Previous published in Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism #8, February 2008 Get the PDF here The announcement of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative – South Africa (Asgisa) in 2006 has been met with some enthusiasm in left and labour circles. There is, however, very little to be excited about. The SA … Continue reading [ARTICLE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “ASGISA: a working class critique”
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, 2005, “BEE-llionnaires in Mbeki-stan: BEE debate shows nature of post-apartheid SA, and limits of ‘left’ critique”
Lucien van der Walt, 2005, "BEE-llionnaires in Mbeki-stan: BEE debate shows nature of post- apartheid SA, and limits of 'left' critique," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, number 7. Get the PDF here Recent debates in the press around the issue of “Black Economic Empowerment,” or BEE, bring key features of the post-apartheid … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “BEE-llionnaires in Mbeki-stan: BEE debate shows nature of post-apartheid SA, and limits of ‘left’ critique”
[TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Rethinking welfare, building the working class movement”
Presented at the NALEDI OPEN FORUM, 10th -11th November 2005 Venue : Parktonian Hotel, Cnr. Rissik and De Korte Street, Braamfontein Social Policy and Development section PDF available here [FIXED BROKEN LINK]. Rejecting technocratic modes of policy intervention by labour's experts, this paper argues for a model of “policy-from-below”, based in mass campaigns that … Continue reading [TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Rethinking welfare, building the working class movement”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “The Political Significance of NEPAD: a homegrown recipe for neo-liberalism”
Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “The Political Significance of NEPAD”, Zabalaza: a southern African journal of revolutionary anarchism, number 5. Get the Zabalaza PDF here Reprinted as Lucien van der Walt, 2003/2004, "NEPAD: New Partnership for Africa's Exploitation" in Anarcho-syndicalist Review, #38. Get the ASR PDF here The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), adopted … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “The Political Significance of NEPAD: a homegrown recipe for neo-liberalism”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, David Mokoena& Sakhile Shange, 2001, “Cleaned Out: outsourcing at Wits University”
Previously published in the South African Labour Bulletin, volume 25, number 4, August 2001 PDF is online here Lucien van der Walt, David Mokoena and Sakhile Shange consider the consequences of the retrenchments at Wits University, South Africa, in 2000 and their link to neo-liberal anti-working class restructuring On 2 July 2001, Norma Reid … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, David Mokoena& Sakhile Shange, 2001, “Cleaned Out: outsourcing at Wits University”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Revolutionary Anarchism and the Anti-Globalization Movement”
Previously published in Red and Black Revolution: a magazine of libertarian communism, number 5, 2001 Original PDF is online here In the wake of the Seattle riots of 1999, Lucien van der Walt explains how he thinks anarchists should relate to the burgeoning anti-globalisation movement. Riot police battling youth. Armed forces locking down … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Revolutionary Anarchism and the Anti-Globalization Movement”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “The Neo-Liberal Agenda: GEAR versus the working class”
Previously published in Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, #1, April 2001 PDF is online here Underlying the government's drive to privatise is the neo-liberal GEAR programme. This is a macro-economic policy adopted by the government in mid-1996. GEAR argues that the capitalist class is the engine of reconstruction and development in South … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “The Neo-Liberal Agenda: GEAR versus the working class”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Neo-liberalism has come to the University of the Witwatersrand through retrenchments, commercialisation, and privatisation”
Previously published in Umsebsenzi, May 2000Neo-liberalism has come to the University of the Witwatersrand through retrenchments, commercialisation, and privatisation.Hundreds of workers at the University will lose their jobs after management decided on 25 February 2000 to retrench more than 623 employees in building care, catering, cleaning, grounds, maintenance, and transport.Sub-contracting companies will take their jobs … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Neo-liberalism has come to the University of the Witwatersrand through retrenchments, commercialisation, and privatisation”
[ANALYSIS]: Sam Kariuki& Lucien van der Walt, “Land Reform in South Africa: still waiting”
Previously published in Southern Africa Report, volume 15, number 3, May 2000, pp. 19-22 Original PDF online here The land reform process in South Africa underlines how patterns of class, gender, and racial inequality have been reproduced in the `new South Africa.' The achievement of a non-racial parliament was an enormous advance for ordinary people. … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Sam Kariuki& Lucien van der Walt, “Land Reform in South Africa: still waiting”
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