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”
Category: South Africa
Pieces that have South Africa as a central focus – but are often relevant to labour and the left more generally
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Sulla risposta del COSATU alla crisi: per un’impostazione ed un’alternativa anarco-sindacalista”
Italian translation of Lucien van der Walt, 2011, "COSATU’s Response to the Crisis: an Anarcho-Syndicalist Assessment and Alternative," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 11 Source: anarkismo.net here Lucien van der Walt "Sulla risposta del COSATU alla crisi: per un'impostazione ed un'alternativa anarco-sindacalista" I sindacati sud-africani, confederati nel COSATU (Congress of South African … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Sulla risposta del COSATU alla crisi: per un’impostazione ed un’alternativa anarco-sindacalista”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Tras 10 años de GEAR: COSATU, el juicio a Zuma y la vía muerta de la política de alianzas”
Spanish translation of Lucien van der Walt, 2006, "After 10 years of GEAR: COSATU, the Zuma Trial and the Dead End of Alliance Politics," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 6, pp. 7-13, which you can read here. Source: anarkismo.net here Reportedly published as Lucien van der Walt, June 2007, "Tras 10 … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Tras 10 años de GEAR: COSATU, el juicio a Zuma y la vía muerta de la política de alianzas”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “After 10 years of GEAR: COSATU, the Zuma Trial and the Dead End of Alliance Politics”
Lucien van der Walt, 2006, "After 10 years of GEAR: COSATU, the Zuma Trial and the Dead End of Alliance Politics," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 6, pp. 7-13 Get the paginated PDF here. South Africa’s transition, as we stated in Workers Solidarity in 1998, went sour a long time ago. … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “After 10 years of GEAR: COSATU, the Zuma Trial and the Dead End of Alliance Politics”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Il significato politico del NEPAD: ricetta africana per il neoliberismo”
Italian translation of Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “The Political Significance of NEPAD”, Zabalaza: a southern African journal of revolutionary anarchism, number 5, which can be read here. Source: anarkismo.net here Lucien van der Walt Il significato politico del NEPAD: ricetta africana per il neoliberismo Il NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development), adottato dall'Unione Africana … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Il significato politico del NEPAD: ricetta africana per il neoliberismo”
[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, 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.
[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
[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”
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