Lucien van der Walt, 2019, "Introduction to the 1994 South African Edition (revised)," Alfredo Bonanno, Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle, Zabalaza Books, Johannesburg, third South African edition, pp. 4-6, from HERE. This pamphlet represents an attempt to develop an anarchist internationalist stance on the ever present and ever controversial issue of the national liberation struggle (NLS), … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Introduction to the 1994 South African Edition (revised),” to Alfredo Bonanno, “Anarchism and the National Liberation Struggle”
Category: Anarchism/ syndicalism
Materials on anarchist and syndicalist history, ideas, critiques and strategy
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Reverse the Drive to Privatise: Fighting Neo-liberalism in South African Higher Education”
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, Reverse the Drive to Privatise: Fighting Neo-liberalism in South African Higher Education, Zabalaza Books, Durban, Johannesburg. Introducing the text: This was a long pamphlet from an anarchist/ syndicalist perspective that located the post-apartheid neo-liberal reforms and attacks on workers in state universities in South Africa within a larger context: the neo-liberal … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Reverse the Drive to Privatise: Fighting Neo-liberalism in South African Higher Education”
[SHORT] van der Walt, [2004] 2019, “On Bakunin: Introduction to the South African Edition (2004)”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “On Bakunin: Introduction to the South African Edition (2004),” in Basic Bakunin, Zabalaza Books, Durban/ Johannesburg, second South African edition, pp 3-6. HERE. This was an introduction written for the second South African edition of the 1993 British pamphlet Basic Bakunin, which was written by Colin Parker. A first South African edition … Continue reading [SHORT] van der Walt, [2004] 2019, “On Bakunin: Introduction to the South African Edition (2004)”
Lucien van der Walt, [1998] 2019, “Breaking the Chains: A History of Anarchism”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, Breaking the Chains: A History of Anarchism, Zabalaza Books, Johannesburg, reprint of 1998 Workers Solidarity booklet, from HERE. "This is a book about the history of anarchism. It is a history of nearly 120 years of unbroken workers struggle. It is a history of sacrifice and bravery by ordinary people fighting for … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, [1998] 2019, “Breaking the Chains: A History of Anarchism”
[SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2020, “Understanding South Africa’s Incomplete Liberation: An Anarchist/ Syndicalist Analysis”
Lucien van der Walt, 2020, "Understanding South Africa’s Incomplete Liberation: An Anarchist/ Syndicalist Analysis," ASR/ Anarcho-Syndicalist Review, number 80, pp. 11-16. PDF of this article HERE, text below UNDERSTANDING SOUTH AFRICA'S INCOMPLETE LIBERATION: AN ANARCHIST/SYNDICALIST ANALYSIS BY LUCIEN VAN DER WALT Input at Makhanda, South Africa, one-day workshop: "An Alternative for a World in … Continue reading [SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2020, “Understanding South Africa’s Incomplete Liberation: An Anarchist/ Syndicalist Analysis”
[TALK] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Alternatives from the Ground Up: Anarchism/Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, Alternatives from the Ground Up: Anarchism/ Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Zabalaza Books, Johannesburg, from HERE. This is a booklet (text below) published by Zabalaza Books in South Africa, HERE. It is based on a paper given at a political "Globalisation School" in Cape Town, for a … Continue reading [TALK] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Alternatives from the Ground Up: Anarchism/Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa”
[SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Overview of Theories of the State”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Overview of Theories of the State,” in John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.) , Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State, Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU), Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, pp. 13-23. PDF of this article HERE, and the whole book HERE, mirrored … Continue reading [SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Overview of Theories of the State”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Erneuerung und Reform der Arbeiterbewegung: Ein Plädoyer für den Anarcho-Syndikalismus”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, "Erneuerung Und Reform Der Arbeiterbewegung: Ein Plädoyer für den Anarcho-Syndikalismus," Direkte Aktion, 18 October. From here, translation from here. Erneuerung und Reform der Arbeiterbewegung: Ein Plädoyer für den Anarcho-Syndikalismus Von: Lucien van der Walt - 18. Oktober 2019 Danke für die Einladung zu diesem Panel [1], zusammen mit der Genossin Hilary Wainwright, einer Schlüsselfigur … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Erneuerung und Reform der Arbeiterbewegung: Ein Plädoyer für den Anarcho-Syndikalismus”
[SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Modes of Politics at a Distance from the State”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Modes of Politics at a Distance from the State,” in John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State, Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU), Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, pp. 44-50. PDF of this article HERE, and the whole … Continue reading [SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Modes of Politics at a Distance from the State”
[JOURNAL]: Maisiri, Nyalungu, 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 … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Maisiri, Nyalungu, van der Walt, 2020, “Anarchist/ Syndicalist and Independent Marxist Intersections in Post-apartheid Struggles, South Africa: The WSF/ ZACF current in Gauteng, 1990s-2010s”
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Aspects de l’histoire de l’anarchisme et du syndicalisme révolutionnaire en Afrique du Sud, des années 1880 aux années 1920”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, "Aspects de l’histoire de l’anarchisme et du syndicalisme révolutionnaire en Afrique du Sud, des années 1880 aux années 1920," Actuel Marx, 2019/2 (no 66), pp. 44-63. Get the PDF of print version here
[SHORT]: Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Rebuilding Links between Unions and Co-operatives for Counter-Power”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, "Rebuilding Links between Unions and Co-operatives for Counter-Power," Amandla, numbers 67/68, pp. 28-29 Get the PDF of print version here **Based on a talk in Tanzania on union strategy. High unemployment, together with stunning failures by both private and state sectors to provide basic services, have helped reignite interest in forming … Continue reading [SHORT]: Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Rebuilding Links between Unions and Co-operatives for Counter-Power”
[REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Thibedi, T.W. (1888-1960),” International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest`
Lucien van der Walt, 2009, "Thibedi, T.W. (1888-1960)," International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest, Blackwell, New York, online edition. Get the PDF of print version here
[REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Sigamoney, Bernard L.E. (1888-1963),” International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest
Lucien van der Walt, 2009, "Sigamoney, Bernard L.E. (1888-1963)," International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest, Blackwell, New York, p. 3034. Get the PDF of print version here
[REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009,”Gomas, Johnny (1901-1979),” International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest
Lucien van der Walt, 2009,"Gomas, Johnny (1901-1979)," International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest, Blackwell, New York, pp. 1414-1415. Get the PDF of print version here
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