Film Pre-Preview and Discussion: Varieties of Anarchism from here (11.08.2014) The International Dissidence research group and the Cluster of Excellence “Normative Orders” held a film pre-preview and a discussion on “Varieties of Anarchism: Anarchist Projects and the Struggles that Define them” on 7 August 2014.After the film pre-screening Prof. Lucien van der Walt (Rhodes University, South Africa) … Continue reading [TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, lecture at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Category: Labour history
Dealing with the history of the struggles and movements of the popular classes, worldwide
[ANALYSIS]: van der Walt, 2014, “Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist”
Lucien van der Walt, 2014, "Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist," Tokologo, number 4, p.11. Get the PDF here Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist by Lucien van der Walt A global movement, the anarchist and syndicalist tradition has influenced people from all walks of life. A notable figure was Bernard L.E. Sigamoney, born … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: van der Walt, 2014, “Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, on Jared Davidson, “Sewing Freedom: Philip Josephs, Transnationalism and Early New Zealand Anarchism”
Lucien van der Walt, 2014, "Jared Davidson, Sewing Freedom: Philip Josephs, Transnationalism and Early New Zealand Anarchism, Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2014; 174pp," Anarchist Studies, volume 22, number 2, pp. 120-121 Get the PDF here In this gem of a biography, Jared Davidson recovers the life and achievements of one of the often-forgotten tens … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, on Jared Davidson, “Sewing Freedom: Philip Josephs, Transnationalism and Early New Zealand Anarchism”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “T.W. Thibedi and the Industrial Workers of Africa, April-July 1919”
Lucien van der Walt, 2014, "T.W. Thibedi and the Industrial Workers of Africa, April-July 1919," Tokologo no. 3, July 2014, p. 10 PDF is here T.W. Thibedi, radical school-teacher, was a leading figure in the anarchist / syndicalist International Socialist League (ISL) and the revolutionary syndicalist Industrial Workers of Africa (IWA) union. He was involved … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “T.W. Thibedi and the Industrial Workers of Africa, April-July 1919”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Breve Histoire de l’anarchisme en Afrique du Sud”
Lucien van der Walt, 1997, "Breve Histoire de l'anarchisme en Afrique du Sud," Le Monde Libertaire, 12 November 1997, no. 1100. Click the image to get the PDF or click here
[CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Revolutionary Syndicalism, Communism and the National Question in South African Socialism, 1886-1928”
Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Revolutionary Syndicalism, Communism and the National Question in South African Socialism, 1886-1928”, in 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, … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Revolutionary Syndicalism, Communism and the National Question in South African Socialism, 1886-1928”
[CHAPTER]: Hirsch and van der Walt, 2010, “Final Reflections: the vicissitudes of anarchist and syndicalist trajectories, 1940 to the present”
Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt, 2010, “Final Reflections: the vicissitudes of anarchist and syndicalist trajectories, 1940 to the present”,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 … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: Hirsch and van der Walt, 2010, “Final Reflections: the vicissitudes of anarchist and syndicalist trajectories, 1940 to the present”
[CHAPTER]: van der Walt & Hirsch, 2010, “Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: The colonial and post-colonial experience, 1870-1940”
Lucien van der Walt and Steven J. Hirsch, 2010, “Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: the colonial and post-colonial experience, 1870-1940”, 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, … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: van der Walt & Hirsch, 2010, “Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: The colonial and post-colonial experience, 1870-1940”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, Berry and Bantman (eds.), “New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: the Individual, the National and the Transnational”
Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “David Berry and Constance Bantman, eds., New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: the individual, the national and the transnational ”, Anarchist Studies, volume 20, number 1, pp. 123-126. David Berry and Constance Bantman (eds.), New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: the Individual, the National and the Transnational, Newcastle … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, Berry and Bantman (eds.), “New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: the Individual, the National and the Transnational”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neil Roos, Ordinary Springboks: white servicemen and social justice in South Africa, 1939-1961”
Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neil Roos, Ordinary Springboks: white servicemen and social justice in South Africa, 1939-1961”, International Review of Social History, volume 51, part 3, pp. 501-504. REVIEW: Roos, NEIL. Ordinary Springboks. White Servicemen and Social Justice in South Africa, 1939- 1961. Ashgate, Aldershot [etc.] 2005. xvi, 23 I pp. £45 .oo; A … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neil Roos, Ordinary Springboks: white servicemen and social justice in South Africa, 1939-1961”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, Lis Lange, “White, Poor and Angry: white working class families in Johannesburg”
Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Lis Lange, White, Poor and Angry: white working class families in Johannesburg”, International Review of Social History, volume 50, number 1, pp. 115-117.LANGE, LIS. van der Walt - Review of Lange 'White, Poor and Angry' [Race and representation.] Ashgate, Aldershot [etc.] 2003. viii, 186 pp. £45.00.Lis Lange provides that rarity in … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, Lis Lange, “White, Poor and Angry: white working class families in Johannesburg”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2003, Peter Alexander’s “Workers, War and the Origins of Apartheid”
REVIEW: Lucien van der Walt, 2003, “Inter-racial Workers' Solidarity in South Africa: Peter Alexander, Workers, War and the Origins of Apartheid: labour and politics in South Africa”, Journal of African History, volume 44, number 1, pp. 168-169. INTER - RACIAL WORKERS' SOLIDARITY IN SOUTH AFRICA Lucien van der Walt p. 168 REVIEW of Workers, War … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2003, Peter Alexander’s “Workers, War and the Origins of Apartheid”
[JOURNAL]: van der Walt, Alexander, Bonner, Hyslop, 2009, “Introduction: Labour crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”
Peter Alexander, Philip Bonner, Jonathan Hyslop, and Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Introduction: labour crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”, African Studies, volume 68, number 1, special section on “Labour Crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”, African Studies, volume 68, number 1, pp. 79-85.PDF online here. OUTLINE: Substantive introduction to a special section of African Studies, … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: van der Walt, Alexander, Bonner, Hyslop, 2009, “Introduction: Labour crossings in Eastern and Southern Africa”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Internationalismus und Antiimperialismus von unten: Anarchismus und Syndikalismus in der kolonialen und postkolonialen Welt”
Internationalismus und Antiimperialismus von unten: Anarchismus und Syndikalismus in der kolonialen und postkolonialen Welt Lucien van der Walt Übersetzung: A. Förster Erschienen in Direkte Aktion, 209 – Jan/Feb 2012 PDF online here. In den Weltregionen, die dem Kolonialismus und Imperialismus unterworfen sind, spielte die anarchistische Bewegung –einschließlich ihres gewerkschaftlichen Ablegers, des Syndikalismus – eine Schlüsselrolle. … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Internationalismus und Antiimperialismus von unten: Anarchismus und Syndikalismus in der kolonialen und postkolonialen Welt”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 1997, Film review, Ken Loach’s “Land and Freedom” (“Anarchists-syndicalists sidelined”)
Lucien van der Walt, 1997, Film review: Land and Freedom, directed by Ken Loach, entitled "Anarchists-syndicalists sidelined," from Debate: voices from the South African left, number 2 (first series), pp. 123-124. Note: review was deeply influenced by the review in Scottish Anarchist, no. 3, 1997. Get the PDF of the review here "Land and Freedom," … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 1997, Film review, Ken Loach’s “Land and Freedom” (“Anarchists-syndicalists sidelined”)
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