Lucien van der Walt, 2017, “Renewal and Crisis in South African Labour Today: Towards Transformation or Stagnation, Bureaucracy or Self-Activity?” Pambazuka News, volume 436, number 1, online here . eNCA/Sethembiso Lucien van der Walt Jan 26, 2017 South African unions are large but fragmented, substantial but politically weak. They represent different political traditions and all … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2017, “Renewal and crisis in South African labour today: Towards transformation or stagnation, bureaucracy or self-activity?”
Category: From 2010+
Published or produced or presented or circulated in the 2010s
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2016, “Why Workers’ Education? Why Trade Unions and What’s Next?”
Lucien van der Walt, 2016, "Why Workers’ Education? Why trade unions and what’s next?," South African Labour Bulletin, 40 (5): 46-48. p.46 WHY WORKERS' EDUCATION? WHY TRADE UNIONS AND WHAT'S NEXT? In these grim times, both globally and locally, it is important to reaffirm the centrality of workers’ education, and the need for a strong … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2016, “Why Workers’ Education? Why Trade Unions and What’s Next?”
[Briefing for UPM]: Lucien van der Walt, “One Year after the 2015 Grahamstown Riots against Foreign Traders: Attacks Hurt Working Class and Poor, Only Capitalists and Politicians Benefit”
Lucien van der Walt, 2016, "One Year After the 2015 Grahamstown Riots against Foreign Traders: Attacks Hurt Working Class and Poor, Only Capitalists and Politicians Benefit, Anarkismo, 15 December. Text commissioned by Unemployed People’s Movement, Grahamstown, October 2015. Edited version, November 2016, published December 2016. A year ago, starting 20 October 2015, around 75 small shops were … Continue reading [Briefing for UPM]: Lucien van der Walt, “One Year after the 2015 Grahamstown Riots against Foreign Traders: Attacks Hurt Working Class and Poor, Only Capitalists and Politicians Benefit”
[JOURNAL]: van der Walt, 2016, “Alternatives from the Ground Up: Globalization School Input on Anarchism/Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa” (WorkingUSA: Journal of Labour and Society)
Lucien van der Walt, 2016, "Alternatives from the Ground Up: Globalization School Input on Anarchism/ Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa" Get the PDF here p. 251 ABSTRACT: This commentary, an input at a Globalization School debate in Cape Town, engages current labor and Left debates on building alternatives, drawing on … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: van der Walt, 2016, “Alternatives from the Ground Up: Globalization School Input on Anarchism/Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa” (WorkingUSA: Journal of Labour and Society)
[WORKSHOP]: With comrades at the 2016 ‘Vuyisile Mini’ Winter School, Eastern Cape
With comrades on the 16 July 2016, last day of the Vuyisile Mini Winter School on "Labour and Social Policy," organised by the Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit, and the Institute for Social and Eocnomic Research, at Rhodes University, Grahamstown.
[PHOTO]: With comrades at the NUMSA-Wits graduates colloquium
With comrades at the 8 October 2016 colloquium of graduates from the National Union of Metalworkers of South Afeica (NUMSA)-University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) "Social Theory and Research" programme. This ran from 2010-2015, and will be followed by similar initiatives in 2017.
[WORKSHOP]: With Oupa Lehulere at Global Labour University school – plenary on “Racial Capitalism” & “Workers’ Movements” in South Africa
With Oupa Lehulere on plenary on "Racial Capitalism" & "Workers' Movements" in South Africa. At Global Labour University’s almuni Summer School for unionists, 2 October 2016, Bronkhorstspruit.
