Lucien van der Walt, 11 April 2001, "South Africa: ANC's electricity privatisation opposed," Green Left Weekly, number 444. PDF is online here SOUTH AFRICA: ANC's electricity privatisation opposed Wednesday, April 11, 2001 - 10:00 Lucien van der Walt JOHANNESBURG — The Anti-Privatisation Forum — an organisation that unites trade unions, township residents' groups, left-wing parties, … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “South Africa: ANC’s electricity privatisation opposed”
Category: Economic & social policy
Critical analyses of state/ capitalist economic and social and ‘development’ strategies, with notes on libertarian/ anarchist/syndicalist alternatives
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Sulla risposta del COSATU alla crisi: per un’impostazione ed un’alternativa anarco-sindacalista”
Italian translation of Lucien van der Walt, 2011, "COSATU’s Response to the Crisis: an Anarcho-Syndicalist Assessment and Alternative," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 11 Source: anarkismo.net here Lucien van der Walt "Sulla risposta del COSATU alla crisi: per un'impostazione ed un'alternativa anarco-sindacalista" I sindacati sud-africani, confederati nel COSATU (Congress of South African … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Sulla risposta del COSATU alla crisi: per un’impostazione ed un’alternativa anarco-sindacalista”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “After 10 years of GEAR: COSATU, the Zuma Trial and the Dead End of Alliance Politics”
Lucien van der Walt, 2006, "After 10 years of GEAR: COSATU, the Zuma Trial and the Dead End of Alliance Politics," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 6, pp. 7-13 Get the paginated PDF here. South Africa’s transition, as we stated in Workers Solidarity in 1998, went sour a long time ago. … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “After 10 years of GEAR: COSATU, the Zuma Trial and the Dead End of Alliance Politics”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Επαναστ. Αναρχισμός και αντιπαγκοσμιοποίηση: Ενότητα, καθαρότητα, αφοσίωση, ενάντια σε ένα μεγά”
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”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Il significato politico del NEPAD: ricetta africana per il neoliberismo”
Italian translation of Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “The Political Significance of NEPAD”, Zabalaza: a southern African journal of revolutionary anarchism, number 5, which can be read here. Source: anarkismo.net here Lucien van der Walt Il significato politico del NEPAD: ricetta africana per il neoliberismo Il NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development), adottato dall'Unione Africana … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Il significato politico del NEPAD: ricetta africana per il neoliberismo”
[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, 1999, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe” (3)
Lucien van der Walt, May 1999, "Trade Unions in Zimbabwe," Labour Movements: Research Committee (RC) 44 Newsletter, International Sociological Association, p. 8 By early 1999, it was clear that the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and its allies in the struggle against the repressive and corrupt ZANU-PF regime of Zimbabwe, as well as against … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe” (3)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Victory for Zimbabwean Workers?” (2)
Lucien van der Walt, December 1998, "Victory for Zimbabwean Workers?," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 22, number 6, pp. 89-90. Following from an earlier analysis (here) of the rise of the unions and other working class and peasant forces in Zimbabwe in the late 1990s, this piece examined a major - but contradictory - victory … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Victory for Zimbabwean Workers?” (2)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “‘This is Class Warfare’: the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe”
Lucien van der Walt, October 1998, "'This is Class Warfare': the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 22, number 5, pp. 85-90. This was one of a number of pieces I wrote on popular struggles - often led by trade unions - in Zimbabwe. At that time, neo-liberal Structural Adjustment, high … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “‘This is Class Warfare’: the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe”
[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”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Contre l’Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l’enseignement superieur Sud Africain”
This article, written during the struggle against the neo-liberal, union-busting "Wits 2001" programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, appeared in the November 2000 issue of Le Combat Syndicaliste, published by the CNT-Vignolles (and who translated it, too) Lucien van der Walt, November 2000, "Contre l'Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l'enseignement superieur Sud Africain," … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Contre l’Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l’enseignement superieur Sud Africain”
[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”
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