Sian Byrne, Paliani Chinguwo, Warren McGregor and Lucien van der Walt, 2015, "Why May Day matters to Botswana: A history with anarchist roots," Pambazuka News, 2015-05-06, Issue 725, online here. When we commemorate May Day we rarely reflect on why it is a public holiday in Africa or elsewhere. Sian Byrne, Paliani Chinguwo, Warren McGregor, … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Byrne, Chinguwo, McGregor & van der Walt, 2015, “Why May Day Matters to Botswana: A history with anarchist roots”
Category: Africa (other)
Articles dealing with in some way African countries besides South Africa incl. Algeria, Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe…
[AUDIO]: Lucien van der Walt, 27 November 2014, “Fighting For, but Fighting for More, than a Living Wage,” “Paying Living Wages: A Reality or Mirage?,” colloquium, Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KRC) Consortium,Nairobi, Kenya
Lucien van der Walt, 27 November 2014, "Fighting For, but Fighting for More, than a Living Wage," "Paying Living Wages: A Reality or Mirage?," colloquium, Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KRC) Consortium, Venue: Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, 27-28 November 2014. In a class-divided society, unions are essential means for improving popular conditions -- and a living … Continue reading [AUDIO]: Lucien van der Walt, 27 November 2014, “Fighting For, but Fighting for More, than a Living Wage,” “Paying Living Wages: A Reality or Mirage?,” colloquium, Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KRC) Consortium,Nairobi, Kenya
[AUDIO]: Lucien van der Walt, 28 November 2014, “The Relevance of Makhan Singh for Labour Today,” at “Paying Living Wages: A Reality or Mirage?,” colloquium, Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KRC) Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya
AUDIO: Lucien van der Walt, 28 November 2014, "The Relevance of Makhan Singh for Labour Today," at "Paying Living Wages: A Reality or Mirage?," colloquium, Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KRC) Consortium, Venue: Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, 27-28 November 2014. MAKHAN SINGH was founder of the Kenyan trade unions, and influenced by the revolutionary Ghadar Party, … Continue reading [AUDIO]: Lucien van der Walt, 28 November 2014, “The Relevance of Makhan Singh for Labour Today,” at “Paying Living Wages: A Reality or Mirage?,” colloquium, Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KRC) Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Racisme et Lutte de Classe”, Ruptures, 4
Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Racisme et Lutte de Classe”, in Ruptures, number 4, Québec City, pp. 20-24. Get the PDF here
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Afrique du Sud: La signification politique du NEPAD, une recette maison pour le néolibéralisme”
Lucien van der Walt, "Afrique du Sud:La signification politique du NEPAD, une recette maison pour le néolibéralisme," February 2004, ILS-SIL Bulletin no. 1 Afrique du Sud:La signification politique du NEPAD, une recette maison pour le néolibéralisme Texte de Lucien van der Walt Penser en terme d’Afrique, mais s’organiser localement. Le nouveau partenariat pour le développement … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Afrique du Sud: La signification politique du NEPAD, une recette maison pour le néolibéralisme”
[CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Revolutionary Syndicalism, Communism and the National Question in South African Socialism, 1886-1928”
Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Revolutionary Syndicalism, Communism and the National Question in South African Socialism, 1886-1928”, in Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), (foreword by Benedict Anderson), 2014, Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940: the praxis of national liberation, internationalism, and social revolution, Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Revolutionary Syndicalism, Communism and the National Question in South African Socialism, 1886-1928”
[CHAPTER]: Hirsch and van der Walt, 2010, “Final Reflections: the vicissitudes of anarchist and syndicalist trajectories, 1940 to the present”
Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt, 2010, “Final Reflections: the vicissitudes of anarchist and syndicalist trajectories, 1940 to the present”,in Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), (foreword by Benedict Anderson), Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940: the praxis of national liberation, internationalism, and social revolution, Brill … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: Hirsch and van der Walt, 2010, “Final Reflections: the vicissitudes of anarchist and syndicalist trajectories, 1940 to the present”
[CHAPTER]: van der Walt & Hirsch, 2010, “Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: The colonial and post-colonial experience, 1870-1940”
