Lucien van der Walt, 2009, "Fisher, Percy, 1891-1922," International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest, Blackwell, New York, online edition. Get the PDF of print version here
Category: Labour history
Dealing with the history of the struggles and movements of the popular classes, worldwide
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Class Politics and Black Freedom Movements: Thinking about the USA and South Africa”
Lucien van der Walt, 2009, "Class Politics and Black Freedom Movements: Thinking about the USA and South Africa," for "Labor History symposium: Robert H. Zeiger, For Jobs and Freedom: Race and Labor in America since 1865," Labor History, volume 50, number 1, pp. 72-78. Get the PDF of print version here
[ANALYSIS]: Byrne, McGregor &van der Walt, 2011, “Why May Day Matters: History with Anarchist Roots,” ‘Zabalaza’
Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor and Lucien van der Walt, 2011, "Why May Day Matters: History with Anarchist Roots," Zabalaza: A Southern African Journal of Revolutionary anarchism, no. 12, pp. 29-31. Get the PDF of print version here
[SHORT]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Black Stars of Anarchism: T.W. Thibedi (1888-1960)”
Lucien van der Walt, 2013, "Black Stars of Anarchism: T.W. Thibedi (1888-1960) - The Life of a South African Revolutionary Syndicalist," Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism, no. 13, pp. 45-46 Get the PDF of print version here BLACK STARS OF ANARCHISM: T.W. Thibedi (1888-1960): The Life of a South African Revolutionary Syndicalist, by Lucien … Continue reading [SHORT]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Black Stars of Anarchism: T.W. Thibedi (1888-1960)”
[CHAPTER]: Steven J. Hirsch &Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Preface to the Paperback Edition,” in Hirsch & Lucien van der Walt (eds.), , 2014, “Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940”
Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt, 2014, "Preface to the Paperback Edition," in Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), (foreword by Benedict Anderson), Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940: The Praxis of National Liberation, Internationalism, and Social Revolution, Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, Studies in Global Social … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: Steven J. Hirsch &Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Preface to the Paperback Edition,” in Hirsch & Lucien van der Walt (eds.), , 2014, “Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940”
[BOOK] “Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870–1940” (Steven J. Hirsch & Lucien van der Walt, eds., 2014 paperback, new preface, corrections)
Paperback edition with new preface, corrections: Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), (foreword by Benedict Anderson), 2014, Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940: The praxis of national liberation, internationalism, and social revolution, Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, Studies in Global Social History, with new preface by the editors. Get … Continue reading [BOOK] “Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870–1940” (Steven J. Hirsch & Lucien van der Walt, eds., 2014 paperback, new preface, corrections)
Bonner, Hyslop & van der Walt, 2016, “Rethinking Worlds of Labour: Southern African Labour History in International context,” in Eckert (ed.), Global Histories of Work
Philip Bonner, Jonathan Hyslop and Lucien van der Walt, 2016, "Rethinking Worlds of Labour: Southern African Labour History in International context," in Andreas Eckert (ed.), Global Histories of Work, De Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 90-122. PDF online here
Nicole Ulrich and Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “A Historical Perspective on the South African Labour Movements and the National Question,” Vuyisile Mini Winter School
Workshop input: Nicole Ulrich and Lucien van der Walt, 2015, "A Historical Perspective on the South African Labour Movements and the National Question," Vuyisile Mini Winter School 2015: Labour and Social Policy, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)/ Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU), Rhodes University, 18 July. The slides for the lecture are … Continue reading Nicole Ulrich and Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “A Historical Perspective on the South African Labour Movements and the National Question,” Vuyisile Mini Winter School
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “‘Wij Willen Alles!’: Het Revolutionair Syndicalisme, de Industrial Workers of Africa en de Strijd tegen Racistich Kapitalisme in Zuid-Afrika 1915-1921,” De AS
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “‘Wij Willen Alles!’: het revolutionair syndicalisme, de Industrial Workers of Africa en de strijd tegen racistich kapitalisme in Zuid-Afrika 1915-1921,” De AS: Anarchiste Jaarboek (Netherlands), number 134/135, pp. 77-84. PDF online here and text below, thank you to Christianarchie for marking it up online Het revolutionaire syndicalisme – de strategie om een … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “‘Wij Willen Alles!’: Het Revolutionair Syndicalisme, de Industrial Workers of Africa en de Strijd tegen Racistich Kapitalisme in Zuid-Afrika 1915-1921,” De AS
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, Beyond Decent Work: Fighting for Unions and Equality in Africa
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, Beyond Decent Work: Fighting for Unions and Equality in Africa, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin, online at FES HERE and mirroredHERE. "The International Labour Organisation’s Decent Work agenda has positive aspects, but is not feasible or desirable in the neo-liberal epoch. African labour should rather build class-based counter-power and counter-hegemony, aiming at a new system: common ownership, self-management and bottom-up … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 2019, Beyond Decent Work: Fighting for Unions and Equality in Africa
Lucien van der Walt, “Anarquismo Global e Sindicalismo de Intenção Revolucionária: Teoria, História e Resistência”
An English version is HERE. Lucien van der Walt, “Anarquismo Global e Sindicalismo de Intenção Revolucionária: teoria, história e resistência” A análise a seguir é uma transcrição, levemente editada, de uma palestra proferida pelo autor em 2 de novembro de 2010 no Espaço Ay Carmela, localizado na Rua das Carmelitas, em São Paulo. Este artigo … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, “Anarquismo Global e Sindicalismo de Intenção Revolucionária: Teoria, História e Resistência”
[PRESS]: on crises, 2011, in “Fired mineworkers in a hole”
https://mg.co.za/article/2011-12-09-fired-mineworkers-in-a-hole/ Kwanele Sosibo, 09 Dec 2011, "Fired mineworkers in a hole," Mail and Guardian Mothusi Setlhako has not been underground since November 2009. But, two years later, he still hovers around the Aquarius Kroondal mine’s parched, dusty surrounds in Rustenburg like a restless ghost. Ever since his dismissal, with about 4 000 of his colleagues, for … Continue reading [PRESS]: on crises, 2011, in “Fired mineworkers in a hole”
[TALK + AUDIO]: Keynote: Lucien van der Walt, 2018, “What are we Fighting For? Possibilities for Decent Work, Unions and Rights in Africa,” Conference on Trade Union Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania
Lucien van der Walt, 2018, “What are we Fighting For? Possibilities for Decent Work, Unions and Rights in Africa,” Keynote Address, Conference on Trade Union Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ledger Plaza Bahari Beach Hotel, Kunduchi, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), 29 October-2 November. The talk, as circulated at the conference, is HERE … Continue reading [TALK + AUDIO]: Keynote: Lucien van der Walt, 2018, “What are we Fighting For? Possibilities for Decent Work, Unions and Rights in Africa,” Conference on Trade Union Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania
Lucien van der Walt, 2002, “The IWW, Revolutionary Syndicalism & Working Class Struggle in South Africa, 1910-1921”
Lucien van der Walt, 2002, The IWW, Revolutionary Syndicalism and Working Class Struggle in South Africa, 1910-1921, Zabalaza Books, Durban/ Johannesburg. Get the PDF here
Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “The Life of Bakunin”
Lucien van der Walt, 1998, "The Life of Bakunin," Internal Bulletin of the Workers Solidarity Federation (WSF) of South Africa, number 2, March/April 1998, pp. 11-13, republished as "The Life of Bakunin: Anti-imperialism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-statism," Anarkismo, 1 June 2014, HERE , which is copied below . Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1873) can be seen as the founder of libertarian socialism (anarcho-syndicalism). … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “The Life of Bakunin”
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