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Rethinking welfare: A radical critique - Lucien van der Walt

In 2006, Cosatu called for the introduction of a universal basic incomes grant in response to the ANC introducing various welfare measures to alleviate poverty. Lucien van der Walt argued that that unions had been sidestracked by technocratic demands and that the demand for welfare should instead be linked to the struggle of the working class to reinvent society.

Anarchism and syndicalism in the colonial and postcolonial world, 1870-1940: The praxis of national liberation, internationalism, and social revolution

A book edited by Steven Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt examining social anarchist, anarchist communist, anarcho-syndicalist, and revolutionary syndicalist movements in Africa, Asia, East Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as Ireland, in the period of classic imperialism.
War veterans march in support of striking steelworkers in Pittsburgh, August 26,

Chapter 6: Postscript: The War and Post-War Strike Wave

Flint sit down strikers, 1937

Chapter 5: Depression Decade

The Good Soldier Svejk - Jaroslav Hasek

The Good Soldier Švejk - Jaroslav Hašek

Satirical anti-war novel in which the absurdity and hypocrisy of the military, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the church are repeatedly revealed…
Cover of birth of our power

Birth of Our Power - Victor Serge

Pan-European novel, taking us from the workers' stronghold of Barcelona at the end of the First World War where hopes for revolution are fueled…
Forced labourers at work under Stalin

The case of comrade Tulayev - Victor Serge

Masterful fictionalisation of the purges and how they affected the various character types in the political upheaval of Stalinist Russia.
London anti-fascists gather at Cable Street mural

Rules of engagement - Antifa

Tactics and organisational rules adopted by the militant London Antifa group which had a number of successes against the far-right through the…

The Spirit of '45, directed by Ken Loach

This elegy to the gains for ordinary people made in the UK after 1945 – now largely clawed back – fails to inspire due to its lack of analysis of…

Against Academic Alibis: The Best Education is the Struggle – George Ciccariello-Maher

Drawing on his experiences in the “cauldron of resistance” of Oakland, CA, George Ciccariello-Maher…
Post-race, post politics: the paradoxical rise of culture after multiculturalism

Post-race, post politics: the paradoxical rise of culture after multiculturalism - Alana Lentin

Declarations of the end of race ignore the continuing impact of racism upon socio…

Reanimating histories of struggle as weapons against neoliberalism – An Interview with Don Kingsbury

Reflecting on the building occupations at UC Santa Cruz in 2009-2010 and cross…
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