Lucien van der Walt and Steven J. Hirsch, 2010, “Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: the colonial and post-colonial experience, 1870-1940”, in Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), (foreword by Benedict Anderson), Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940: the praxis of national liberation, internationalism, and social revolution, Brill Academic Publishers, … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: van der Walt & Hirsch, 2010, “Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: The colonial and post-colonial experience, 1870-1940”
[JOURNAL]: van der Walt, Alexander, Bonner, Hyslop, 2009, “Introduction: Labour crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”
Peter Alexander, Philip Bonner, Jonathan Hyslop, and Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Introduction: labour crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”, African Studies, volume 68, number 1, special section on “Labour Crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”, African Studies, volume 68, number 1, pp. 79-85.PDF online here. OUTLINE: Substantive introduction to a special section of African Studies, … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: van der Walt, Alexander, Bonner, Hyslop, 2009, “Introduction: Labour crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”
[ANALYSIS]: Yushaú, Byrne, McGregor & van der Walt, “Towards a Viable Counter-Movement in Nigeria: Beyond May Day Celebrations”
Muttaqa Yusha'u, Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor and Lucien van der Walt, 20 June, 2013, "Beyond May Day Celebrations: Towards a Viable Counter-Movement in Nigeria," Daily Labour, volume 26, number 7, (Nigeria), p. 10. (Also see corrections note in Daily Labour, 15 July 2013 vol. 26 no. 8, p. 1) The PDF is here … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Yushaú, Byrne, McGregor & van der Walt, “Towards a Viable Counter-Movement in Nigeria: Beyond May Day Celebrations”
[ANALYSIS]: Chinguwo, Byrne, McGregor & van der Walt, “Why May Day matters to Malawi… History with anarchist roots”
Paliani Chinguwo, Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor and Lucien van der Walt, 1 May 2013, “Why May Day Matters to Malawi ... history with anarchist roots”, The Nation, Labour Day Supplement, (Malawi), pp. 11-12. The PDF is here Why May Day matters to Malawi …History with anarchist roots Paliani Chinguwo, Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor and Lucien … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Chinguwo, Byrne, McGregor & van der Walt, “Why May Day matters to Malawi… History with anarchist roots”
[ANALYSIS] [UNPUBLISHED]: Lucien van der Walt, ca. 1999, “Background to Zimbabwe and Structural Adjustment” (6)
The text below was written in 1999 for a proposed c0-authored (but never published, for various reasons) booklet in the Khanya College "Economic Literacy Series." It examines Zimbabwe in the 1980s and 1990s, stressing the class struggles and rebellions faced by the ZANU-PF regime of Robert Mugabe, and the regime's (these days, well known) pattern … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] [UNPUBLISHED]: Lucien van der Walt, ca. 1999, “Background to Zimbabwe and Structural Adjustment” (6)
[JOURNAL]: Devan Pillay and Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century”
Devan Pillay and Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century,” Labour, Capital and Society, volume 44, number 2, pp. 2-25 . PDF online here. On the basis of studies of workers’ struggles in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Devan Pillay and Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century”
[ANALYSIS]: Kariuki, van der Walt, 2000, “The Politics of Land – ZANU vs the MDC” (5)
Samuel Kariuki and Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “The Politics of Land - ZANU vs the MDC," Southern Africa Report, volume 15, number 4, pp. 11-15. A fifth Zimbabwean piece. Samuel Kariuki and I argued that unless the (then-) union-backed Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) developed an effective progressive programme (including pro-worker land reform), the … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Kariuki, van der Walt, 2000, “The Politics of Land – ZANU vs the MDC” (5)
[ANALYSIS]: Sakhela Buhlungu, Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Voice from Below: Zambian Workers Speak Out”
Sakhela Buhlungu and Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “The Voice from Below: Zambian Workers Speak Out," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 21, number 3, pp. 64-68 Based on interviews with workers and trade unionists and factory and mine visits in the late 1990s, a look at how Zambia's working class responded to the impact of … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Sakhela Buhlungu, Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Voice from Below: Zambian Workers Speak Out”
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