Peter Cole & Lucien van der Walt "Crossing the Color Lines, Crossing the Continents: Comparing the Racial Politics of the IWW in South Africa and the United States, 1905-1925" Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1, January 2011, 69-96 PDF is available here. ABSTRACT In two of the … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Peter Cole & Lucien van der Walt , 2011, “Crossing the Color Lines, Crossing the Continents: Comparing the Racial Politics of the IWW in South Africa and the United States, 1905-1925”
Category: Labour history
Dealing with the history of the struggles and movements of the popular classes, worldwide
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “[Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney]: A Look at Three figures from the IWW in South Africa”
Lucien van der Walt, 2011, "International Labor Struggles: A Look At Three Figures From The IWW In South Africa," Industrial Worker, May 2011, no. 1735, p. 15 Get the PDF here A Look At Three Figures From The IWW In South Africa Lucien van der Walt The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “[Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney]: A Look at Three figures from the IWW in South Africa”
[DISCUSSION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, Detailed reply to ‘International Socialism’: debating power and revolution in anarchism, ‘Black Flame,’ and historical Marxism
Detailed reply to International Socialism: debating power and revolution in anarchism, Black Flame and historical Marxism [1] 7 April 2011 PDF is online here Lucien van der Walt, Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, l.vanderwalt@ru.ac.za **This paper substantially expands arguments I published as “Counterpower, Participatory Democracy, Revolutionary Defence: debating Black … Continue reading [DISCUSSION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, Detailed reply to ‘International Socialism’: debating power and revolution in anarchism, ‘Black Flame,’ and historical Marxism
[ANALYSIS]: “2010 Anarchist Survey” – notes for a critical assesment
"2010 Anarchist Survey" - notes for a critical assessment Lucien van der Walt, December 2010 (minor edit Feb 2013, marked with []) Recently, an "Anarchist Survey" was run online, with the results appearing around August 2010. You can visit the survey here. This is a very interesting, indeed important, initiative - let me stress that. … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: “2010 Anarchist Survey” – notes for a critical assesment
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “80th anniversary of Kronstadt Uprising: 18 March 1921/ 18 March 2001”
A-Infos News Service, 18 March 200180 years ago, the workers' movement and rebellion at Kronstadt, near Petrograd in Russia, was bloodily suppressed by the state-capitalist regime of VI Lenin and Leon Trotsky. The article below, produced for the old Workers Solidarity (South Africa) in 1996, outlines the story. Further online references and links, including an … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “80th anniversary of Kronstadt Uprising: 18 March 1921/ 18 March 2001”
[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”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Towards a History of Anarchist Anti-imperialism: ‘In This Struggle, Only The Workers And Peasants Will Go All The Way To The End'”
First published in the Against War and Terrorism compilation (2001); besides numerous reprints in English, it has also been translated into French - here and Greek - here. PDF version from Against War and Terrorism is online here PDF version from The Peak is online here PDF version from The NorthEastern Anarchist: a magazine of class struggle theory … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Towards a History of Anarchist Anti-imperialism: ‘In This Struggle, Only The Workers And Peasants Will Go All The Way To The End'”
[SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Rosa Luxemburg’s Legacy: Libertarian, revolutionary, socialist,” First International Workers Film Festival (Johannesburg)
Rosa Luxemburg’s legacy Lucien van der Walt Discussion for First International Workers Film Festival, Ster-Moribo, Johannesburg, 19 September 1997 Comrades, that was a very interesting film. Not just because of what it teaches us about the history of the revolutionary workers movement, and the struggle for socialism and freedom. But also, because it helps us … Continue reading [SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Rosa Luxemburg’s Legacy: Libertarian, revolutionary, socialist,” First International Workers Film Festival (Johannesburg)
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