David Johnson, Noor Nieftagodien and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2022, Labour Struggles in Southern Africa 1919-1949: New Perspectives on the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU), Cape Town: HSRC Press, 308pp. Materials from the publisher are HERE. Introduction (David Johnson, Noor Nieftagodien and Lucien van der Walt) Section A: The ICU in Southern Africa … Continue reading [BOOK] “Labour Struggles in Southern Africa 1919-1949: New Perspectives on the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU)” (David Johnson, Noor Nieftagodien & Lucien van der Walt, 2022)
Category: South Africa
Pieces that have South Africa as a central focus – but are often relevant to labour and the left more generally
[BOOK] “Politics at a Distance from the State: Radical and African Perspectives” (Kirk Helliker & Lucien van der Walt, eds., 2022, paperback)
Kirk Helliker and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2022, Politics at a Distance from the State: Radical and African Perspectives, Oakland: PM Press, 172pp. Publisher information on book HERE. Description For decades, most anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movements identified radical transformation with capturing state power. The collapse of these statist projects from the 1970s led to … Continue reading [BOOK] “Politics at a Distance from the State: Radical and African Perspectives” (Kirk Helliker & Lucien van der Walt, eds., 2022, paperback)
[ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “Historical Analysis of South African Political Economy” (DITSELA / COSATU)
Lucien van der Walt, 2008, "Historical Analysis of South African Political Economy," in Organiser Modules - Module 3: Political Economy and Alternative Organising under Neo-liberal Capitalism in South Africa, Development Institute for Training, Support and Education for Labour (DITSELA) / Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Johannesburg, pp. 106-131. PDF of this article HERE and get … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2008, “Historical Analysis of South African Political Economy” (DITSELA / COSATU)
[TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 2003, “University Restructuring: Whose Gain, Whose Pain, Whose Transformation?,” poster for talk to UDW’s Combined Staff Assoc.
This was a talk I gave to the independent Combined Staff Association (COMSA) at the University of Durban-Westville, Durban as part of a campaign against outsourcing. The published talk is HERE. Poster in PDF is HERE.
[WORKSHOP]: Lucien van der Walt, 2020, “Working Class Heritage: The Creation of the Working Class and its Struggles in South Africa,” Sundays River Valley Farm Workers Forum
Workshop input: Lucien van der Walt, 2020, "Working Class Heritage: The Creation of the Working Class and its Struggles in South Africa" Heritage Day event, Sundays River Valley Farm Workers Forum, Masizakhe Community Hall, Nomathamsanqa township, Addo, Eastern Cape, 26 September.
[CHAPTER]: van der Walt & Moussouris (2020), “Anarcho-syndicalism and Union Education in South Africa: A Critical Evaluation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Tradition”
Lucien van der Walt and Mandy Moussouris (2020), “Anarcho-syndicalism and Union Education in South Africa: A Critical Evaluation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Tradition,” in Linda Cooper and Sheri Hamilton (eds.), Renewing Workers’ Education: Towards a Radical, Alternative Vision, HSRC Press: Cape Town, pp. 199-214. PDF of this chapter HERE
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “The Neo-Liberal Agenda: GEAR versus the working class,” Anti-Privatisation Monitor
Lucien van der Walt, 2000, "The Neo-Liberal Agenda: GEAR versus the working class," Anti-Privatisation Monitor, number 2, pp. 12-13. PDF HERE
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Wits 2001: Privatisation at Wits University,” Anti-Privatisation Monitor
Lucien van der Walt, 2000, "Wits 2001: Privatisation at Wits University," Anti-Privatisation Monitor, number 1, p. 3. PDF HERE
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1992, “SAP: To Serve and Protect, to Torture and Kill”
Lucien van der Walt, 1992, "SAP: To Serve and Protect, to Torture and Kill," Revolt, number 2, pp. 18-19. Note: This was heavily reliant on reporting by the Mail and Guardian/ Weekly Mail at the time. The South African police continue to assault, torture and kill people in custody. The brutal death of Simon Mthimkulu … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1992, “SAP: To Serve and Protect, to Torture and Kill”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 1994, “A Place in the City: The Rand on the Eve of Apartheid, Luli Callinicos”
REVIEW: Lucien van der Walt, 1994, “A Place in the City: The Rand on the Eve of Apartheid, Luli Callinicos, 1993, Ravan Press and Maskew Miller /Longman,” Unrest, number 1, p. 24. A Place in the City: The Rand on the Eve of Apartheid. Luli Callinicos. 1993. Ravan Press and Maskew Miller /Longman. 139 pages.R40.Available at large CNAs … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 1994, “A Place in the City: The Rand on the Eve of Apartheid, Luli Callinicos”
[TRANSLATED]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Sydafrika: Från Apartheid till Nyliberalism”
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, "Sydafrika: Från Apartheid till Nyliberalism," Fõr Ett Annat Erope, Fõr Ett Annan Varld (Stockholm), pp. 60-72. PDF HERE
[TRANSLATED]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Phansi i-GEAR phansi!,” ‘Zabalaza’
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, "Phansi i-GEAR phansi!," Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism, number 1, p. 2. PDF HERE Mumso oke fokotse tshebediso ya tjhelete. Gear e re mmuso o sebedisa tjhelete e ngata mme e tshwanela ho fokotsa batho ba sebeletsang mmuso, hore o tle o kgone ho lefella dithoto bophelo … Continue reading [TRANSLATED]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Phansi i-GEAR phansi!,” ‘Zabalaza’
[TRANSLATED]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Phansi GEAR phansi!”
Lucien van der Walt, 2000, "Phansi GEAR phansi!," Anti-Privatisation Monitor, number 1, p. 13. PDF here Phansi GEAR Phansi! LUCIEN VAN DER WALT, WITS UNIVERSITY APF Mumso oke fokotse tshebediso ya tjhelete. Gear e re mmuso o sebedisa tjhelete e ngata mme e tshwanela ho fokotsa batho ba sebeletsang mmuso, hore o tle o kgone … Continue reading [TRANSLATED]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Phansi GEAR phansi!”
[CONFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “South African Capital and Power in SADC: Neo-liberalism and ‘small’ imperialism”
Get the PDF here Lucien van der Walt, 2000, "South African Capital and Power in SADC: Neo-liberalism and "small" imperialism," paper presented at Comparing and Connecting Labour in Southern Africa/ Workshop for Comparative Labour Studies, Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit (now University of Johannesburg), 28-29 October. Lucien van der Walt[1] The issue of South African neo-liberalism in relation … Continue reading [CONFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “South African Capital and Power in SADC: Neo-liberalism and ‘small’ imperialism”
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “‘The Industrial Union is the Embryo of the Socialist Commonwealth’: The International Socialist League and Revolutionary Syndicalism in South Africa, 1915-1919”
Lucien van der Walt, 1999, "'The Industrial Union is the Embryo of the Socialist Commonwealth': The International Socialist League and Revolutionary Syndicalism in South Africa, 1915-1919," Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, volume XIX, number 1, in special issue 'South African Labour and the Left', pp. 5-30. PDF HERE
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