Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “(Re)Constructing a Global Anarchist and Syndicalist Canon - a response to Robert Graham and Nathan Jun on 'Black Flame'," 'Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies,' special issue on 'Blasting the Canon,' No 1 (2013), pp. 193-203 Online PDF mirrored here from here http://anarchist-developments.org/index.php/adcs/article/view/79/92 This article defends the argument that anarchism / syndicalism … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: van der Walt, 2013, “(Re)Constructing a Global Anarchist and Syndicalist Canon – a response to Robert Graham and Nathan Jun on ‘Black Flame’,”
Category: Labour history
Dealing with the history of the struggles and movements of the popular classes, worldwide
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “History of the IWW in South Africa,” from ‘Bread and Roses’
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, "A History of the IWW in South Africa", Bread and Roses, number 7, (Britain), pp. 11-14. This short article looks at how the revolutionary syndicalist IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) influenced South African workers struggles into the 1920s. The IWW had an important influence on black as well as … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “History of the IWW in South Africa,” from ‘Bread and Roses’
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”
Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”, African Studies, volume 66, number 2/3, special issue ‘Transnational and Comparative Perspectives on Southern African Labour History’, pp. 223-251. PDF is online here In this article, I argue that the history of … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Revolutionärer Syndikalismus, Rasse und Klasse in Südafrika: die ‘International Socialist League’ und die ‘Industrial Workers of Africa’ 1915 bis 1920”, Archiv für die Geschichte des Widerstandes und der Arbeit, number 16, (Germany), pp. 213-246.
This article appeared in German in the Archiv für die Geschichte des Widerstandes und der Arbeit (AGWA), of which more can be read here. Get the PDF here It discusses South African revolutionary syndicalism, with particular reference to the International Socialist League (a syndicalist political group, later merged into the Communist Party of South Africa), … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Revolutionärer Syndikalismus, Rasse und Klasse in Südafrika: die ‘International Socialist League’ und die ‘Industrial Workers of Africa’ 1915 bis 1920”, Archiv für die Geschichte des Widerstandes und der Arbeit, number 16, (Germany), pp. 213-246.
[JOURNAL + comments]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe: For Democracy, Against Neo-Liberalism” (4)
Lucien van der Walt, 1998, "Trade Unions in Zimbabwe: For Democracy, Against Neo-Liberalism," Capital and Class, volume 22, number 3, pp. 85-117 Get the PDF here. This paper, written around 1997 and published in 1998, provided an overview of the Zimbabwe labour movement, locating it in the country's larger political economy and history. In general, … Continue reading [JOURNAL + comments]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe: For Democracy, Against Neo-Liberalism” (4)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe” (3)
Lucien van der Walt, May 1999, "Trade Unions in Zimbabwe," Labour Movements: Research Committee (RC) 44 Newsletter, International Sociological Association, p. 8 By early 1999, it was clear that the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and its allies in the struggle against the repressive and corrupt ZANU-PF regime of Zimbabwe, as well as against … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe” (3)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Victory for Zimbabwean Workers?” (2)
Lucien van der Walt, December 1998, "Victory for Zimbabwean Workers?," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 22, number 6, pp. 89-90. Following from an earlier analysis (here) of the rise of the unions and other working class and peasant forces in Zimbabwe in the late 1990s, this piece examined a major - but contradictory - victory … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Victory for Zimbabwean Workers?” (2)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “‘This is Class Warfare’: the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe”
Lucien van der Walt, October 1998, "'This is Class Warfare': the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 22, number 5, pp. 85-90. This was one of a number of pieces I wrote on popular struggles - often led by trade unions - in Zimbabwe. At that time, neo-liberal Structural Adjustment, high … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “‘This is Class Warfare’: the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe”
[WORKSHOPS]: Workshops, education and notes from the Workers’ Library & Museum that was…
Notes and posters from the Workers' Library & Museum that was... Lucien van der Walt, April 2013 From around 1998 into around 2003, I was involved in coordinating the Workers Education Workshops at the Workers Library and Museum (WLM) in Johannesburg; I was also vice chair for quite a while, and coordinated the WLM's Workers … Continue reading [WORKSHOPS]: Workshops, education and notes from the Workers’ Library & Museum that was…
[CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Labour in South Africa: a sleeping giant?”, in Immanuel Ness, Amy Offner and Chris Sturr, (eds.), ‘Real World Labor,’ Dollars and Sense Collective, Boston
Lucien van der Walt, 2009, "Labour in South Africa: a sleeping giant?", in Immanuel Ness, Amy Offner and Chris Sturr, (eds.), Real World Labor, Dollars and Sense Collective, Boston, pp. 105-112. This chapter provides a brief overview of the union movement in South Africa, black and white, its achievements and its challenges.This includes a discussion … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Labour in South Africa: a sleeping giant?”, in Immanuel Ness, Amy Offner and Chris Sturr, (eds.), ‘Real World Labor,’ Dollars and Sense Collective, Boston
[TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Anarchism’s historical role: a global view”
Freedom • February 2012 • pp.12-14 Original PDF (with great images, also page numbers) is here. FEATURE Anarchism’s historical role: a global view Lucien van der Walt, co-author of Black Flame: the revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism [For more on Black Flame at wikipedia: click here]. Freedom bookshop was proud to host a … Continue reading [TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Anarchism’s historical role: a global view”
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)…
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Triumph and Tragedy of a South African Communist: Ray Simons, 1914-2004 – review of Ray Alexander Simons, 2004, ‘All my Life and All my Strength'”
van der Walt, Lucien, (2007), "Triumph and Tragedy of a South African Communist: Ray Simons, 1914-2004 [review of Ray Alexander Simons, 2004, All my Life and All my Strength]," Khanya: a journal for activists, number 13 The previous link to the review went down. The PDF is now online here (mirrors here or here). The text … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Triumph and Tragedy of a South African Communist: Ray Simons, 1914-2004 – review of Ray Alexander Simons, 2004, ‘All my Life and All my Strength'”
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Anarchism and Syndicalism in an African Port City: the revolutionary traditions of Cape Town’s multiracial working class, 1904-1931”
Lucien van der Walt, 2011, "Anarchism and Syndicalism in an African Port City: the revolutionary traditions of Cape Town's multiracial working class, 1904-1931," Labor History, Volume 52, Issue 2, pp. 137-171 PDF online here. The Cape Town docks in 1919, site of the joint strike between the syndicalist Industrial Workers of Africa (IWA) and the … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Anarchism and Syndicalism in an African Port City: the revolutionary traditions of Cape Town’s multiracial working class, 1904-1931”
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Negro e Vermelho: anarquismo, sindicalismo revolucionário e pessoas de cor na África Meridional nas décadas de 1880-1920”
Negro e Vermelho: anarquismo, sindicalismo revolucionário e pessoas de cor na África Meridional nas décadas de 1880-1920 Lucien van der Walt Mundos del Trabalho, volume 2, number 4 (Brazil), pp. 174-218. PDF is here (and mirrored here) Cena de 1918 do protesto contra em Witwatersrand, na qual Cetiwe e Kraai foram figuras chave. Resumo Este … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Negro e Vermelho: anarquismo, sindicalismo revolucionário e pessoas de cor na África Meridional nas décadas de 1880-1920”
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