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[PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: discussing crisis of steel industry, South Africa

Mail and Guardian here Foes unite to keep job crisis at bay 21 Aug 2015 00:00 Sarah Evans The local steel industry is vanishing and about 190 000 people face losing their jobs. It is Monday morning in Newtown, Johannesburg. The meeting of traditional foes has one thing on their agenda uniting them: to save … Continue reading [PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: discussing crisis of steel industry, South Africa →

[PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: discussing state of the unions in South Africa

Mail and Guardian here 'Workers do not have a good story to tell' 30 Jul 2015 16:09 Sarah Evans Between the second quarters of 2014 and 2015, union membership in South Africa decreased by 17 000 members Levels of unionisation in South Africa remain stable relative to other countries, but union membership is on the … Continue reading [PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: discussing state of the unions in South Africa →

[PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: discussing crisis in COSATU’s SACCAWU union

Mail and Guardian here Massive union on brink of collapse 20 Mar 2015 00:00 Sarah Evans Saccawu is being sued for R30-million by its provident fund but has been given a last chance. One of trade union federation Cosatu’s biggest affiliates is one missed deadline away from being liquidated, potentially leaving 140 000 workers without … Continue reading [PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: discussing crisis in COSATU’s SACCAWU union →

[PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: quoted on “working class solution” to anti-immigrant attacks

Mail and Guardian, from here Swinging guns and fleeing foreigners: What is the state doing? 15 Apr 2015 18:32 Sarah Evans Although the latest outbursts revolve around xenophobia, the state needs to put a stop to all violence in South Africa. From the varied reactions of politicians to the xenophobic violence to the response of … Continue reading [PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: quoted on “working class solution” to anti-immigrant attacks →

[PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: quoted in Polish press on SA anti-immigrant violence

    From here   Michał Staniul akt. 07.05.2015, 13:30 Pogromy imigrantów w RPA -​ co kryje się za ksenofobicznymi wybuchami? Osiem ofiar śmiertelnych, dziesiątki rannych, setki zniszczonych sklepów i mieszkań oraz tysiące ludzi zmuszonych do ucieczki. A dodatkowo dyplomatyczna wojna. W RPA przez niemal cały kwiecień dochodziło do pogromów imigrantów. Jednego z brutalnych mordów … Continue reading [PRESS]: Lucien van der Walt: quoted in Polish press on SA anti-immigrant violence →

[TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Contrapoder, Democracia Participativa e Defesa Revolucionária: debatendo ‘Black Flame’, anarquismo revolucionário e marxismo histórico”

Translation into Brazilian Portuguese 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 is here.   Lucien van der Walt. “Contrapoder, Democracia Participativa e Defesa Revolucionária: debatendo Black Flame, anarquismo revolucionário … Continue reading [TRANSLATION]: Lucien van der Walt, 2015, “Contrapoder, Democracia Participativa e Defesa Revolucionária: debatendo ‘Black Flame’, anarquismo revolucionário e marxismo histórico” →

[REFERENCE]: van der Walt, Ulrich, Hyslop, Bezuidenhout etal 2009, “(Transnational) Workers’ Movements”

Philip Bonner, Jonathan Hyslop, Lucien van der Walt, Nicole Ulrich and Andries Bezuidenhout, 2009, “Workers’ Movements”, Akira Iriye and Pierre-Yves Saunier (eds.), The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History, Palgrave Macmillan, London, New York, pp. 1121-1128. PDF is here, and the full text follows the abstract ABSTRACT: Overviews the movements and struggles of the popular classes … Continue reading [REFERENCE]: van der Walt, Ulrich, Hyslop, Bezuidenhout etal 2009, “(Transnational) Workers’ Movements” →

[JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, “Bakunin’s Heirs in South Africa: Race, class and revolutionary syndicalism from the IWW to the International Socialist League, 1910-1921”

Lucien van der Walt, 2004, “Bakunin's Heirs in South Africa: Race, class and revolutionary syndicalism from the IWW to the International Socialist League, 1910-1921”, Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies, volume 30, number 1, pp. 67-89. Get the PDF here ABSTRACT: The historiography of the socialist movement in South Africa remains dominated by the … Continue reading [JOURNAL]: Lucien van der Walt, “Bakunin’s Heirs in South Africa: Race, class and revolutionary syndicalism from the IWW to the International Socialist League, 1910-1921” →

[REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Anarchism and syndicalism, Southern Africa”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest

Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Anarchism and syndicalism, Southern Africa”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest, Blackwell, New York, pp. 147-155. Get the PDF here     Anarchism and syndicalism, Southern Africa   Lucien van der Walt   p. 147 Anarchism, and particularly its syndicalist variant, played an important role in early labor and socialist … Continue reading [REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Anarchism and syndicalism, Southern Africa”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest →

[REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho (1876–1932)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest

Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho (1876–1932)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest, Blackwell, New York, online edition Get the PDF here   Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho (1876 –1932) Lucien van der Walt Solomon Tshekisho “Sol” Plaatje was an African intellectual, publisher, and prominent early nation- alist. Like many other early African leaders, he … Continue reading [REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho (1876–1932)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest →

[REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Kadalie, Clements (ca. 1896–1951)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest

Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Kadalie, Clements (ca. 1896–1951)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest, Blackwell, New York, online edition Get the PDF here   Kadalie, Clements (ca. 1896 –1951) Lucien van der Walt Born in or just before 1896 at Chifira village near the Bandawe mission station in Nyasaland (now Malawi) to a chiefly … Continue reading [REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Kadalie, Clements (ca. 1896–1951)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest →

[REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Barayi, Elijah (1930–1994)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest

Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Barayi, Elijah (1930–1994)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest, Blackwell, New York, p. 349 Get the PDF here   Barayi, Elijah (1930 –1994) Lucien van der Walt p. 349 Born in Lingelihle in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, Barayi joined the Youth League of the African National Congress (ANC) in … Continue reading [REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Barayi, Elijah (1930–1994)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest →

[REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Bain, J. T. (1860–1919)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest

Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Bain, J. T. (1860–1919)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest, Blackwell, New York, pp. 331-332 Get the PDF here   Bain, J. T. (1860 –1919) Lucien van der Walt p. 331 Born in Dundee, Scotland to a working-class family in 1860, J. T. Bain ( James Thomas Bain, Jimmy Bain) … Continue reading [REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Bain, J. T. (1860–1919)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest →

[REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Kotane, Moses (1905 –1978)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest

Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Kotane, Moses (1905 –1978)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest, Blackwell, New York, online edition Get the PDF here   Kotane, Moses (1905 –1978) Lucien van der Walt Moses Kotane was a South African communist and nationalist credited with uniting the Com- munist Party of South Africa (CPSA) at a … Continue reading [REFERENCE]: Lucien van der Walt, 2009, “Kotane, Moses (1905 –1978)”, International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest →