Samuel Kariuki and Lucien van der Walt, 2000, “The Politics of Land - ZANU vs the MDC," Southern Africa Report, volume 15, number 4, pp. 11-15. A fifth Zimbabwean piece. Samuel Kariuki and I argued that unless the (then-) union-backed Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) developed an effective progressive programme (including pro-worker land reform), the … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Kariuki, van der Walt, 2000, “The Politics of Land – ZANU vs the MDC” (5)
Category: Unions: analysis & strategy
Documenting and examining the struggles of trade unions, generally from an anarcho-syndicalist perspective
[ANALYSIS]: Sakhela Buhlungu, Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Voice from Below: Zambian Workers Speak Out”
Sakhela Buhlungu and Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “The Voice from Below: Zambian Workers Speak Out," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 21, number 3, pp. 64-68 Based on interviews with workers and trade unionists and factory and mine visits in the late 1990s, a look at how Zambia's working class responded to the impact of … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Sakhela Buhlungu, Lucien van der Walt, 1997, “Voice from Below: Zambian Workers Speak Out”
[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Kontra-moć, participativna demokracija, obrana revolucije: debata o Black Flame-u , revolucionarnom anarhizmu i historijskom marksizmu”
Croat translation of Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Counterpower, Participatory Democracy, Revolutionary Defence: debating Black Flame, revolutionary anarchism and historical Marxism,” International Socialism: a quarterly journal of socialist theory, no. 130 , pp. 193-207, which you can read here. Source: found here PDF is online here Lucien van der Walt Kontra-moć Kontra-moć, participativna demokracija, obrana … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2012, “Kontra-moć, participativna demokracija, obrana revolucije: debata o Black Flame-u , revolucionarnom anarhizmu i historijskom marksizmu”
[ANALYSIS] Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor &Lucien 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] Sian Byrne, Warren McGregor &Lucien van der Walt, 2011, “Why May Day Matters: History with anarchist roots”
[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, 2010, “Οι κολλεκτίβες στην Επαναστατική Ισπανία”
Greek translation of Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “The Collectives in Revolutionary Spain”, which you can read here Source: anarkismo.net here Lucien van der Walt "Οι κολλεκτίβες στην Επαναστατική Ισπανία" Η ισπανική επανάσταση ξεκίνησε ως επακόλουθο ενός αποτυχημένου ισπανικού πραξικοπήματος από τον Στρατηγό Φράνκο στις 18 Ιουλίου του 1936. Το πραξικόπημα υποστηρίχθηκε από συντηρητικές μερίδες … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2010, “Οι κολλεκτίβες στην Επαναστατική Ισπανία”
[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”
[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, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”
Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”, African Studies, volume 66, number 2/3, special issue ‘Transnational and Comparative Perspectives on Southern African Labour History’, pp. 223-251. PDF is online here In this article, I argue that the history of … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, 2007, “The First Globalisation and Transnational Labour Activism in Southern Africa: White Labourism, the IWW and the ICU, 1904-1934”
[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.
[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.
[JOURNAL + comments]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe: For Democracy, Against Neo-Liberalism” (4)
Lucien van der Walt, 1998, "Trade Unions in Zimbabwe: For Democracy, Against Neo-Liberalism," Capital and Class, volume 22, number 3, pp. 85-117 Get the PDF here. This paper, written around 1997 and published in 1998, provided an overview of the Zimbabwe labour movement, locating it in the country's larger political economy and history. In general, … Continue reading [JOURNAL + comments]: Lucien van der Walt, 1998, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe: For Democracy, Against Neo-Liberalism” (4)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe” (3)
Lucien van der Walt, May 1999, "Trade Unions in Zimbabwe," Labour Movements: Research Committee (RC) 44 Newsletter, International Sociological Association, p. 8 By early 1999, it was clear that the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and its allies in the struggle against the repressive and corrupt ZANU-PF regime of Zimbabwe, as well as against … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Trade Unions in Zimbabwe” (3)
[ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Victory for Zimbabwean Workers?” (2)
Lucien van der Walt, December 1998, "Victory for Zimbabwean Workers?," South African Labour Bulletin, volume 22, number 6, pp. 89-90. Following from an earlier analysis (here) of the rise of the unions and other working class and peasant forces in Zimbabwe in the late 1990s, this piece examined a major - but contradictory - victory … Continue reading [ANALYSIS]: Lucien van der Walt, 1999, “Victory for Zimbabwean Workers?” (2)
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