Lucien van der Walt, 1997, "L'Afrique du Sud apres l'apartheid," Le Monde Libertaire, 12 November 1997, no. 1100. Click the image to get the PDF or click here
Category: South Africa
Pieces that have South Africa as a central focus – but are often relevant to labour and the left more generally
[CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Revolutionary Syndicalism, Communism and the National Question in South African Socialism, 1886-1928”
Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Revolutionary Syndicalism, Communism and the National Question in South African Socialism, 1886-1928”, in Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), (foreword by Benedict Anderson), 2014, Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940: the praxis of national liberation, internationalism, and social revolution, Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Revolutionary Syndicalism, Communism and the National Question in South African Socialism, 1886-1928”
[CHAPTER]: Hirsch and van der Walt, 2010, “Final Reflections: the vicissitudes of anarchist and syndicalist trajectories, 1940 to the present”
Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt, 2010, “Final Reflections: the vicissitudes of anarchist and syndicalist trajectories, 1940 to the present”,in Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), (foreword by Benedict Anderson), Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940: the praxis of national liberation, internationalism, and social revolution, Brill … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: Hirsch and van der Walt, 2010, “Final Reflections: the vicissitudes of anarchist and syndicalist trajectories, 1940 to the present”
[CHAPTER]: van der Walt & Hirsch, 2010, “Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: The colonial and post-colonial experience, 1870-1940”
Lucien van der Walt and Steven J. Hirsch, 2010, “Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: the colonial and post-colonial experience, 1870-1940”, in Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), (foreword by Benedict Anderson), Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940: the praxis of national liberation, internationalism, and social revolution, Brill Academic Publishers, … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: van der Walt & Hirsch, 2010, “Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: The colonial and post-colonial experience, 1870-1940”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neil Roos, Ordinary Springboks: white servicemen and social justice in South Africa, 1939-1961”
Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neil Roos, Ordinary Springboks: white servicemen and social justice in South Africa, 1939-1961”, International Review of Social History, volume 51, part 3, pp. 501-504. REVIEW: Roos, NEIL. Ordinary Springboks. White Servicemen and Social Justice in South Africa, 1939- 1961. Ashgate, Aldershot [etc.] 2005. xvi, 23 I pp. £45 .oo; A … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neil Roos, Ordinary Springboks: white servicemen and social justice in South Africa, 1939-1961”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, Lis Lange, “White, Poor and Angry: white working class families in Johannesburg”
Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Lis Lange, White, Poor and Angry: white working class families in Johannesburg”, International Review of Social History, volume 50, number 1, pp. 115-117.LANGE, LIS. van der Walt - Review of Lange 'White, Poor and Angry' [Race and representation.] Ashgate, Aldershot [etc.] 2003. viii, 186 pp. £45.00.Lis Lange provides that rarity in … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, Lis Lange, “White, Poor and Angry: white working class families in Johannesburg”
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, Owen Crankshaw, “Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid”
Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Owen Crankshaw, Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid”, International Review of Social History, volume 44, part 3, pp. 505-508. CRANKSHAW, OWEN, Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid. Routledge, London [etc.] 1997. ix, 214 pp. 45.00. Owen Crankshaw's *Race, Class and the Changing … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, Owen Crankshaw, “Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Razzismo, neoliberismo e Iotta di classe in Sudafrica”
Lucien van der Walt, June 2001, "Razzismo, neoliberismo e Iotta di classe in Sudafrica," Comunismo Libertario, no. 51, p. 8 (part 1) and November-December 2001, "Razzismo, neoliberismo e Iotta di classe in Sudafrica," Comunismo Libertario, No. 52, p. 8 (part 2). UPDATED file: both parts, so click on image for PDF
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Privatisation: How far have ‘we’ come?”, NGO Matters
Lucien van der Walt, 2000, "Privatisation: how far have "we" come?", NGO Matters, SANGOCO, volume 3, number 3, p. 10. Still-relevant overview of privatisation in South Africa, past, present and future. Includes a critical assessment of impact of the privatisation and commercialisation of state companies and facilities. Click on image for PDF of the article … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “Privatisation: How far have ‘we’ come?”, NGO Matters
[JOURNAL] : Bonner, Hyslop & van der Walt, 2007, “Rethinking Worlds of Labour: southern African labour history in international context”
Philip Bonner, Jonathan Hyslop and Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Rethinking Worlds of Labour: southern African labour history in international context”, African Studies, volume 66, number 2/3, special issue ‘Transnational and Comparative Perspectives on Southern African Labour History’, pp. 137-180. Introduction to a special issue of African Studies, arising from a labour history conference in … Continue reading [JOURNAL] : Bonner, Hyslop & van der Walt, 2007, “Rethinking Worlds of Labour: southern African labour history in international context”
[SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Speech to Metalworkers: anarcho-syndicalism for South African unions?”
Speech to metalworkers: Anarcho-syndicalism for South African unions today? Lucien van der Walt Lightly edited transcript from Lucien van der Walt’s discussion at 1st National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) Political School, September 2013. From his debate with Solly Mapaila, 2nd deputy GS of the South African Communist Party (SACP) on anarcho-syndicalist versus … Continue reading [SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Speech to Metalworkers: anarcho-syndicalism for South African unions?”
[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]: 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]: Dieltiens, van der Walt, 2000, “Debating Privatisation”
Nicolas Dieltiens and Lucienvan der Walt, October 2000, “Debating Privatisation," AIDC Aternatives, pp. 4-5. A3 centre-spread in AIDC Alternatives, of Cape Town. From when Nicolas and I were the Media Officers of the Anti-Privatisaton Forum (APF). The PDF is here
[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”
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