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international / history of anarchism / debate Saturday August 31, 2013 05:49 byLucien van der Walt 2 comments (last - sunday september 01, 2013 13:02) 1 image
This article defends the argument that anarchism/syndicalism emerged in the 1860s, as a libertarian form of socialism, opposed to social and economic hierarchy/inequality, favouring international class struggle and revolution, from below, for a self-managed, socialist, stateless order; it defends the necessity using a truly global history and analysis, placing the colonial and postcolonial world, and a wide range of mass movements, centre-stage, in order to grasp the "canon" of texts/thinkers/theories that must be ‘regarded as authoritative for anarchist thought and practice or especially significant in the historical development of anarchism’. It rejects claims that anarchism is a timeless "orientation" existing outside of contexts and classes, and demonstrates the methodological and analytical problems that arise from such approaches, including tautology, assertion and selective use of evidence. read full story / add a comment
internacional / movimento anarquista / opinião / análise Tuesday August 13, 2013 20:10 byMichael Schmidt e Lucien van der Walt 1 image
Introdução do livro Black Flame: the revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism [Chama Negra: a política classista e revolucionária do anarquismo e do sindicalismo de intenção revolucionária]. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / history / opinion / analysis Wednesday March 06, 2013 00:50 byTina Sizovuka and Lucien van der Walt 1 image
This article aims to explain, from an anarchist / syndicalist perspective, the rapid rise and fall of Julius Malema, the controversial and corrupt multi-millionaire leader of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) “youth league” (ANCYL). It is demonstrated that Malema’s posturing as radical champion of the black poor was simply a means to an end: rising higher in the ranks of the ANC, in order to access bigger state tenders and higher paying political office.
The larger political implications of the Malema affair are also considered, especially the role of the ANC – as a vehicle for the accumulation of wealth and power by the rising black elite, which is centred on the state. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / workplace struggles / opinion / analysis Thursday February 28, 2013 19:13 byTina Sizovuka and Lucien van der Walt 1 comment (last - sunday march 03, 2013 02:14) 1 image
Privatisation – the transfer of functions and industry to the private sector – is widely and correctly rejected on the left and in the working class. Privatisation leads only to higher prices, less and worse jobs, and worse services. Given this, some view nationalisation – the transfer of economic resources (e.g. mines, banks, and factories) to state ownership and control – as a rallying cry for a socialist alternative.
This article argues that nationalisation has never removed capitalism, nor led to socialism, and it certainly does not have a demonstrable record of consistently improving wages, jobs, rights and safety. This article appeals to progressive working class forces to look instead to another way:collectivisation from below, where industry is placed under direct workers’ self-management, subject to worker-community participatory democratic planning and control to meet human needs and end oppression, in a universal human community.
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southern africa / history of anarchism / opinion / analysis Tuesday February 19, 2013 06:30 byLucien van der Walt 1 image
The first installation in the Zabalaza's new series on Black Stars of Anarchism:
The son of a Wesleyan minister, Thibedi William Thibedi was one of the most important black African revolutionary syndicalists in South African history. Thibedi was a leading figure in the International Socialist League (ISL) and in the Industrial Workers of Africa syndicalist union. Later he played an important role in the early Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), particularly its union work. He was active in all of the key black unions from the 1910s to the 1940s. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / indigenous struggles / feature Thursday February 14, 2013 19:31 byLucien van der Walt 1 image
2012 is the centenary of the African National Congress (ANC). The party that started out as a small coterie of black businessmen, lawyers and chiefs is today the dominant political formation in South Africa. It was founded by the black elite who were marginalised by the united South Africa formed in 1910, and who appeared at its Bloemfontein inauguration “formally dressed in suits, frock coats, top hats and carrying umbrellas”.[1] Today it is allied via the Tripartite Alliance to the SA Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).
Can the ANC be a vehicle for fundamental, progressive, social change in the interests of the black, Coloured and Indian working classes (proletariat), still mired in the legacy of apartheid and racial domination? This is what Cosatu (and the SACP) suggest. read full story / add a comment
international / history of anarchism / opinion / analysis Friday September 28, 2012 15:20 byLucien van der Walt 5 images
This article, excerpted from a talk by Lucien van der Walt, co-author of Black Flame: the revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism, covers key elements of anarchist and syndicalist history, including its role in Asia, Africa and Latin America, its impact on unions and anti-colonial struggles, and its historical centrality.
