Lucien van der Walt, Kirk Helliker, Gilton Klerck and Gorden Moyo (2025), State Capitalisms in Southern Africa: Colonial Rule, Capitalist Development, and Class Formation in Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, 1880s–2020s, 250 pp. Boston, Delft: Now Publishers. More information HERE. State Capitalisms in Southern Africa offers a groundbreaking reappraisal of Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe … Continue reading [BOOK] “State Capitalisms in Southern Africa: Colonial Rule, Capitalist Development, and Class Formation in Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, 1880s–2020s” (Lucien van der Walt, Kirk Helliker, Gilton Klerck &Gorden Moyo, 2025)
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[media] Lucien van der Walt of NALSU on eNCA for May Day 2025
(From Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU)) NALSU News: Professor Lucien van der Walt of the Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit was on eNCA for May Day 2025, which you can see HERE on the original page. Summary (but much more in the video): Unions in South Africa previously swam against the global tide, growing … Continue reading [media] Lucien van der Walt of NALSU on eNCA for May Day 2025
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2024, “The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) and the Battle to Organise across Southern Africa” [Workers World News]
Lucien van der Walt, December 2024, "The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) and the Battle to Organise across Southern Africa," Workers World News (ILRIG), number 129, p. 3. PDF is HERE.
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2024, “Zarina Patel and the story of Kenya’s labour and left movements” [‘Amandla’ magazine version]
Lucien van der Walt, 6 June 2024, "Zarina Patel and the Story of Kenya’s Labour and Left Movements," print version from Amandla magazine, number 93, July 2024, pp. 38-40. Online version, somewhat longer, is HERE. PDF is HERE
[Workshop] Lucien van der Walt (2020), “Can we mix litigation and mass‐democratic mobilisation? Critical reflections on current community‐based legal challenges in the Eastern Cape, and the lessons of the 1980s and 1990s”
Workshop input: Lucien van der Walt, 2020, "Can we Mix Litigation and Mass-Democratic Mobilisation? Critical Reflections on Current Community-Based Legal Challenges in the Eastern Cape, and the Lessons of the 1980s and 1990s," presented at workshop / summit of Eastern Cape social movements on "Participatory Budgeting," Makhanda, 30 November 2020. Workshop hosted by Unemployed Peoples … Continue reading [Workshop] Lucien van der Walt (2020), “Can we mix litigation and mass‐democratic mobilisation? Critical reflections on current community‐based legal challenges in the Eastern Cape, and the lessons of the 1980s and 1990s”
[TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, (2022), “Are Unions Still Relevant in 2022? Power, Prospects and Pitfalls,” presentation to South African Society of Bank Officials (SASBO)
Lucien van der Walt, 2022, "Are Unions Still Relevant in 2022? Power, Prospects and Pitfalls," presentation to general secretariat, South African Society of Bank Officials (SASBO - The Finance Union), SASBO House, Four Ways, Johannesburg, 6 September. The slides are HERE.
[TALK]: Lucien van der Walt (2021), “The Defence and Strengthening of Collective Bargaining in the Context of Municipal and Working-Class Crisis,” presented to SA Municipal Workers Union
Lucien van der Walt (2021), "The Defence and Strengthening of Collective Bargaining in the Context of Municipal and Working-Class Crisis," presented to SA Municipal Workers Union Collective Bargaining Conference, Sunnyside Hotel, Johannesburg, 15-16 March. PDF of talk HERE (full text follows) The Defence and Strengthening of Collective Bargaining in the Context of Municipal and Working-Class … Continue reading [TALK]: Lucien van der Walt (2021), “The Defence and Strengthening of Collective Bargaining in the Context of Municipal and Working-Class Crisis,” presented to SA Municipal Workers Union
[TALK]: 2022 – Young Workers and Unions: Prof Lucien van der Walt, NALSU, and Dr Alex Mashilo, SACP, Address SAMWU Young Workers
Workshop input: Lucien van der Walt, 2022, "Positioning Young Workers for their Rightful Place in the Economy, Politics, Labour," presented at South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) Young Workers workshop/ panel, online, 28 June. My slides are available HERE. A video of the whole event can be found HERE (Facebook). Report on event, via Neil … Continue reading [TALK]: 2022 – Young Workers and Unions: Prof Lucien van der Walt, NALSU, and Dr Alex Mashilo, SACP, Address SAMWU Young Workers
[BOOK] “Labour Struggles in Southern Africa 1919-1949: New Perspectives on the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU)” (David Johnson, Noor Nieftagodien & Lucien van der Walt, 2022)
David Johnson, Noor Nieftagodien and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2022, Labour Struggles in Southern Africa 1919-1949: New Perspectives on the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU), Cape Town: HSRC Press, 308pp. Materials from the publisher are HERE. Introduction (David Johnson, Noor Nieftagodien and Lucien van der Walt) Section A: The ICU in Southern Africa … Continue reading [BOOK] “Labour Struggles in Southern Africa 1919-1949: New Perspectives on the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU)” (David Johnson, Noor Nieftagodien & Lucien van der Walt, 2022)
[BOOK] “Politics at a Distance from the State: Radical and African Perspectives” (Kirk Helliker & Lucien van der Walt, eds., 2022, paperback)
Kirk Helliker and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2022, Politics at a Distance from the State: Radical and African Perspectives, Oakland: PM Press, 172pp. Publisher information on book HERE. Description For decades, most anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movements identified radical transformation with capturing state power. The collapse of these statist projects from the 1970s led to … Continue reading [BOOK] “Politics at a Distance from the State: Radical and African Perspectives” (Kirk Helliker & Lucien van der Walt, eds., 2022, paperback)
[WORKSHOP] Lucien van der Walt, 2020, “The Working Class and the Crisis: Mapping a Long March,” Labour Community Media Forums
Lucien van der Walt, 2020, “The Working Class and the Crisis: Mapping a Long March,” Labour Community Media Forums EC Provincial Workshop Programme, Noluthando Hall, Joza, Makhanda, 22 October. `
[WORKSHOP]: Lucien van der Walt, 2020, “Working Class Heritage: The Creation of the Working Class and its Struggles in South Africa,” Sundays River Valley Farm Workers Forum
Workshop input: Lucien van der Walt, 2020, "Working Class Heritage: The Creation of the Working Class and its Struggles in South Africa" Heritage Day event, Sundays River Valley Farm Workers Forum, Masizakhe Community Hall, Nomathamsanqa township, Addo, Eastern Cape, 26 September.
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2020, “Building the Union for the Future: Linking Bottom-up Workers Education to Union Revitalisation”
Lucien van der Walt (2020), "Building the Union for the Future: Linking Bottom-up Workers Education to Union Revitalisation," Amandla, number 71/ 72, pp. 32-34 PDF of this article HERE This article is based on a plenary talk at the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, Ilorin, Nigeria, in November 2019. DISCUSSIONS OF UNION education and … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2020, “Building the Union for the Future: Linking Bottom-up Workers Education to Union Revitalisation”
[CHAPTER]: van der Walt & Moussouris (2020), “Anarcho-syndicalism and Union Education in South Africa: A Critical Evaluation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Tradition”
Lucien van der Walt and Mandy Moussouris (2020), “Anarcho-syndicalism and Union Education in South Africa: A Critical Evaluation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Tradition,” in Linda Cooper and Sheri Hamilton (eds.), Renewing Workers’ Education: Towards a Radical, Alternative Vision, HSRC Press: Cape Town, pp. 199-214. PDF of this chapter HERE
[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”
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