Greek translation of Lucien van der Walt, 2001, "Revolutionary Anarchism and the Anti-Globalization Movement,” Red and Black Revolution: a magazine of libertarian communism, number 5, 2001, which can be read here. Lucien van der Walt Επαναστ. Αναρχισμός και αντιπαγκοσμιοποίηση: Ενότητα, καθαρότητα, αφοσίωση, ενάντια σε ένα μεγά Ο Επαναστατικός Αναρχισμός και το κίνημα της αντιπαγκοσμιοποίησης Ειδικές … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Επαναστ. Αναρχισμός και αντιπαγκοσμιοποίηση: Ενότητα, καθαρότητα, αφοσίωση, ενάντια σε ένα μεγά”
Category: Anarchism/ syndicalism
Materials on anarchist and syndicalist history, ideas, critiques and strategy
[TRANSLATION] : Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Internazionalismo ed antimperialismo dal basso”
Italian translation of German article, Lucien van der Walt, 2012, "Internationalismus und Antiimperialismus von unten: Anarchismus und Syndikalismus in der kolonialen und postkolonialen Welt," Direkte Aktion, 209 – Jan/Feb 2012 Source: anarkismo.net here Lucien van der Walt Internazionalismo ed antimperialismo dal basso: Anarchismo ed sindacalismo nel mondo coloniale e post-coloniale Nelle regioni del mondo soggette … Continue reading [TRANSLATION] : Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Internazionalismo ed antimperialismo dal basso”
[JOURNAL]: van der Walt, 2013, “(Re)Constructing a Global Anarchist and Syndicalist Canon – a response to Robert Graham and Nathan Jun on ‘Black Flame’,”
Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “(Re)Constructing a Global Anarchist and Syndicalist Canon - a response to Robert Graham and Nathan Jun on 'Black Flame'," 'Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies,' special issue on 'Blasting the Canon,' No 1 (2013), pp. 193-203 Online PDF mirrored here from here http://anarchist-developments.org/index.php/adcs/article/view/79/92 This article defends the argument that anarchism / syndicalism … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: van der Walt, 2013, “(Re)Constructing a Global Anarchist and Syndicalist Canon – a response to Robert Graham and Nathan Jun on ‘Black Flame’,”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Wits Students Fight Fee Increases, Privatisation”
Lucien van der Walt, November 2007, "Wits Students Fight Fee Increases, Privatisation," Steeldrum: news for members of Steelworkers Local 1998, University of Toronto, vol. 7, no. 4 PDF is online here
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “History of the IWW in South Africa,” from ‘Bread and Roses’
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, "A History of the IWW in South Africa", Bread and Roses, number 7, (Britain), pp. 11-14. This short article looks at how the revolutionary syndicalist IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) influenced South African workers struggles into the 1920s. The IWW had an important influence on black as well as … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “History of the IWW in South Africa,” from ‘Bread and Roses’
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”
Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”, African Studies, volume 66, number 2/3, special issue ‘Transnational and Comparative Perspectives on Southern African Labour History’, pp. 223-251. PDF is online here In this article, I argue that the history of … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Revolutionärer Syndikalismus, Rasse und Klasse in Südafrika: die ‘International Socialist League’ und die ‘Industrial Workers of Africa’ 1915 bis 1920”, Archiv für die Geschichte des Widerstandes und der Arbeit, number 16, (Germany), pp. 213-246.
This article appeared in German in the Archiv für die Geschichte des Widerstandes und der Arbeit (AGWA), of which more can be read here. Get the PDF here It discusses South African revolutionary syndicalism, with particular reference to the International Socialist League (a syndicalist political group, later merged into the Communist Party of South Africa), … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Revolutionärer Syndikalismus, Rasse und Klasse in Südafrika: die ‘International Socialist League’ und die ‘Industrial Workers of Africa’ 1915 bis 1920”, Archiv für die Geschichte des Widerstandes und der Arbeit, number 16, (Germany), pp. 213-246.
