Lucien van der Walt (2020), "Building the Union for the Future: Linking Bottom-up Workers Education to Union Revitalisation," Amandla, number 71/ 72, pp. 32-34 PDF of this article HERE This article is based on a plenary talk at the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, Ilorin, Nigeria, in November 2019. DISCUSSIONS OF UNION education and … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] Lucien van der Walt, 2020, “Building the Union for the Future: Linking Bottom-up Workers Education to Union Revitalisation”
Category: Unions: analysis & strategy
Documenting and examining the struggles of trade unions, generally from an anarcho-syndicalist perspective
[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, “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, 1998, “Zambia: Workers and Poor under Attack”
Lucien van der Walt, 1998, "Zambia: Workers and Poor under Attack," Workers Solidarity, volume 4, number 1, pp. 8-9. 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!”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Zimbabwe: Time for an End to the Electoral Road”
Lucien van der Walt, 2005, "Zimbabwe: Time for an End to the Electoral Road," Zabalaza: A Southern African Journal of revolutionary anarchism, number 6, pp. 13-14. Get the PDF here ZIMBABWE: TIME FOR AN END TO THE ELECTORAL ROAD The April 2004 elections pose tough questions for the MDC, ZCTU. The choices made now will have … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2005, “Zimbabwe: Time for an End to the Electoral Road”
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Reverse the Drive to Privatise: Fighting Neo-liberalism in South African Higher Education”
Lucien van der Walt, 2001, Reverse the Drive to Privatise: Fighting Neo-liberalism in South African Higher Education, Zabalaza Books, Durban, Johannesburg. Introducing the text: This was a long pamphlet from an anarchist/ syndicalist perspective that located the post-apartheid neo-liberal reforms and attacks on workers in state universities in South Africa within a larger context: the neo-liberal … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 2001, “Reverse the Drive to Privatise: Fighting Neo-liberalism in South African Higher Education”
[RESEARCH REPORT] van der Walt, Bolsmann, Johnson and Martin, 2002, “The Outsourced University: A Survey of the Rise of Support Service Outsourcing in Public Sector Higher Education in South Africa…”, SWOP Research Report 11
Lucien van der Walt, Chris Bolsmann, Bernadette Johnson and Lindsey Martin, 2002, The Outsourced University: A Survey of the Rise of Support Service Outsourcing in Public Sector Higher Education in South Africa, and its effects on workers and trade unions, 1994-2001, Sociology of Work Unit (SWOP, now Society, Work and Development Institute), University of the … Continue reading [RESEARCH REPORT] van der Walt, Bolsmann, Johnson and Martin, 2002, “The Outsourced University: A Survey of the Rise of Support Service Outsourcing in Public Sector Higher Education in South Africa…”, SWOP Research Report 11
[SHORT] Bolsmann, Johnson, Martin and van der Walt, 2002, “The Effects of Support Service Outsourcing on Workers and Trade Unions in Public Universities in South Africa”
Chris Bolsmann, Bernadette Johnson, Lindsey Martin and Lucien van der Walt, 2002, "The Effects of Support Service Outsourcing on Workers and Trade Unions in Public Universities in South Africa," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 26, number 3, pp. 59-61. PDF of this article HERE
COLLECTION: John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2019, “Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State”
John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2019, Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State, Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU), Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa. Free for download, and sharing, published under copy-left. PDF of collection HERE, mirrored from HERE. What are the routes for societal transformation? What are the … Continue reading COLLECTION: John Reynolds and Lucien van der Walt (eds.), 2019, “Strategy: Debating Politics Within and At a Distance from the State”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Erneuerung und Reform der Arbeiterbewegung: Ein Plädoyer für den Anarcho-Syndikalismus”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, "Erneuerung Und Reform Der Arbeiterbewegung: Ein Plädoyer für den Anarcho-Syndikalismus," Direkte Aktion, 18 October. From here, translation from here. Erneuerung und Reform der Arbeiterbewegung: Ein Plädoyer für den Anarcho-Syndikalismus Von: Lucien van der Walt - 18. Oktober 2019 Danke für die Einladung zu diesem Panel [1], zusammen mit der Genossin Hilary Wainwright, einer Schlüsselfigur … Continue reading Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Erneuerung und Reform der Arbeiterbewegung: Ein Plädoyer für den Anarcho-Syndikalismus”
VIDEO: Lucien van der Walt, 26 May 2020, “Critically Assessing Social Programmes to Mitigate COVID-19: Long march to rebuilding bottom-up, working class-led change in South Africa,” SAFTU Workers’ Conversations
Lucien van der Walt, 26 May 2020, "Critically Assessing Social Programmes to Mitigate COVID-19: Long march to rebuilding bottom-up, working class-led change in South Africa," #SAFTUWorkersConversations series on "Coronavirus and the Working Class," South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU), online. In conversation with SAFTU's Zwelinzima Vavi, Mametlwe Sebei and others, NALSU director, Professor Lucien … Continue reading VIDEO: Lucien van der Walt, 26 May 2020, “Critically Assessing Social Programmes to Mitigate COVID-19: Long march to rebuilding bottom-up, working class-led change in South Africa,” SAFTU Workers’ Conversations
WORKERS’ CONVERSATIONS South Africa Livestream! Tuesday 26 May @ 19h00: Lucien van der Walt: “The working class, welfare and perspectives in the lockdown crisis”
WORKERS' CONVERSATIONS Livestream! Tuesday 26 May at 19h00 via SAFTU on Facebook, and via Zoom : the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) and Zwelinzima Vavi will be in discussion with Professor Lucien van der Walt of the Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU), Rhodes University, Makhanda. What measures have been put in place, … Continue reading WORKERS’ CONVERSATIONS South Africa Livestream! Tuesday 26 May @ 19h00: Lucien van der Walt: “The working class, welfare and perspectives in the lockdown crisis”
[SHORT]: Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Rebuilding Links between Unions and Co-operatives for Counter-Power”
Lucien van der Walt, 2019, "Rebuilding Links between Unions and Co-operatives for Counter-Power," Amandla, numbers 67/68, pp. 28-29 Get the PDF of print version here **Based on a talk in Tanzania on union strategy. High unemployment, together with stunning failures by both private and state sectors to provide basic services, have helped reignite interest in forming … Continue reading [SHORT]: Lucien van der Walt, 2019, “Rebuilding Links between Unions and Co-operatives for Counter-Power”
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