Sud Africa: il sindacalista rivoluzionario indiano Bernard Sigamoney di Durban Lucien van der Walt, Traduzione di Alternativa Libertaria/FdCA - Ufficio Relazioni Internazionali, Articolo pubblicato nella rivista anarchica sudafricana "Tokologo", No. 4, novembre 2014. Un movimento globale, quello della tradizione anarchica e sindacalista rivoluzionaria, ha influenzato persone di tutti i ceti sociali. Una del\le figure più … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Sud Africa: il sindacalista rivoluzionario indiano Bernard Sigamoney di Durban”
Category: Unions: analysis & strategy
Documenting and examining the struggles of trade unions, generally from an anarcho-syndicalist perspective
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1996, “Swazi Unions Demand Democracy”
This is pretty old, from my student days... Lucien van der Walt, 1996, "Swazi Unions Demand Democracy", Workers Solidarity, volume 2, number 1, p. 10 Get the PDF here In 1994 the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU) called a two day general strike for the 21- 22 of February. More than 10 000 workers … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1996, “Swazi Unions Demand Democracy”
[ANALYSIS]: van der Walt, 2014, “Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist”
Lucien van der Walt, 2014, "Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist," Tokologo, number 4, p.11. Get the PDF here Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist by Lucien van der Walt A global movement, the anarchist and syndicalist tradition has influenced people from all walks of life. A notable figure was Bernard L.E. Sigamoney, born … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: van der Walt, 2014, “Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “T.W. Thibedi and the Industrial Workers of Africa, April-July 1919”
Lucien van der Walt, 2014, "T.W. Thibedi and the Industrial Workers of Africa, April-July 1919," Tokologo no. 3, July 2014, p. 10 PDF is here T.W. Thibedi, radical school-teacher, was a leading figure in the anarchist / syndicalist International Socialist League (ISL) and the revolutionary syndicalist Industrial Workers of Africa (IWA) union. He was involved … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “T.W. Thibedi and the Industrial Workers of Africa, April-July 1919”
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Breve Histoire de l’anarchisme en Afrique du Sud”
Lucien van der Walt, 1997, "Breve Histoire de l'anarchisme en Afrique du Sud," Le Monde Libertaire, 12 November 1997, no. 1100. Click the image to get the PDF or click here
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Rethinking Welfare: a radical critique”
Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Rethinking Welfare: a radical critique”, South African Labour Bulletin, volume 30, number 1, pp. 56-57. PDF is here Lucien van der Walt, 2006, "Rethinking Welfare: A radical critique," South African Labour Bulleti, Volume 30 Number 1 March/April 2006, pp. 56-57 Government has introduced various welfare measures to … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2006, “Rethinking Welfare: a radical critique”
[SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, “Speech to South African Movements on Politics at a Distance from the State”
Lucien van der Walt, "Speech to South African Movements on Politics at a Distance from the State," ASR #61, 2014, pp. 21-23 The following article is a lightly edited transcript of a talk by Lucien van der Walt (co-author of *Black Flame*), at the ‘Politics at a Distance from the State’ summit held at Rhodes … Continue reading [SPEECH]: Lucien van der Walt, “Speech to South African Movements on Politics at a Distance from the State”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Il sindacalismo rivendicativo: dalla Spagna al Sud Africa al mondo del lavoro globale oggi”
Italian translation of van der Walt, Lucien (2014) "Reclaiming Syndicalism: From Spain to South Africa to Global Labour Today," Global Labour Journal: Vol. 5: Iss. 2, p. 239-252. Available at: http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/globallabour/vol5/iss2/10 and here. Il sindacalismo rivendicativo: dalla Spagna al Sud Africa al mondo del lavoro globale oggi Lucien van der Walt From http://www.anarkismo.net/article/27184 Perché è … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Il sindacalismo rivendicativo: dalla Spagna al Sud Africa al mondo del lavoro globale oggi”
[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Reclaiming Syndicalism: From Spain to South Africa to Global Labour Today”
van der Walt, Lucien (2014) "Reclaiming Syndicalism: From Spain to South Africa to Global Labour Today," Global Labour Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 239-252. Online at journal: here [fixed] Local mirror: here [fixed] ABSTRACT (text below) Events like the 2012 Marikana police massacre of miners in South Africa bring into sharp relief core … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2014, “Reclaiming Syndicalism: From Spain to South Africa to Global Labour Today”
[ANALYSIS]: Chinguwo, Byrne, McGregor & van der Walt, “Why May Day matters to Malawi… History with anarchist roots”
Paliani Chinguwo, Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor and Lucien van der Walt, 1 May 2013, “Why May Day Matters to Malawi ... history with anarchist roots”, The Nation, Labour Day Supplement, (Malawi), pp. 11-12. The PDF is here Why May Day matters to Malawi …History with anarchist roots Paliani Chinguwo, Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor and Lucien … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Chinguwo, Byrne, McGregor & van der Walt, “Why May Day matters to Malawi… History with anarchist roots”
[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?”
[ANALYSIS]: Byrne, McGregor & van der Walt, 2011, “Why May Day Matters: History with anarchist roots”
Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor &Lucien van der Walt, 2011, "Why May Day Matters: History with anarchist roots," South African Labour Bulletin, Volume 35, Number 1, pp. 51-53 PDF is online here Why May Day matters History with anarchist roots When we celebrate May Day we seldom know or reflect on why it is a holiday in … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Byrne, McGregor & van der Walt, 2011, “Why May Day Matters: History with anarchist roots”
[ANALYSIS] [UNPUBLISHED]: Lucien van der Walt, ca. 1999, “Background to Zimbabwe and Structural Adjustment” (6)
The text below was written in 1999 for a proposed c0-authored (but never published, for various reasons) booklet in the Khanya College "Economic Literacy Series." It examines Zimbabwe in the 1980s and 1990s, stressing the class struggles and rebellions faced by the ZANU-PF regime of Robert Mugabe, and the regime's (these days, well known) pattern … Continue reading [ANALYSIS] [UNPUBLISHED]: Lucien van der Walt, ca. 1999, “Background to Zimbabwe and Structural Adjustment” (6)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “What Anarchism and Syndicalism Offer the South African Left”
Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “What Anarchism and Syndicalism Offer the South African Left,” special supplement on Marxism & renewal in the 21st Century – new challenges, new thinking, in Amandla, no. 21, pp. 9-11 This paper was published first in a special supplement on Marxism & renewal in the 21st Century – new challenges, … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “What Anarchism and Syndicalism Offer the South African Left”
[JOURNAL]: Devan Pillay and Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century”
Devan Pillay and Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century,” Labour, Capital and Society, volume 44, number 2, pp. 2-25 . PDF online here. On the basis of studies of workers’ struggles in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Devan Pillay and Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Assessing the Politics of Organized Labour in Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Start of the 21st Century”
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