Lucien van der Walt, 19 August 2000, "In a Neoliberal World: Is Nationalisation a Route to Socialism?" (Lesedi Socialist Study Group, Wits University, Johannesburg). Get the PDF here. Text below. Is nationalisation a route to socialism? Paper by Lucien van der Walt (revised after presentation) Lesedi Socialist Study Group, Johannesburg 19 August 2000 Nationalisation – … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “In a Neoliberal World: Is Nationalisation a Route to Socialism?” (Lesedi presentation)
Category: Anarchism/ syndicalism
Materials on anarchist and syndicalist history, ideas, critiques and strategy
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Reflections on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004”, ‘Perspectives on Anarchist Theory’
Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Reflections on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004”, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, Institute for Anarchist Studies (United States), volume 8, number 1, pp. 1, 13-16. Get the PDF here. Text below. *The following article by lAS [Institute for Anarchist Studies] grant recipient Lucien van der Walt explores the … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Reflections on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004”, ‘Perspectives on Anarchist Theory’
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “How Imperialism and Postcolonial Elites have Plundered Africa: And the Class Struggle, Anarchist-Communist Solution,” in ‘Tokologo’
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. Get the PDF here. Text below. How Imperialism and Postcolonial Elites have Plundered Africa: And the Class Struggle, Anarchist-Communist Solution by LUCIEN VAN DER WALT 'Tokologo,' numbers 5/6, pp. 17-19. … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “How Imperialism and Postcolonial Elites have Plundered Africa: And the Class Struggle, Anarchist-Communist Solution,” in ‘Tokologo’
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2005/2006, “The Influence of the IWW in Southern Africa,” in ‘Anarcho-Syndicalist Review (ASR)’
Lucien van der Walt, 2005/2006, "The Influence of the IWW in Southern Africa," Anarcho-Syndicalist Review (ASR), numbers 42/3, pp. 31-38. Get the PDF online here. Text below. The IWW had an important impact on South Africa and its surrounding region in the early twentieth century. The ideas and model of the IWW were deeply … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2005/2006, “The Influence of the IWW in Southern Africa,” in ‘Anarcho-Syndicalist Review (ASR)’
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Bill Andrews and South Africa’s Revolutionary Syndicalists”, in ‘Tokologo’
Lucien van der Walt, 2015, "Bill Andrews and South Africa’s Revolutionary Syndicalists", Tokologo, numbers 5/6, p. 24. Get the PDF here. Text below. "Bill Andrews and South Africa's Revolutionary Syndicalists" by LUCIEN VAN DER WALT Tokologo, 2015, numbers 5/6, p. 24 If W. H. "Bill" Andrews (1870- 1950) is remembered today, it is usually … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Bill Andrews and South Africa’s Revolutionary Syndicalists”, in ‘Tokologo’
[REFERENCE] Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Thibedi, T.W. (1888-1960)” in ‘Dictionary of African Biography’
Lucien van der Walt, 2012, "Thibedi, T.W. (1888-1960)", Henry Louis Gates and Emmanuel Akyeampong (eds.), Dictionary of African Biography, volume 6, Oxford University Press, pp. 13-14. Get the PDF here.
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “’Fight for Africa, Which you Deserve’: The Industrial Workers of Africa in South Africa, 1917-1921”, in ‘Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library’
Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “'Fight for Africa, Which you Deserve': The Industrial Workers of Africa in South Africa, 1917-1921”, Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library, number 24, pp. 2,5,6. Get the PDF here. Better quality one (as part of complete Bulletin) here.
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “From Living Wage to Working Class Counter-Power: Theory, Strategy and Struggle,” in ‘Bargaining Indicators 2015’
Lucien van der Walt, October 2015, "From Living Wage to Working Class Counter-Power: Theory, Strategy and Struggle," Bargaining Indicators 2015: A Collective Bargaining Omnibus, volume 15, pp. 117-124. This is a slightly expanded and revised version of a paper previously published in the South African Labour Bulletin earlier in 2015, which you can read here. … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “From Living Wage to Working Class Counter-Power: Theory, Strategy and Struggle,” in ‘Bargaining Indicators 2015’
[JOURNAL] Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Les Anarchistes contre L’impérialisme: ‘Dans cette lutte, seuls les ouvriers et les paysans iront jusqu’ au bout’”
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, "Les Anarchistes contre L'impérialisme Anarchiste: ‘Dans cette lutte, seuls les ouvriers et les paysans iront jusqu' au bout,’" Refractions, number 8, (France) pp. 27–38. Get the PDF here.
[JOURNAL] Byrne, van der Walt, 2015, “Review Article: Worlds of Western Anarchism and Syndicalism: Class Struggle, Transnationalism, Violence and Anti-imperialism, 1870s–1940s”
Sian Byrne and Lucien van der Walt, 2015, "Review Article. Worlds of Western Anarchism and Syndicalism: Class Struggle, Transnationalism, Violence and Anti-imperialism, 1870s–1940s". Canadian Journal of History / Annales canadiennes d'histoire, volume 50, number 1, pp. 98-123. Get the PDF here.
[ANALYSIS] : Sefalafala, van der Walt, 2015, “Building a Mass Anarchist Movement: The Example of Spain’s CNT”
Thabang Sefalafala and Lucien van der Walt, 2015, "Building a Mass Anarchist Movement: The example of Spain's CNT," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, number 14, pp. 25–26. Text below. Get the PDF here. "BUILDING A MASS ANARCHIST MOVEMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF SPAIN’S CNT", 2015, Thabang Sefalafala and Lucien van der Walt, in Zabalaza: … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] : Sefalafala, van der Walt, 2015, “Building a Mass Anarchist Movement: The Example of Spain’s CNT”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Self-Managed Class-Struggle Alternatives to Neo-liberalism, Nationalisation, Elections,” ‘Global Labour Column’
Lucien van der Walt, 2015, "Self-Managed Class-Struggle Alternatives to Neo-liberalism, Nationalisation, Elections," Global Labour Column, Number 213, October 2015 Text below. Get the PDF here or directly at the Global Labour Column site. Introduction by Global Labour Column (GLC) editors: "In this week’s article, van der Walt expresses pessimism against statist Left policies as … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Self-Managed Class-Struggle Alternatives to Neo-liberalism, Nationalisation, Elections,” ‘Global Labour Column’
[AUDIO]: Lucien van der Walt, 21 August 2015, “Classes, Commons, Collectivisation: Labour and the Left” (at “Class, Colonialism and the Commons: The Case of Southern Africa” colloquium: Rhodes University, South Africa). Chaired by Mazibuko Jara (United Front)
[SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Working Class Struggle, Blazing a Path to Freedom”
Lucien van der Walt, 2015, "SPEECH: Working Class Struggle, Blazing a Path to Freedom [24 Sept 2012, Heritage Day event, Joza Township, Grahamstown]," Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism, no. 14, pp. 26-27. Talk by Lucien van der Walt at 24 Sept 2012, Heritage Day event, Joza Township, Grahamstown Get the PDF here … Continue reading [SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Working Class Struggle, Blazing a Path to Freedom”
[SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Report on ‘Le Autre Futur’ Summit, Paris: Another Future Through Social Resistance”
In 2000, I was able to attend an exciting international summit -- anarchist and syndicalist -- in Paris, France. I had been at an academic conference in the Netherlands ("Revolutionary Syndicalism and African workers in South Africa: a preliminary account of the Industrial Workers of Africa, 1917-1921", at the ESSHC) and working in the archives … Continue reading [SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Report on ‘Le Autre Futur’ Summit, Paris: Another Future Through Social Resistance”
