Lucien van der Walt, Kirk Helliker, Gilton Klerck and Gorden Moyo (2025), State Capitalisms in Southern Africa: Colonial Rule, Capitalist Development, and Class Formation in Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, 1880s–2020s, 250 pp. Boston, Delft: Now Publishers. More information HERE. State Capitalisms in Southern Africa offers a groundbreaking reappraisal of Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe … Continue reading [BOOK] “State Capitalisms in Southern Africa: Colonial Rule, Capitalist Development, and Class Formation in Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, 1880s–2020s” (Lucien van der Walt, Kirk Helliker, Gilton Klerck &Gorden Moyo, 2025)
Category: Economic & social policy
Critical analyses of state/ capitalist economic and social and ‘development’ strategies, with notes on libertarian/ anarchist/syndicalist alternatives
[media] Lucien van der Walt of NALSU on eNCA for May Day 2025
(From Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU)) NALSU News: Professor Lucien van der Walt of the Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit was on eNCA for May Day 2025, which you can see HERE on the original page. Summary (but much more in the video): Unions in South Africa previously swam against the global tide, growing … Continue reading [media] Lucien van der Walt of NALSU on eNCA for May Day 2025
[TALK]: Lucien van der Walt (2021), “The Defence and Strengthening of Collective Bargaining in the Context of Municipal and Working-Class Crisis,” presented to SA Municipal Workers Union
Lucien van der Walt (2021), "The Defence and Strengthening of Collective Bargaining in the Context of Municipal and Working-Class Crisis," presented to SA Municipal Workers Union Collective Bargaining Conference, Sunnyside Hotel, Johannesburg, 15-16 March. PDF of talk HERE (full text follows) The Defence and Strengthening of Collective Bargaining in the Context of Municipal and Working-Class … Continue reading [TALK]: Lucien van der Walt (2021), “The Defence and Strengthening of Collective Bargaining in the Context of Municipal and Working-Class Crisis,” presented to SA Municipal Workers Union
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “Historical Analysis of South African Political Economy” (DITSELA / COSATU)
Lucien van der Walt, 2008, "Historical Analysis of South African Political Economy," in Organiser Modules - Module 3: Political Economy and Alternative Organising under Neo-liberal Capitalism in South Africa, Development Institute for Training, Support and Education for Labour (DITSELA) / Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Johannesburg, pp. 106-131. PDF of this article HERE and get … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “Historical Analysis of South African Political Economy” (DITSELA / COSATU)
[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”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2003/2004, “NEPAD: New Partnership for Africa’s Exploitation”
Lucien van der Walt, 2003/2004, “NEPAD: New Partnership for Africa’s Exploitation” in Anarcho-syndicalist Review, #38, pp. 8-9. This is basically a reprint of Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “The Political Significance of NEPAD”, Zabalaza: a southern African journal of revolutionary anarchism, number 5, which is here. Get the ASR PDF here The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2003/2004, “NEPAD: New Partnership for Africa’s Exploitation”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, ca. 2004, “Il Significato Politico del Nepad: Ricetta Africana per Il Neoliberismo”
IL SIGNIFICATO POLITICO DEL NEPAD: RICETTA AFRICANA PER IL NEOLIBERISMO Pensare l'Africa globalmente - ma organizzarsi localmente di Lucien van der Walt della Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Federation-Sud Africa From here. Il NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development), adottato dall'Unione Africana ad Abuja in Nigeria nell'ottobre del 2001, non è niente di più e niente di … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, ca. 2004, “Il Significato Politico del Nepad: Ricetta Africana per Il Neoliberismo”
[SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “The State, Accumulation and Class Formation after Apartheid”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “The State, Accumulation and Class Formation after Apartheid” 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. 62-68. PDF of this article HERE, and the whole book HERE, … Continue reading [SHORT] Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “The State, Accumulation and Class Formation after Apartheid”
COLLECTION: John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2019, “Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State”
John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2019, Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State, Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU), Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa. Free for download, and sharing, published under copy-left. PDF of collection HERE, mirrored from HERE. What are the routes for societal transformation? What are the … Continue reading COLLECTION: John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2019, “Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State”
WORKERS’ CONVERSATIONS South Africa Livestream! Tuesday 26 May @ 19h00: Lucien van der Walt: “The working class, welfare and perspectives in the lockdown crisis”
WORKERS' CONVERSATIONS Livestream! Tuesday 26 May at 19h00 via SAFTU on Facebook, and via Zoom : the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) and Zwelinzima Vavi will be in discussion with Professor Lucien van der Walt of the Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU), Rhodes University, Makhanda. What measures have been put in place, … Continue reading WORKERS’ CONVERSATIONS South Africa Livestream! Tuesday 26 May @ 19h00: Lucien van der Walt: “The working class, welfare and perspectives in the lockdown crisis”
[CONFERENCE] Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “Anarcho-syndicalist Economics, or, Beyond Markets and Marxism: Is There a Future for Socialist Economics Today?”
Lucien van der Walt, 1998, "Anarcho-syndicalist Economics, or, Beyond Markets and Marxism: Is There a Future for Socialist Economics today?" paper presented at Colloquium: Justice, Policy and Change in Southern Africa, Postgraduate Forum, University of the Witwatersrand, 3 October. Note: If I did this paper now, I would more clearly exclude Proudhon from the canon, … Continue reading [CONFERENCE] Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “Anarcho-syndicalist Economics, or, Beyond Markets and Marxism: Is There a Future for Socialist Economics Today?”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2010, “COSATU’s Response to the Crisis: an Anarcho-Syndicalist Assessment and Alternative” [ASR]
Lucien van der Walt, 2011, "COSATU's Response to the Crisis: An Anarcho-Syndicalist Assessment and Alternative," ASR/ Anarcho-syndicalist Review, number 56, pp. 11-13. PDF of Anarcho-syndicalist Review version here
[TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “Low Wages will not Create Jobs, Struggle will”
Lucien van der Walt, 1998, "Low Wages Will Not Create Jobs , Struggle Will," Workers Solidarity meeting, Workers Library and Museum, Newtown, Johannesburg, 15 August The bosses and the government say that low wages will lead to more jobs. This is in the GEAR (government) and the SA Foundation (big business) policies. Both government and … Continue reading [TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “Low Wages will not Create Jobs, Struggle will”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Racism, Neo-Liberalism and Class Struggle in South Africa”
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, "Racism, Neo-Liberalism and Class Struggle in South Africa" Bikisha Media Collective, South Africa Article for Comunismo Libertario (Italy): published as Lucien van der Walt, June 2001, "Razzismo, neoliberismo e lotta di classe in Sudafrica," Comunismo Libertario, no. 51, p. 8 (part 1) and November-December 2001, "Razzismo, neoliberismo e Iotta di classe … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Racism, Neo-Liberalism and Class Struggle in South Africa”
[PRESS]: “Academics support student struggle: Democratise higher education now” [2015]
Academics support student struggle: Democratise higher education now 22 October 2015, Mail and Guardian, here A collective statement from academics at South African institutions of higher education. As academics in South African institutions of higher education, we stand with students in their fight for the democratisation of our universities. The current student protests that have … Continue reading [PRESS]: “Academics support student struggle: Democratise higher education now” [2015]
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