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”
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[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”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Εξουσία – Επανάσταση – Αναρχισμός”
From http://www.anarkismo.net/article/28495 Εξουσία - Επανάσταση - Αναρχισμός Το ζήτημα της ειδικής αναρχικής πολιτικής οργάν To παρακάτω κείμενο παρουσιάζεται χωρίς τις υποσημειώσεις για την ευκολία ανάγνωσης, μιας και το κείμενο είναι αρκετά εκτενές. Οι υποσημειώσεις θα παρουσιαστούν σε μελλοντική έντυπη έκδοση του κειμένου. Στo συγκεκριμένο κείμενο ο Lucien var der walt εξετάζει περαιτέρω τα ζητήματα που … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Εξουσία – Επανάσταση – Αναρχισμός”
[ANALYSIS, 2015] Lucien van der Walt, “With the Working Class, Against Imperialism and Terror Attacks”
Published at anarkismo.net on 15 November 2015 here With The Working Class, Against Imperialism and Terror Attacks. Lucien van der Walt Politics should be approached with a simple rule: does an action help or harm the working class and poor's struggle for complete freedom? Strategic choices are determined by moral or ethical ones. More precisely: … Continue reading [ANALYSIS, 2015] Lucien van der Walt, “With the Working Class, Against Imperialism and Terror Attacks”
[JOURNAL] van der Walt, 2016, “Global Anarchism and Syndicalism: Theory, History, Resistance,” ‘Anarchist Studies’
Lucien van der Walt, 2016, "Global Anarchism and Syndicalism: Theory, History, Resistance," Anarchist Studies, volume 24, number 1, pp. 85-106 Get the PDF here. GLOBAL ANARCHISM AND SYNDICALISM: THEORY, HISTORY, RESISTANCE Lucien van der Walt ABSTRACT: The discussion below is a lightly edited transcription of a talk given by the author at the Ay Carmela, … Continue reading [JOURNAL] van der Walt, 2016, “Global Anarchism and Syndicalism: Theory, History, Resistance,” ‘Anarchist Studies’
[DEBATE/ PAPER]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999 paper, “Some Comments on the National Question From an Anarchist/ Syndicalist Perspective” (revised)
Revised version of paper prepared by Lucien van der Walt for Lesedi Socialist Study Group, Wits University, 16 May 1999 We need to distinguish between several clusters of issues: National oppression, the national question and the basis of national liberation struggles; The causes of national oppression; Nationalism as an ideology of an existing States; Nationalism … Continue reading [DEBATE/ PAPER]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999 paper, “Some Comments on the National Question From an Anarchist/ Syndicalist Perspective” (revised)
[LEAFLET #2] “Stop Retrenchments! Don’t Privatise Wits,” 2000 (for Lesedi Socialist Study Group)
This is the second of the leaflets I put together for the Lesedi Socialist Study Group at the University of the Witwatersrand, in 2000, a part of the battle to stop outsourcing. For the first leaflet and the context, see here. Click on the image for the PDF, or click here.
[LEAFLET] “Stop Bundy! Stop Retrenchments!,” 2000 (for Lesedi Socialist Study Group)
Before the battle for #insourcing was the battle to stop outsourcing ... I wrote this leaflet for the Lesedi Socialist Study Group in 2000. The LSSG was a broad left group at the University of the Witwatersrand. We were from various radical traditions, ranging from Marxism-Leninism to Trotskyism to anarchism/ syndicalism, and had a background … Continue reading [LEAFLET] “Stop Bundy! Stop Retrenchments!,” 2000 (for Lesedi Socialist Study Group)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1996, “What Anarchist-Syndicalists Believe: Understanding and Defeating Racism”
Lucien van der Walt, 1996, “What Anarchist-Syndicalists Believe: Understanding and Defeating Racism,” Workers Solidarity, volume 2, number 2, third quarter 1996. Written for an progressive magazine in South Africa, this article argued that racism needed to be understood as an immense social evil, closely linked to the development of capitalism and the modern state -- … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1996, “What Anarchist-Syndicalists Believe: Understanding and Defeating Racism”
Lucien van der Walt, 1994, “The Fire Next Time: Lessons of the Los Angeles (LA) Uprising”
I wrote this in 1994 (or somewhere there) as an introduction for a pamphlet published by the Anarchist Revolutionary Movement (ARM) group at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). The pamphlet focused on the 1992 riots in Los Angeles in the USA, which followed police brutality against people of colour. As it was an imported … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 1994, “The Fire Next Time: Lessons of the Los Angeles (LA) Uprising”
[TALK]: Message from Lucien van der Walt to the National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) 2015 graduate class at Wits University, Johannesburg, 11 March 2016
Message from Lucien van der Walt to the National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) 2015 graduate class at Wits University, Johannesburg, 11 March 2016 Dear comrades, It is with deep regret that I am not here with you in person – please know that I am here with you in heart and soul. In the face … Continue reading [TALK]: Message from Lucien van der Walt to the National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) 2015 graduate class at Wits University, Johannesburg, 11 March 2016
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