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internazionale / movimento anarchico / recensione Thursday March 08, 2012 17:05 byLucien van der Walt 1 image
Nelle regioni del mondo soggette a colonialismo e imperialismo il movimento anarchico, in particolare la sua propaggine sindacalista, riveste un ruolo chiave. Il ruolo degli anarchici e dei sindacalisti nel movimenti di liberazione nazionale è stato centrale, a volte determinante. [Deutsch] read full story / add a comment
international / anarchistische bewegung / rückblick / besprechung / rezension Wednesday February 29, 2012 16:49 byLucien van der Walt 1 image
In den Weltregionen, die dem Kolonialismus und Imperialismus unterworfen sind, spielte die anarchistische Bewegung – einschließlich ihres gewerkschaftlichen Ablegers, des Syndikalismus – eine Schlüsselrolle. Die Rolle der Anarchisten und Syndikalisten in den nationalen Befreiungsbewegungen war zentral, manchmal führend. Die Bewegungen in Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika und der Karibik – aber auch in Teilen von Europa, insbesondere in Osteuropa und Irland – müssen als integraler Bestandteil der Geschichte der Arbeiterklasse, der Linken und der Unabhängigkeitsbewegungen in diesen Regionen betrachtet werden. [Italiano]
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southern africa / history of anarchism / press release Sunday January 08, 2012 15:32 byLucien van der Walt 4 comments (last - wednesday february 29, 2012 19:44)
This paper examines the development of anarchism and syndicalism in early twentieth century Cape Town, South Africa, drawing attention to a crucial but neglected chapter of labor and left history. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday December 13, 2011 20:16 byLucien van der Walt
The Facebook page of 'Black Flame' has been reorganised and rebooted, now carrying regular updates related to the book by Lucien van der Walt and Michael Schmidt... read full story / add a comment
international / anarchist movement / press release Tuesday December 13, 2011 20:09 byLucien van der Walt 1 image
The Black Flame blog has just been updated. The blog collates news, views and reviews of Lucien van der Walt and Michael Schmidt's book, "Black Flame: the revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism". read full story / add a comment
scandinavia / denmark / iceland / history of anarchism / anarchist communist event Tuesday December 13, 2011 19:45 byLucien van der Walt 1 comment (last - tuesday january 10, 2012 18:08)
Lucien van der Walt från Sydafrika presenterar sin bok "Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndikalism" read full story / add a comment
[Gävle, Sverige] 17 december: Black Flame: Anarkismens och Syndikalismens Revolutionära Klasspolitik
scandinavia / denmark / iceland / history of anarchism / anarchist communist event Tuesday December 13, 2011 19:40 byLucien van der Walt 1 comment (last - tuesday january 10, 2012 18:06)
Lucien van der Walt, en av författarna till "Black Flame: the Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism" kommer på Sverigebesök i mitten av december. read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / anarchist movement / anarchist communist event Monday November 28, 2011 20:19 byLucien van der Walt 1 comment (last - saturday december 17, 2011 21:03)
Lucien van der Walt talking on BLACK FLAME: The revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism Saturday 10th of December, 2pm Freedom Bookshop Angel Alley 84b Whitechapel High Street London E1 7QX nearest tube, Aldgate East read full story / add a comment
niederlande / deutschland / Österreich / geschichte des anarchismus / anarchokommunistischer anlass Saturday November 19, 2011 22:27 byLucien van der Walt 2 comments (last - thursday december 01, 2011 21:16) 2 images
In dem Buch "Black Flame" wird ein Überblick anarchistischen Denkens von den Anfängen im 19. Jahrhundert bis zu heutigen antikapitalistischen Kämpfen auf 5 Kontinenten gegeben. Die Autoren betrachten den Syndikalismus als wichtigsten Zweig des Anarchismus und setzten sich mit Fragen nach Organisierung, Strategie und Taktik ebenso wie mit Geschlechterverhältnissen und Rassismus auseinander. read full story / add a comment
África austral / história do anarquismo / link para pdf Monday September 12, 2011 20:00 byLucien van der Walt 1 image
Este artigo examina a história inicial do anarquismo e do sindicalismo revolucionário na África do Sul, uma sociedade colonial que se industrializou no final do século XIX, e nos arredores da região sul-africana. A África do Sul era caracterizada, nessa época, por um movimento sindical militante, mas que era dividido nacional e racialmente, e pela opressão nacional das pessoas de cor, que constituíam a maioria da população. Em oposição à opressão nacional e à segregação, mas também assumindo uma posição crítica ao nacionalismo africano e de cor, os anarquistas e os sindicalistas revolucionários desenvolveram uma análise da opressão nacional cada vez mais sofisticada, recrutaram e treinaram um quadro multirracial, formaram sindicatos gerais pioneiros e revolucionários contra as pessoas de cor e continuaram a influenciar o trabalho regional, branco e negro, e a esquerda, em geral, após a formação do Partido Comunista da África do Sul (South African Communist Party – CPSA) em 1921. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / the left / opinion / analysis Friday September 02, 2011 23:48 byLucien van der Walt 1 image
This article outlines the core features of the anarchist/ syndicalist vision, strategy and relevance to contemporary struggles. While of general interest, it is also directed to South African militants on the left, as part of the larger debate on the future of the left project. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / history of anarchism / opinion / analysis Sunday July 17, 2011 22:48 byLucien van der Walt 3 images
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, the Wobblies) was the main influence on the radical left in South Africa in the early twentieth century. But who were the South African Wobblies? This article looks at three key figures. From Industrial Worker, May 2011, no. 1735.
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southern africa / workplace struggles / opinion / analysis Monday July 11, 2011 19:22 byLucien van der Walt and Ian Bekker 1 image
The biggest single strike since the 1994 parliamentary transition in South Africa showed the unions’ power. It won some wage gains, but it threw away some precious opportunities. We need to celebrate the strike, while learning some lessons:
• the need for more union democracy
• the need to use strikes to link workers and communities
• the need for working class autonomy
• the need to act outside and against the state
• the need to review our positions: against the Tripartite Alliance, for anarcho-syndicalism read full story / add a comment |
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