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)
Category: Neo-liberalism & privatisation
Examining neo-liberal state/ capitalist restructuring, its aims, effects and popular class struggles that fight back
[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”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Contre l’Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l’enseignement superieur Sud Africain”
This article, written during the struggle against the neo-liberal, union-busting "Wits 2001" programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, appeared in the November 2000 issue of Le Combat Syndicaliste, published by the CNT-Vignolles (and who translated it, too) Lucien van der Walt, November 2000, "Contre l'Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l'enseignement superieur Sud Africain," … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Contre l’Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l’enseignement superieur Sud Africain”
[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…
[ANALYSIS]: Tina Sizovuka& Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Alternative Needed to Nationalisation, Privatisation: Industries like South Africa’s ESKOM show Working Class deserves better”
Tina Sizovuka& Lucien van der Walt, 2013, "Alternative Needed to Nationalisation, Privatisation: Industries like South Africa’s ESKOM show Working Class deserves better," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 13 pp. 20-28 get the paginated PDF here. “To assure the labourers that they will be able to establish socialism … [through] government machinery, … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Tina Sizovuka& Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Alternative Needed to Nationalisation, Privatisation: Industries like South Africa’s ESKOM show Working Class deserves better”
[CHAPTER]: James Pendlebury& Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University”
James Pendlebury and Lucien van der Walt, 2006, "Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University," in Richard Pithouse (ed), Asinamali: university struggles in post-apartheid South Africa, Africa World Press: Trenton, NJ/ Asmara, Eritrea, pp.79-92. Get the PDF here. This paper outlines the neo-liberal restructuring of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (Wits) in the … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: James Pendlebury& Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University”
[RESEARCH REPORT]: Adler, Bezuidenhout, Buhlungu, Kenny, Omar, Ruiters, van der Walt, 2000, “The Wits University Support Services Review – A Critique”
The Wits University Support Services Review: a Critique (2000), paper prepared by Glenn Adler, Andries Bezuidenhout, Sakhela Buhlungu, Bridget Kenny, Rachmat Omar, Greg Ruiters, and Lucien van der Walt. Presented to the Council of the University of the Witwatersrand in June 2000. Get the PDF here. The document above was collectively produced by the … Continue reading [RESEARCH REPORT]: Adler, Bezuidenhout, Buhlungu, Kenny, Omar, Ruiters, van der Walt, 2000, “The Wits University Support Services Review – A Critique”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Who Rules South Africa? An Anarchist/Syndicalist Analysis of the ANC, the Post-Apartheid Elite Pact and the Political Implications”
Lucien van der Walt, 2013, "Who Rules South Africa? An anarchist/syndicalist analysis of the ANC,the post-apartheid elite pact and the political implications," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 13, pp. 7-13 get the paginated PDF here. 2012 is the centenary of the African National Congress (ANC). The party that started out as … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Who Rules South Africa? An Anarchist/Syndicalist Analysis of the ANC, the Post-Apartheid Elite Pact and the Political Implications”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Saving Jobs in South Africa in the Crunch: ‘Engage’ or Revolt? Learning from workers in Korea and France”
This article first appeared at the international anarchist-communist, platformist and especifista news and discussion website anarkismo.net in April 2009, right here. The financial crisis was kicking in hard, neo-liberal restructuring was accelerating, and and the question was being sharply posed: how should the unions, and the working class more generally, respond? The orthodox approach in … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Saving Jobs in South Africa in the Crunch: ‘Engage’ or Revolt? Learning from workers in Korea and France”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt& Ian Bekker, 2011, “Améliorer le mouvement des travailleurs : leçons de la grande grève de 2010 en Afrique du sud”
Améliorer le mouvement des travailleurs : leçons de la grande grève de 2010 en Afrique du sud Lucien van der Walt, Ian Bekker Terre et Liberté (Mai 2012), n°2 Get the published PDF here. Paru dans Zabalaza n°12, juillet 2011. Traduction : SI de la CNT En août et septembre 2010, une grande grève, à laquelle … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt& Ian Bekker, 2011, “Améliorer le mouvement des travailleurs : leçons de la grande grève de 2010 en Afrique du sud”
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)…
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt and Ian Bekker, 2011, “Build a Better Workers’ Movement: learning from South Africa’s 2010 mass strike”
Build a Better Workers’ Movement: learning from South Africa’s 2010 mass strike Lucien van der Walt and Ian Bekker Zabalaza: a journal of Southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 12, 2011, pp. 11-15 PDF online here The biggest single strike since the 1994 parliamentary transition in South Africa showed the unions’ power. It won some … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt and Ian Bekker, 2011, “Build a Better Workers’ Movement: learning from South Africa’s 2010 mass strike”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2010, “COSATU’s Response to the Crisis: an Anarcho-Syndicalist Assessment and Alternative” [ZABALAZA]
COSATU’s Response to the Crisis: an Anarcho-Syndicalist Assessment and Alternative Lucien van der Walt, in Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 11 PDF of Zabalaza version online here South African unions, centred on the 2 million-strong Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), have consistently articulated a policy vision that … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2010, “COSATU’s Response to the Crisis: an Anarcho-Syndicalist Assessment and Alternative” [ZABALAZA]
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