[WORKSHOP]: July 2016 Vuyisile Mini Winter School in Makhanda/ Grahamstown
I participated as a facilitator on worker education at the July 2016 Vuyisile Mini Winter School in Grahamstown/ Makhanda. The School's theme was "Labour and Social Policy," and it was organised by the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) and the Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU), Rhodes University. There is a photo of … Continue reading [WORKSHOP]: July 2016 Vuyisile Mini Winter School in Makhanda/ Grahamstown
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2016, “Πώς ο ιμπεριαλισμός και η μετααποικιακή άρχουσα τάξη καταλήστευσαν την Αφρική: Η ταξική πάλη και η αναρχοκομμουνιστική λύση”
Πώς ο ιμπεριαλισμός και η μετααποικιακή άρχουσα τάξη καταλήστευσαν την Αφρική: Η ταξική πάλη και η αναρχοκομμουνιστική λύση From the Greek anarchist street paper Apatris, number 34, 2016 here *This is a translation of Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “How Imperialism and Postcolonial Elites have Plundered Africa: And the Class Struggle, Anarchist-Communist Solution,” Tokologo, numbers … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2016, “Πώς ο ιμπεριαλισμός και η μετααποικιακή άρχουσα τάξη καταλήστευσαν την Αφρική: Η ταξική πάλη και η αναρχοκομμουνιστική λύση”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Ενάντια στον ιμπεριαλισμό – Με την εργατική τάξη”
Ενάντια στον ιμπεριαλισμό - Με την εργατική τάξηTrans. of [Statement, 2015] Lucien van der Walt, “With the Working Class, Against Imperialism and Terror Attacks,” which can be found here and here. Με την εργατική τάξη, ενάντια στον ιμπεριαλισμό και τις τρομοκρατικές επιθέσεις Η πολιτική θα πρέπει να προσεγγιστεί με έναν απλό κανόνα: αποτελεί μια δράση … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Ενάντια στον ιμπεριαλισμό – Με την εργατική τάξη”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Come L’imperialismo e le Classi Dirigenti Postcoloniali Hanno Saccheggiato l’Africa: La Lotta di Classe ed il Comunismo Anarchico come Soluzione”
Come L'imperialismo e le Classi Dirigenti Postcoloniali Hanno Saccheggiato l'Africa: La Lotta di Classe ed il Comunismo Anarchico come Soluzione Trans. from Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “How Imperialism and Postcolonial Elites have Plundered Africa: And the Class Struggle, Anarchist-Communist Solution,” Tokologo, numbers 5/6, pp. 17-19, which is here Più o meno 50 anni fa … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Come L’imperialismo e le Classi Dirigenti Postcoloniali Hanno Saccheggiato l’Africa: La Lotta di Classe ed il Comunismo Anarchico come Soluzione”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Imperial Wars, Imperialism and the Losers: A Critique of Certain ‘Labour Aristocracy’ Theories” (Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism)
Lucien van der Walt, 2015, "Imperial Wars, Imperialism and the Losers: A Critique of Certain ‘Labour Aristocracy’ Theories," Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism, number 14, pp. 26-28. Also here Get the PDF here. Text below. As the 100th anniversary of the outbreak in August 1914 of World War One fades, let … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Imperial Wars, Imperialism and the Losers: A Critique of Certain ‘Labour Aristocracy’ Theories” (Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism)
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Αυτοκρατορικοί πόλεμοι – ιμπεριαλισμός”
Αυτοκρατορικοί πόλεμοι - ιμπεριαλισμός - Μια κριτική στις συγκεκριμένες θεωρίες περί Trans. of Lucien van der Walt, 2015, "Imperial Wars, Imperialism and the Losers: A Critique of Certain ‘Labour Aristocracy’ Theories," Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism, number 14, pp. 26-28, which is here. Ο ιμπεριαλισμός, όπως εκφράζεται είτε από τις μεγάλες Δυτικές … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Αυτοκρατορικοί πόλεμοι – ιμπεριαλισμός”
[TRANSLATION] Lucien van der Walt, 2016, “Bill Andrews ed i Sindacalisti Rivoluzionari in Sud Africa”
Lucien van der Walt, 2016, "Bill Andrews ed i Sindacalisti Rivoluzionari in Sud Africa" From: http://www.anarkismo.net/article/29211#comment16268 Trans. of Lucien van der Walt, 2016, "Bill Andrews and South Africa’s Revolutionary Syndicalists," Tokologo: Newsletter del Tokologo African Anarchist Collective, numbers 5/6, p. 24 Oggi, W. H. "Bill" Andrews (1870- 1950) viene solitamente ricordato come fondatore e dirigente … Continue reading [TRANSLATION] Lucien van der Walt, 2016, “Bill Andrews ed i Sindacalisti Rivoluzionari in Sud Africa”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Dal Salario di Esistenza al Contropotere della Classe Lavoratrice”
Dal Salario di Esistenza al Contropotere della Classe Lavoratrice Trans. of Lucien van der Walt, 2015, South African Labour Bulletin, volume 39, number 2, pp 35-39 From here Pur facendo parte della lotta, il salario di esistenza in sè non dovrebbe esserne il fine, bensì dovrebbe essere collegato alla più ampia lotta della classe lavoratrice … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Dal Salario di Esistenza al Contropotere della Classe Lavoratrice”
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