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Perspectives on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004”
Lucien van der Walt, 2004, "Perspectives on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004," Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, volume 8 number 1, pp. 1, 14-16. Correct PDF is here This short analysis, looking at both the South African anarchist / syndicalist movement of the 1880s-1920s, and the revived movement that emerged from the 1990s, examined … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Perspectives on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004”
[JOURNAL + comments]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe: For Democracy, Against Neo-Liberalism” (4)
Lucien van der Walt, 1998, "Trade Unions in Zimbabwe: For Democracy, Against Neo-Liberalism," Capital and Class, volume 22, number 3, pp. 85-117 Get the PDF here. This paper, written around 1997 and published in 1998, provided an overview of the Zimbabwe labour movement, locating it in the country's larger political economy and history. In general, … Continue reading [JOURNAL + comments]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe: For Democracy, Against Neo-Liberalism” (4)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Against the Bourgeois University: Fighting neo-liberalism in South African higher education”
This is the English-language original of Lucien van der Walt, November 2000, "Contre l'Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l'enseignement superieur Sud Africain," Le Combat Syndicaliste, p. 13, which is here Against the Bourgeois University: Fighting neo-liberalism in South African higher education Lucien van der Walt Bikisha Media Collective Johannesburg Since early 2000, libertarian … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Against the Bourgeois University: Fighting neo-liberalism in South African higher education”
[ANALYSIS]: Tina Sizovuka& Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Alternative Needed to Nationalisation, Privatisation: Industries like South Africa’s ESKOM show Working Class deserves better”
Tina Sizovuka& Lucien van der Walt, 2013, "Alternative Needed to Nationalisation, Privatisation: Industries like South Africa’s ESKOM show Working Class deserves better," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 13 pp. 20-28 get the paginated PDF here. “To assure the labourers that they will be able to establish socialism … [through] government machinery, … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Tina Sizovuka& Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Alternative Needed to Nationalisation, Privatisation: Industries like South Africa’s ESKOM show Working Class deserves better”
[CHAPTER]: James Pendlebury& Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University”
James Pendlebury and Lucien van der Walt, 2006, "Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University," in Richard Pithouse (ed), Asinamali: university struggles in post-apartheid South Africa, Africa World Press: Trenton, NJ/ Asmara, Eritrea, pp.79-92. Get the PDF here. This paper outlines the neo-liberal restructuring of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (Wits) in the … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: James Pendlebury& Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Who Rules South Africa? An Anarchist/Syndicalist Analysis of the ANC, the Post-Apartheid Elite Pact and the Political Implications”
Lucien van der Walt, 2013, "Who Rules South Africa? An anarchist/syndicalist analysis of the ANC,the post-apartheid elite pact and the political implications," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 13, pp. 7-13 get the paginated PDF here. 2012 is the centenary of the African National Congress (ANC). The party that started out as … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Who Rules South Africa? An Anarchist/Syndicalist Analysis of the ANC, the Post-Apartheid Elite Pact and the Political Implications”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Saving Jobs in South Africa in the Crunch: ‘Engage’ or Revolt? Learning from workers in Korea and France”
This article first appeared at the international anarchist-communist, platformist and especifista news and discussion website anarkismo.net in April 2009, right here. The financial crisis was kicking in hard, neo-liberal restructuring was accelerating, and and the question was being sharply posed: how should the unions, and the working class more generally, respond? The orthodox approach in … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Saving Jobs in South Africa in the Crunch: ‘Engage’ or Revolt? Learning from workers in Korea and France”
[SPECIAL ISSUE]: Devan Pillay, Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century”
Labour, Capital and Society/ Travail, capital et société Volume 44, number 2 http://www.lcs-tcs.com/current.html Devan Pillay and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), "Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century" CONTACT: Lucien van der Walt l.vanderwalt@ru.ac.za with enquiries, or regarding copies. Paper by Pillay and … Continue reading [SPECIAL ISSUE]: Devan Pillay, Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century”
