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?”
Category: Economic & social policy
Critical analyses of state/ capitalist economic and social and ‘development’ strategies, with notes on libertarian/ anarchist/syndicalist alternatives
[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]
[PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt on university outsourcing [2002]
The outsourced university 14 June 2002, Mail and Guardian, here David Macfarlane Low-wage workers have been prime victims of transformation in South African higher education, and unions at universities have been eroded in the process. While institutional power relations that disadvantage workers have placed much of the burden of restructuring on them, the main blame … Continue reading [PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt on university outsourcing [2002]
[UNPUBLISHED 2002]: “Outsourcing: The Dirty Secret of Post-Apartheid University Transformation” (Lucien van der Walt, Chris Bolsmann, Bernadette Johnson and Lindsey Martin)
This article was submitted to Debate: Voices from the South African left (second series) in July 2002. It was not published in the end. Lucien van der Walt, Chris Bolsmann, Bernadette Johnson and Lindsey Martin, 2002, "Outsourcing: The Dirty Secret Of Post-Apartheid University Transformation" (Johannesburg, unpublished). For all their sound and fury, recent debates on the … Continue reading [UNPUBLISHED 2002]: “Outsourcing: The Dirty Secret of Post-Apartheid University Transformation” (Lucien van der Walt, Chris Bolsmann, Bernadette Johnson and Lindsey Martin)
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Ταξική πάλη και αναρχοκομμουνιστική λύση”
Source: here Μόνο μια ριζοσπαστική αλλαγή –μια νέα Αφρική βασισμένη στην ελευθεριακή και σοσιαλιστική ανάπτυξη– μπορεί να σπάσει αυτό τον φαύλο κύκλο. Αυτό περιλαμβάνει τόσο τον αγώνα ενάντια στις αφρικανικές ελίτ, όσο και ενάντια στον ιμπεριαλισμό. Και αυτό με τη σειρά του απαιτεί μια ρήξη με τις ιδέες του «τρίτου κόσμου», που αγνοούν τα ταξικά … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Ταξική πάλη και αναρχοκομμουνιστική λύση”
[JOURNAL]: van der Walt, 2016, “Alternatives from the Ground Up: Globalization School Input on Anarchism/Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa” (WorkingUSA: Journal of Labour and Society)
Lucien van der Walt, 2016, "Alternatives from the Ground Up: Globalization School Input on Anarchism/ Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa" Get the PDF here p. 251 ABSTRACT: This commentary, an input at a Globalization School debate in Cape Town, engages current labor and Left debates on building alternatives, drawing on … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: van der Walt, 2016, “Alternatives from the Ground Up: Globalization School Input on Anarchism/Syndicalism and (Black) Working Class Self-Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa” (WorkingUSA: Journal of Labour and Society)
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Come L’imperialismo e le Classi Dirigenti Postcoloniali Hanno Saccheggiato l’Africa: La Lotta di Classe ed il Comunismo Anarchico come Soluzione”
Come L'imperialismo e le Classi Dirigenti Postcoloniali Hanno Saccheggiato l'Africa: La Lotta di Classe ed il Comunismo Anarchico come Soluzione Trans. from 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, which is here Più o meno 50 anni fa … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Come L’imperialismo e le Classi Dirigenti Postcoloniali Hanno Saccheggiato l’Africa: La Lotta di Classe ed il Comunismo Anarchico come Soluzione”
[TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “South Africa’s Unemployment Crisis: Can the Job Summit Deliver?”
Lucien van der Walt, 1998, "South Africa's Job Crisis: Can the Job Summit Deliver?," talk given at a meeting of the Workers Solidarity Federation (WSF), at the Workers' Library & Museum, Newtown, Johannesburg, 26 September. South Africa is in the midst of an unemployment crisis unprecedented in its history. There at least 5 million jobless. … Continue reading [TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “South Africa’s Unemployment Crisis: Can the Job Summit Deliver?”
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Penalising the Workers [university neo-liberalism],” in ‘Sowetan’
Lucien van der Walt, 13 June 2000, “Penalising the Workers”, The Sowetan. Get the PDF here. Text below. Growing conflict over 620 retrenchments at Wits University is the latest salvo in a battle for the soul of higher education, writes Lucien van der Walt. ------ Battle lines have been drawn at the University of … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Penalising the Workers [university neo-liberalism],” in ‘Sowetan’
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Beyond ‘White Monopoly Capital’: Who owns South Africa?,” in ‘South African Labour Bulletin’
Lucien van der Walt, 2015, "Beyond ‘White Monopoly Capital’: Who owns South Africa?," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 39, number 3, pp. 39-42. Get the PDF here. Text below. Note the text below includes all references: these do not appear in the published PDF. p. 39 The debate on 'white monopoly capital' has some blind … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Beyond ‘White Monopoly Capital’: Who owns South Africa?,” in ‘South African Labour Bulletin’
[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, 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’
