”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Contre l’Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l’enseignement superieur Sud Africain”
This article, written during the struggle against the neo-liberal, union-busting "Wits 2001" programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, appeared in the November 2000 issue of Le Combat Syndicaliste, published by the CNT-Vignolles (and who translated it, too) Lucien van der Walt, November 2000, "Contre l'Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l'enseignement superieur Sud Africain," … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Contre l’Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l’enseignement superieur Sud Africain”
[CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Labour in South Africa: a sleeping giant?”, in Immanuel Ness, Amy Offner and Chris Sturr, (eds.), ‘Real World Labor,’ Dollars and Sense Collective, Boston
Lucien van der Walt, 2009, "Labour in South Africa: a sleeping giant?", in Immanuel Ness, Amy Offner and Chris Sturr, (eds.), Real World Labor, Dollars and Sense Collective, Boston, pp. 105-112. This chapter provides a brief overview of the union movement in South Africa, black and white, its achievements and its challenges.This includes a discussion … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Labour in South Africa: a sleeping giant?”, in Immanuel Ness, Amy Offner and Chris Sturr, (eds.), ‘Real World Labor,’ Dollars and Sense Collective, Boston
[CHAPTER]: James Pendlebury& Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University”
James Pendlebury and Lucien van der Walt, 2006, "Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University," in Richard Pithouse (ed), Asinamali: university struggles in post-apartheid South Africa, Africa World Press: Trenton, NJ/ Asmara, Eritrea, pp.79-92. Get the PDF here. This paper outlines the neo-liberal restructuring of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (Wits) in the … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: James Pendlebury& Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University”
[RESEARCH REPORT]: Adler, Bezuidenhout, Buhlungu, Kenny, Omar, Ruiters, van der Walt, 2000, “The Wits University Support Services Review – A Critique”
The Wits University Support Services Review: a Critique (2000), paper prepared by Glenn Adler, Andries Bezuidenhout, Sakhela Buhlungu, Bridget Kenny, Rachmat Omar, Greg Ruiters, and Lucien van der Walt. Presented to the Council of the University of the Witwatersrand in June 2000. Get the PDF here. The document above was collectively produced by the … Continue reading [RESEARCH REPORT]: Adler, Bezuidenhout, Buhlungu, Kenny, Omar, Ruiters, van der Walt, 2000, “The Wits University Support Services Review – A Critique”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Saving Jobs in South Africa in the Crunch: ‘Engage’ or Revolt? Learning from workers in Korea and France”
This article first appeared at the international anarchist-communist, platformist and especifista news and discussion website anarkismo.net in April 2009, right here. The financial crisis was kicking in hard, neo-liberal restructuring was accelerating, and and the question was being sharply posed: how should the unions, and the working class more generally, respond? The orthodox approach in … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Saving Jobs in South Africa in the Crunch: ‘Engage’ or Revolt? Learning from workers in Korea and France”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Triumph and Tragedy of a South African Communist: Ray Simons, 1914-2004 – review of Ray Alexander Simons, 2004, ‘All my Life and All my Strength'”
van der Walt, Lucien, (2007), "Triumph and Tragedy of a South African Communist: Ray Simons, 1914-2004 [review of Ray Alexander Simons, 2004, All my Life and All my Strength]," Khanya: a journal for activists, number 13 The previous link to the review went down. The PDF is now online here (mirrors here or here). The text … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Triumph and Tragedy of a South African Communist: Ray Simons, 1914-2004 – review of Ray Alexander Simons, 2004, ‘All my Life and All my Strength'”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “80th anniversary of Kronstadt Uprising: 18 March 1921/ 18 March 2001”
A-Infos News Service, 18 March 200180 years ago, the workers' movement and rebellion at Kronstadt, near Petrograd in Russia, was bloodily suppressed by the state-capitalist regime of VI Lenin and Leon Trotsky. The article below, produced for the old Workers Solidarity (South Africa) in 1996, outlines the story. Further online references and links, including an … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “80th anniversary of Kronstadt Uprising: 18 March 1921/ 18 March 2001”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Towards a History of Anarchist Anti-imperialism: ‘In This Struggle, Only The Workers And Peasants Will Go All The Way To The End'”
First published in the Against War and Terrorism compilation (2001); besides numerous reprints in English, it has also been translated into French - here and Greek - here. PDF version from Against War and Terrorism is online here PDF version from The Peak is online here PDF version from The NorthEastern Anarchist: a magazine of class struggle theory … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Towards a History of Anarchist Anti-imperialism: ‘In This Struggle, Only The Workers And Peasants Will Go All The Way To The End'”
Lucien van der Walt 