Améliorer le mouvement des travailleurs : leçons de la grande grève de 2010 en Afrique du sud Lucien van der Walt, Ian Bekker Terre et Liberté (Mai 2012), n°2 Get the published PDF here. Paru dans Zabalaza n°12, juillet 2011. Traduction : SI de la CNT En août et septembre 2010, une grande grève, à laquelle … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt& Ian Bekker, 2011, “Améliorer le mouvement des travailleurs : leçons de la grande grève de 2010 en Afrique du sud”
Category: Economic & social policy
Critical analyses of state/ capitalist economic and social and ‘development’ strategies, with notes on libertarian/ anarchist/syndicalist alternatives
2012 University / work webpage (mirror and link + UPDATE)…
Click here [dead link] to go to my new work webpage, at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. This is also mirrored below, in case: Professor Lucien van der WaltBA, BA Hons(Wits), PhD (Wits)e-mail: l.vanderwalt@ru.ac.za Teaching areas include: Labour and left history, movements, politics and theory; Political economy and economic sociology, with a focus on neo-liberal … Continue reading 2012 University / work webpage (mirror and link + UPDATE)…
[PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: counterpower to neo-liberalism, by Peter Kenworthy (Denmark, 2011)
Source: http://stiffkitten.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/lucien-van-der-walt-counterpower-to-neo-liberalism/Lucien van der Walt: counterpower to neo-liberalismby Peter Kenworthy (Denmark, 2011), Africa blogIn neo-liberalism the expansion of the market has become an end in itself. The market must engulf all areas of society. Neo-liberalism is therefore much more of an all-embracing life philosophy than classic liberalism. The economic crisis of the early eighties, the collapse … Continue reading [PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: counterpower to neo-liberalism, by Peter Kenworthy (Denmark, 2011)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2010, “COSATU’s Response to the Crisis: an Anarcho-Syndicalist Assessment and Alternative” [ZABALAZA]
COSATU’s Response to the Crisis: an Anarcho-Syndicalist Assessment and Alternative Lucien van der Walt, in Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 11 PDF of Zabalaza version online here South African unions, centred on the 2 million-strong Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), have consistently articulated a policy vision that … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2010, “COSATU’s Response to the Crisis: an Anarcho-Syndicalist Assessment and Alternative” [ZABALAZA]
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Neo-liberalism comes to Wits University – 600 jobs on the line,” in ‘Umsebenzi’
[I wrote this as part of the campaign against the neo-liberal Wits 2001 restructuring at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa. The plan cut jobs, mainly in support services, sought to commercialise reserach and teaching, and imposed a series of mergers and managerial reforms. We lost, but when we went down, we … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Neo-liberalism comes to Wits University – 600 jobs on the line,” in ‘Umsebenzi’
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “South Africa after Apartheid ,” ‘Le Monde Libertaire’
Translated from Lucien van der Walt, "Afrique du Sud apres l'apartheid," 13-19 November 1997, Le Monde Libertaire, no. 1100Historically, South Africa epitomized the poverty and oppression associated with capitalism and racism. The first non-racial elections to parliament in April 1994 gave many hope for the redress of the injustices of the past. The holding of … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “South Africa after Apartheid ,” ‘Le Monde Libertaire’
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1992, “South Africa: Looking back at the Rio Summit farce”
A discussion of the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992, which proved an absolute failure in terms of attempts to halt environmental destruction. I wrote this for a short-lived anarchist paper called Revolt, published in Johannesburg in 1992 (it appeared in issue #2; there wasn't, in fact, an issue #1!). There … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1992, “South Africa: Looking back at the Rio Summit farce”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “The Collectives in Revolutionary Spain”
SOURCE: From an unpublished paper on "How an anarchist economy could work", written in 1997, presented in 1998 (and hopefully to be revised one day and published). Mirrored here and in Greek here. Originally section on "Revolutionary Spain and Anarcho-syndicalism, 1936-7" in the essay How an anarchist economy could work written by "Lucien. W." <029walt@cosmos.wits.ac.za> … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “The Collectives in Revolutionary Spain”
[DISCUSSION]: Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Against Corporatism: the Limits and Pitfalls of Corporatism for South African Trade Unions”
van der Walt, Lucien, (1997), "Against Corporatism: the limits and pitfalls of corporatism for South African trade unions", version presented at African Studies Association of South Africa Third Biennial International Conference PDF is online here ABSTRACT: This paper reflects upon the experience of corporatism in South African and other contexts. It argues that the prospects for the establishment … Continue reading [DISCUSSION]: Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Against Corporatism: the Limits and Pitfalls of Corporatism for South African Trade Unions”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “GEAR versus Social Security”
Lucien van der Walt, Lucien, 2000, "GEAR versus Social Security," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 24, number 5 Get the PDF here
[SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, 2003, “University Restructuring: whose gain, whose pain, whose transformation?” presentation to COMSA union
van der Walt, Lucien, (2003), "University Restructuring: whose gain, whose pain, whose transformation?" presentation to Combined Staff Association, University of Durban-Westville, 2 July 2003 This was a talk to the militant, independent union COMSA, based at the then-University of Durban-Westville. PDF online here
[INTERVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Subcontracting is Just a Ploy to Woo Votes”
‘Subcontracting is just a ploy to woo votes’Vuvuzela, 27 February 2009Masibulele Yaso reportsThe ANC’s policy on outsourcing and subcontracting is ‘just a ploy to woo voters’, according to sociologist and lecturer in the Sociology Department, Dr Lucien van der Walt. Van der Walt told Vuvuzela that ‘because of the election mood’, the ANC would … Continue reading [INTERVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Subcontracting is Just a Ploy to Woo Votes”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Afrique du Sud: Résister à l’université bourgeoise” [Anarkismo]
This was written in support of protests around privatisation at the University of the Witwatersrand in October 2007, in which I was involved, gave several speeches and faced some consequences . This version is from http://www.anarkismo.net/article/7706. A version was also published by Le Combat Syndicaliste (CNT-Vignolles), a copy of which I only located many years, … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Afrique du Sud: Résister à l’université bourgeoise” [Anarkismo]
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “The South African Elections, Neo-Liberalism and Working Class Strategy”
Previously published at anarkismo.net, 23 April 2009 The renewed Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) support for the ruling nationalist African National Congress (ANC) has seen the unions dedicate organisers over the last few weeks to ensuring an “overwhelming” ANC victory in the national elections on the 22 April 2009. How valid is such … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “The South African Elections, Neo-Liberalism and Working Class Strategy”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “The 2010 World Cup, the Neo-liberal Agenda and the Class Struggle in South Africa”
Lucien van der Walt, 2008, "The 2010 World Cup, the Neo-liberal Agenda and the Class Struggle in South Africa" Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism, number 8, pp. 8-9. Get the PDF here The 2010 World Cup is part and parcel of the neo-liberal restructuring of SA capitalism. It is also, however, a major … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “The 2010 World Cup, the Neo-liberal Agenda and the Class Struggle in South Africa”
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