Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor &Lucien van der Walt, 2011, "Why May Day Matters: History with anarchist roots," South African Labour Bulletin, Volume 35, Number 1, pp. 51-53 PDF is online here Why May Day matters History with anarchist roots When we celebrate May Day we seldom know or reflect on why it is a holiday in … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Byrne, McGregor & van der Walt, 2011, “Why May Day Matters: History with anarchist roots”
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[DOCUMENT]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Reorganising the APF Media Committee: Report”
From an old file, when I was an Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) media officer. The APF was founded in 2000; by this stage (early 2001), with rapid growth, the "core" that met Mondays at COSATU House (myself included) were pretty stretched. The unions that helped found the APF (NEHAWU via Wits University Crisis Committee; SAMWU and … Continue reading [DOCUMENT]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Reorganising the APF Media Committee: Report”
[ANALYSIS] [UNPUBLISHED]: Lucien van der Walt, ca. 1999, “Background to Zimbabwe and Structural Adjustment” (6)
The text below was written in 1999 for a proposed c0-authored (but never published, for various reasons) booklet in the Khanya College "Economic Literacy Series." It examines Zimbabwe in the 1980s and 1990s, stressing the class struggles and rebellions faced by the ZANU-PF regime of Robert Mugabe, and the regime's (these days, well known) pattern … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] [UNPUBLISHED]: Lucien van der Walt, ca. 1999, “Background to Zimbabwe and Structural Adjustment” (6)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “What Anarchism and Syndicalism Offer the South African Left”
Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “What Anarchism and Syndicalism Offer the South African Left,” special supplement on Marxism & renewal in the 21st Century – new challenges, new thinking, in Amandla, no. 21, pp. 9-11 This paper was published first in a special supplement on Marxism & renewal in the 21st Century – new challenges, … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “What Anarchism and Syndicalism Offer the South African Left”
[JOURNAL]: Devan Pillay and Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century”
Devan Pillay and Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century,” Labour, Capital and Society, volume 44, number 2, pp. 2-25 . PDF online here. On the basis of studies of workers’ struggles in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Devan Pillay and Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century”
[ANALYSIS]: Melanie Samson, Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Communities Mobilise: interview with Virginia Setshedi of SECC”
Melanie Samson and Lucien van der Walt, September 2000, "Samson, van der Walt - Communities Mobilise - interview with Virginia Setshedi of the SECC," Anti-Privatisation Monitor, number 1, pp. 1-2 An old interview with Virginia Setshedi, at the time an activist in the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee (SECC), a key affiliate of the Anti-Privatisation Forum … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Melanie Samson, Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Communities Mobilise: interview with Virginia Setshedi of SECC”
[ANALYSIS]: Kariuki, van der Walt, 2000, “The Politics of Land – ZANU vs the MDC” (5)
Samuel Kariuki and Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “The Politics of Land - ZANU vs the MDC," Southern Africa Report, volume 15, number 4, pp. 11-15. A fifth Zimbabwean piece. Samuel Kariuki and I argued that unless the (then-) union-backed Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) developed an effective progressive programme (including pro-worker land reform), the … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Kariuki, van der Walt, 2000, “The Politics of Land – ZANU vs the MDC” (5)
[ANALYSIS]: Sakhela Buhlungu, Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Voice from Below: Zambian Workers Speak Out”
Sakhela Buhlungu and Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “The Voice from Below: Zambian Workers Speak Out," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 21, number 3, pp. 64-68 Based on interviews with workers and trade unionists and factory and mine visits in the late 1990s, a look at how Zambia's working class responded to the impact of … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Sakhela Buhlungu, Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Voice from Below: Zambian Workers Speak Out”
[ANALYSIS]: Shawn Hattingh and Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Mandela, the ANC and the 1994 Breakthrough: Anarchist / syndicalist reflections on national liberation and South Africa’s transition”
[ONLINE ONLY] Shawn Hattingh and Lucien van der Walt, 2013, "Mandela, the ANC and the 1994 Breakthrough: Anarchist / syndicalist reflections on national liberation and South Africa’s transition," for anarkismo.net here. SUMMARY The destruction of the apartheid state form, with its odious policies of coercion and racism, was a major triumph for the working class … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Shawn Hattingh and Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Mandela, the ANC and the 1994 Breakthrough: Anarchist / syndicalist reflections on national liberation and South Africa’s transition”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “(Re)Construindo um Cânone Anarquista e Sindicalista Global: resposta a Robert Graham e Nathan Jun sobre Chama Negra“
Portuguese translation of 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, which you can read here. Source: Instituto de Teoria e História Anarquista … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “(Re)Construindo um Cânone Anarquista e Sindicalista Global: resposta a Robert Graham e Nathan Jun sobre Chama Negra“
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “O Papel Histórico do Anarquismo: uma visão global“
Portuguese translation of Lucien van der Walt, February 2012, "Anarchism’s historical role: a global view," Freedom, pp. 12-14, which you can read here Source: Instituto de Teoria e História Anarquista (ITHA) here. PDF is here and here Lucien van der Walt. “O Papel Histórico do Anarquismo” 30 de outubro de 2013 · Lucien van der Walt. … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “O Papel Histórico do Anarquismo: uma visão global“
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Kontra-moć, participativna demokracija, obrana revolucije: debata o Black Flame-u , revolucionarnom anarhizmu i historijskom marksizmu”
Croat translation of Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Counterpower, Participatory Democracy, Revolutionary Defence: debating Black Flame, revolutionary anarchism and historical Marxism,” International Socialism: a quarterly journal of socialist theory, no. 130 , pp. 193-207, which you can read here. Source: found here PDF is online here Lucien van der Walt Kontra-moć Kontra-moć, participativna demokracija, obrana … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Kontra-moć, participativna demokracija, obrana revolucije: debata o Black Flame-u , revolucionarnom anarhizmu i historijskom marksizmu”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “South Africa: ANC’s electricity privatisation opposed”
Lucien van der Walt, 11 April 2001, "South Africa: ANC's electricity privatisation opposed," Green Left Weekly, number 444. PDF is online here SOUTH AFRICA: ANC's electricity privatisation opposed Wednesday, April 11, 2001 - 10:00 Lucien van der Walt JOHANNESBURG — The Anti-Privatisation Forum — an organisation that unites trade unions, township residents' groups, left-wing parties, … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “South Africa: ANC’s electricity privatisation opposed”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Radical South African magazine relaunched”
Lucien van der Walt, 9 May 2001, "Radical South African magazine relaunched," Green Left Weekly, number 447. PDF is online here Radical South African magazine relaunched Lucien van der Walt,Green Left Weekly 447. JOHANNESBURG — The radical magazine, Debate: voices from the South African left, was recently relaunched at the Workers' Library and Museum in … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Radical South African magazine relaunched”
[TRANSLATION]: Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor &Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Γιατί η Πρωτομαγιά είναι σημαντική: Ιστορία με αναρχικές ρίζες”
Greek translation of Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor &Lucien van der Walt, 2011, "Why May Day Matters: History with anarchist roots," South African Labour Bulletin, Volume 35, Number 1, pp. 51-53 which you can read here. Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor &Lucien van der Walt "Γιατί η Πρωτομαγιά είναι σημαντική: Ιστορία με αναρχικές ρίζες" Όταν γιορτάζουμε την Πρωτομαγιά … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor &Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Γιατί η Πρωτομαγιά είναι σημαντική: Ιστορία με αναρχικές ρίζες”
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