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”
Category: Unions: analysis & strategy
Documenting and examining the struggles of trade unions, generally from an anarcho-syndicalist perspective
[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…
[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”
[CHAPTER]: James Pendlebury& Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University”
James Pendlebury and Lucien van der Walt, 2006, "Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University," in Richard Pithouse (ed), Asinamali: university struggles in post-apartheid South Africa, Africa World Press: Trenton, NJ/ Asmara, Eritrea, pp.79-92. Get the PDF here. This paper outlines the neo-liberal restructuring of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (Wits) in the … Continue reading [CHAPTER]: James Pendlebury& Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Neoliberalism, Bureaucracy and Resistance at Wits University”
[RESEARCH REPORT]: Adler, Bezuidenhout, Buhlungu, Kenny, Omar, Ruiters, van der Walt, 2000, “The Wits University Support Services Review – A Critique”
The Wits University Support Services Review: a Critique (2000), paper prepared by Glenn Adler, Andries Bezuidenhout, Sakhela Buhlungu, Bridget Kenny, Rachmat Omar, Greg Ruiters, and Lucien van der Walt. Presented to the Council of the University of the Witwatersrand in June 2000. Get the PDF here. The document above was collectively produced by the … Continue reading [RESEARCH REPORT]: Adler, Bezuidenhout, Buhlungu, Kenny, Omar, Ruiters, van der Walt, 2000, “The Wits University Support Services Review – A Critique”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Who Rules South Africa? An Anarchist/Syndicalist Analysis of the ANC, the Post-Apartheid Elite Pact and the Political Implications”
Lucien van der Walt, 2013, "Who Rules South Africa? An anarchist/syndicalist analysis of the ANC,the post-apartheid elite pact and the political implications," Zabalaza: a journal of southern African revolutionary anarchism, no. 13, pp. 7-13 get the paginated PDF here. 2012 is the centenary of the African National Congress (ANC). The party that started out as … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2013, “Who Rules South Africa? An Anarchist/Syndicalist Analysis of the ANC, the Post-Apartheid Elite Pact and the Political Implications”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Saving Jobs in South Africa in the Crunch: ‘Engage’ or Revolt? Learning from workers in Korea and France”
This article first appeared at the international anarchist-communist, platformist and especifista news and discussion website anarkismo.net in April 2009, right here. The financial crisis was kicking in hard, neo-liberal restructuring was accelerating, and and the question was being sharply posed: how should the unions, and the working class more generally, respond? The orthodox approach in … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Saving Jobs in South Africa in the Crunch: ‘Engage’ or Revolt? Learning from workers in Korea and France”
[SPECIAL ISSUE]: Devan Pillay, Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century”
Labour, Capital and Society/ Travail, capital et société Volume 44, number 2 http://www.lcs-tcs.com/current.html Devan Pillay and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), "Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century" CONTACT: Lucien van der Walt l.vanderwalt@ru.ac.za with enquiries, or regarding copies. Paper by Pillay and … Continue reading [SPECIAL ISSUE]: Devan Pillay, Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century”
[TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Anarchism’s historical role: a global view”
Freedom • February 2012 • pp.12-14 Original PDF (with great images, also page numbers) is here. FEATURE Anarchism’s historical role: a global view Lucien van der Walt, co-author of Black Flame: the revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism [For more on Black Flame at wikipedia: click here]. Freedom bookshop was proud to host a … Continue reading [TALK]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Anarchism’s historical role: a global view”
2012 University / work webpage (mirror and link + UPDATE)…
Click here [dead link] to go to my new work webpage, at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. This is also mirrored below, in case: Professor Lucien van der WaltBA, BA Hons(Wits), PhD (Wits)e-mail: l.vanderwalt@ru.ac.za Teaching areas include: Labour and left history, movements, politics and theory; Political economy and economic sociology, with a focus on neo-liberal … Continue reading 2012 University / work webpage (mirror and link + UPDATE)…
[REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Triumph and Tragedy of a South African Communist: Ray Simons, 1914-2004 – review of Ray Alexander Simons, 2004, ‘All my Life and All my Strength'”
van der Walt, Lucien, (2007), "Triumph and Tragedy of a South African Communist: Ray Simons, 1914-2004 [review of Ray Alexander Simons, 2004, All my Life and All my Strength]," Khanya: a journal for activists, number 13 The previous link to the review went down. The PDF is now online here (mirrors here or here). The text … Continue reading [REVIEW]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “Triumph and Tragedy of a South African Communist: Ray Simons, 1914-2004 – review of Ray Alexander Simons, 2004, ‘All my Life and All my Strength'”
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Anarchism and Syndicalism in an African Port City: the revolutionary traditions of Cape Town’s multiracial working class, 1904-1931”
Lucien van der Walt, 2011, "Anarchism and Syndicalism in an African Port City: the revolutionary traditions of Cape Town's multiracial working class, 1904-1931," Labor History, Volume 52, Issue 2, pp. 137-171 PDF online here. The Cape Town docks in 1919, site of the joint strike between the syndicalist Industrial Workers of Africa (IWA) and the … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Anarchism and Syndicalism in an African Port City: the revolutionary traditions of Cape Town’s multiracial working class, 1904-1931”
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Negro e Vermelho: anarquismo, sindicalismo revolucionário e pessoas de cor na África Meridional nas décadas de 1880-1920”
Negro e Vermelho: anarquismo, sindicalismo revolucionário e pessoas de cor na África Meridional nas décadas de 1880-1920 Lucien van der Walt Mundos del Trabalho, volume 2, number 4 (Brazil), pp. 174-218. PDF is here (and mirrored here) Cena de 1918 do protesto contra em Witwatersrand, na qual Cetiwe e Kraai foram figuras chave. Resumo Este … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Negro e Vermelho: anarquismo, sindicalismo revolucionário e pessoas de cor na África Meridional nas décadas de 1880-1920”
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