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)
Category: Africa (other)
Articles dealing with in some way African countries besides South Africa incl. Algeria, Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe…
[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)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “Zambia: Workers and Poor under Attack”
Lucien van der Walt, 1998, "Zambia: Workers and Poor under Attack," Workers Solidarity, volume 4, number 1, pp. 8-9. PDF HERE
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Zimbabwe: Time for an End to the Electoral Road”
Lucien van der Walt, 2005, "Zimbabwe: Time for an End to the Electoral Road," Zabalaza: A Southern African Journal of revolutionary anarchism, number 6, pp. 13-14. Get the PDF here ZIMBABWE: TIME FOR AN END TO THE ELECTORAL ROAD The April 2004 elections pose tough questions for the MDC, ZCTU. The choices made now will have … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Zimbabwe: Time for an End to the Electoral Road”
[CONFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “South African Capital and Power in SADC: Neo-liberalism and ‘small’ imperialism”
Get the PDF here Lucien van der Walt, 2000, "South African Capital and Power in SADC: Neo-liberalism and "small" imperialism," paper presented at Comparing and Connecting Labour in Southern Africa/ Workshop for Comparative Labour Studies, Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit (now University of Johannesburg), 28-29 October. Lucien van der Walt[1] The issue of South African neo-liberalism in relation … Continue reading [CONFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “South African Capital and Power in SADC: Neo-liberalism and ‘small’ imperialism”
Bonner, Hyslop & van der Walt, 2016, “Rethinking Worlds of Labour: Southern African Labour History in International context,” in Eckert (ed.), Global Histories of Work
Philip Bonner, Jonathan Hyslop and Lucien van der Walt, 2016, "Rethinking Worlds of Labour: Southern African Labour History in International context," in Andreas Eckert (ed.), Global Histories of Work, De Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 90-122. PDF online here
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “‘Wij Willen Alles!’: Het Revolutionair Syndicalisme, de Industrial Workers of Africa en de Strijd tegen Racistich Kapitalisme in Zuid-Afrika 1915-1921,” De AS
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “‘Wij Willen Alles!’: het revolutionair syndicalisme, de Industrial Workers of Africa en de strijd tegen racistich kapitalisme in Zuid-Afrika 1915-1921,” De AS: Anarchiste Jaarboek (Netherlands), number 134/135, pp. 77-84. PDF online here and text below, thank you to Christianarchie for marking it up online Het revolutionaire syndicalisme – de strategie om een … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “‘Wij Willen Alles!’: Het Revolutionair Syndicalisme, de Industrial Workers of Africa en de Strijd tegen Racistich Kapitalisme in Zuid-Afrika 1915-1921,” De AS
[TALK] Lucien van der Walt, 3 September 2019, “Should the Anti-Capitalists Vote?” ILRIG
Lucien van der Walt, 3 September 2019, "Should the Anti-Capitalists Vote?", International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG). This is a lightly edited transcription of a talk given by Prof. Lucien van der Walt on a panel on the eve of the 2019 national elections in South Africa: the International Labour Research and Information Group … Continue reading [TALK] Lucien van der Walt, 3 September 2019, “Should the Anti-Capitalists Vote?” ILRIG
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, Beyond Decent Work: Fighting for Unions and Equality in Africa
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, Beyond Decent Work: Fighting for Unions and Equality in Africa, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin, online at FES HERE and mirroredHERE. "The International Labour Organisation’s Decent Work agenda has positive aspects, but is not feasible or desirable in the neo-liberal epoch. African labour should rather build class-based counter-power and counter-hegemony, aiming at a new system: common ownership, self-management and bottom-up … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 2019, Beyond Decent Work: Fighting for Unions and Equality in Africa
[VIDEO] Lucien van der Walt, 2018, “Beyond Decent Work: Fighting for Unions and Equality in Africa”
Beyond Decent Work: Fighting for Unions and Equality in Africa Key note speech by Prof. Lucien van der Walt, Rhodes University during the "Strategy Conference on Trade Union Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa 2018" Hosted by FES Trade Union Competence Centre Sub-Saharan Africa - TUCC and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Tanzania. A copy of the paper can be found … Continue reading [VIDEO] Lucien van der Walt, 2018, “Beyond Decent Work: Fighting for Unions and Equality in Africa”
[TALK + AUDIO]: Keynote: Lucien van der Walt, 2018, “What are we Fighting For? Possibilities for Decent Work, Unions and Rights in Africa,” Conference on Trade Union Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania
Lucien van der Walt, 2018, “What are we Fighting For? Possibilities for Decent Work, Unions and Rights in Africa,” Keynote Address, Conference on Trade Union Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ledger Plaza Bahari Beach Hotel, Kunduchi, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), 29 October-2 November. The talk, as circulated at the conference, is HERE … Continue reading [TALK + AUDIO]: Keynote: Lucien van der Walt, 2018, “What are we Fighting For? Possibilities for Decent Work, Unions and Rights in Africa,” Conference on Trade Union Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania
Lucien van der Walt, 1994, “Chimurenga! The Lessons of the Zimbabwe Liberation War”
Lucien van der Walt, 1994, “Chimurenga! The Lessons of the Zimbabwe Liberation War,” Unrest, number 1, pp. 16-17, 23. THE VICTORY OF a seemingly militant ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) in Zimbabwe’s 1980 independence elections, following a long guerrilla war (the “Chimurenga“) against White colonialism, was greeted with jubilation. Today [i.e. 1994], the hopes raised … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 1994, “Chimurenga! The Lessons of the Zimbabwe Liberation War”
[ANALYSIS] Byrne, Chinguwo, McGregor, & van der Walt, 2018,”Why May Day Matters to Malawi: History with anarchist roots”
Sian Byrne, Paliani Chinguwo, Warren McGregor, and Lucien van der Walt, 30 April 2018,"Why May Day matters to Malawi: History with anarchist roots," As it Happens News (Malawi), online at http://www.aihnews.com/why-may-day-matters-to-malawi/ troduction When we celebrate May Day we rarely reflect on why it is a public holiday in Malawi or elsewhere. Sian Byrne, Paliani … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] Byrne, Chinguwo, McGregor, & van der Walt, 2018,”Why May Day Matters to Malawi: History with anarchist roots”
[CHAPTER] van der Walt, 2018, “Préface” (to Guillaume Rey, ‘Afriques Anarchistes: Introduction à l’Histoire des Anarchismes Africains’)
Lucien van der Walt, 2018, "Préface," to Guillaume Rey, Afriques Anarchistes: Introduction à l’Histoire des Anarchismes Africains, Paris, L'Hartamann, pp. 9-26. Get the PDF here
[ANALYSIS]: Peter Cole and Lucien van der Walt, 2017, “Wobblies: A New History of a Radical Union that Profoundly Impacted Southern African Politics”
Peter Cole and Lucien van der Walt, 21 October 2017, "Wobblies: A New History of a Radical Union that Profoundly Impacted Southern African Politics," Africa Is A Country SOURCE: http://africasacountry.com/2017/10/wobblies-a-new-history-of-a-radical-union-that-profoundly-impacted-southern-african-politics/ In the early 20th century, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) organized on every continent and dozens of countries, including in southern Africa. It … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Peter Cole and Lucien van der Walt, 2017, “Wobblies: A New History of a Radical Union that Profoundly Impacted Southern African Politics”
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