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’,”
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[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Wits Students Fight Fee Increases, Privatisation”
Lucien van der Walt, November 2007, "Wits Students Fight Fee Increases, Privatisation," Steeldrum: news for members of Steelworkers Local 1998, University of Toronto, vol. 7, no. 4 PDF is online here
[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.
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Perspectives on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004”
Lucien van der Walt, 2004, "Perspectives on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004," Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, volume 8 number 1, pp. 1, 14-16. Correct PDF is here This short analysis, looking at both the South African anarchist / syndicalist movement of the 1880s-1920s, and the revived movement that emerged from the 1990s, examined … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Perspectives on Race and Anarchism in South Africa, 1904-2004”
[CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “Zyklen der Akkumulation – Zyklen des Klassenkampfes. Zum Verhältnis von Apartheid, Arbeit und Befreiung in Südafrika”
Lucien van der Walt, 2008, "Zyklen der Akkumulation - Zyklen des Klassenkampfes. Zum Verhältnis von Apartheid, Arbeit und Befreiung in Südafrika", Holger Marcks and Matthias Seiffert (Hg.), Die großen Streiks: Episoden aus dem Klassenkampf, Unrast-Bücher der Kritik, Münster, pp. 160-164. PDF is here.
[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”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Against the Bourgeois University: Fighting neo-liberalism in South African higher education”
This is the English-language original of Lucien van der Walt, November 2000, "Contre l'Universite Bourgeoise: combattons le neoliberalisme dans l'enseignement superieur Sud Africain," Le Combat Syndicaliste, p. 13, which is here Against the Bourgeois University: Fighting neo-liberalism in South African higher education Lucien van der Walt Bikisha Media Collective Johannesburg Since early 2000, libertarian … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Against the Bourgeois University: Fighting neo-liberalism in South African higher education”
[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…
[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
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