Peter Gelderloos

Peter Gelderloos (born 1981 or 1982^[1]) is an American anarchist activist and writer.

Biography

In November 2001,^[1] Gelderloos was arrested with 30 others for trespass in protest of the American military training facility School of the Americas, which trains Latin American military and police.^[2] He represented himself in court^[3] and was sentenced to six months in prison.^[4][5] Gelderloos previously organized a student rally against the Iraq War^[6] and was a member of a copwatch program in Harrisonburg.^[7]

In April 2007, Gelderloos was arrested in Spain and charged with disorderly conduct and illegal demonstration during a squatters' protest. He faced up to six years in prison.^[4] He claimed that he was unfairly targeted for his political beliefs. He was acquitted in 2009.^[8]

He is known among anarchists for his 2005 book, How Nonviolence Protects the State.^[8]

Works

• — (2022). The Solutions Are Already Here: Strategies of Ecological Revolution From Below. London: Pluto Press.
• — (2017). Worshipping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation. Oakland: AK Press.
• — (2014). Learning From Ferguson (PDF). Seattle: Left Bank Books.
• — (2013). The Failure of Nonviolence: From the Arab Spring to Occupy. Seattle: Left Bank Books.^[9][10]
• — (2010). Anarchy Works. San Francisco: Ardent Press.
• — (2010). . Archived from the original on November 26, 2020.
• — (2009). Sousa in the Echo Chamber. Homebound Books.
• — (2007). How Nonviolence Protects the State. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 978-0-89608-772-9.
• — (2006). Consensus: A New Handbook for Grassroots Social, Political, and Environmental Groups. Tucson: See Sharp Press. ISBN 978-1-884365-39-3.
• — (2005). How Nonviolence Protects the State. Harrisonburg: Signalfire Press.^[11][12]
• — (2004). What is Democracy?. Tucson: See Sharp Press. ISBN 978-0-00-005219-3.

See also

• Anarchism and violence
• Issues in anarchism § Ends and means

References

1. Houston, Jim (November 20, 2001). "Most SOA protesters continue disobedience". Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. p. 1.
2. Gleason, Amy (September 9, 2002). "Preparing for Prison". WHSV-TV. from the original on August 8, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
3. Houston, Jim (July 12, 2002). "Judge offers penalty options". Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. p. A1, A3.
4. Barakat, Matthew (August 20, 2007). "North Virginia protester's arrest stirs international waters". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. Associated Press. p. B3.
5. Houston, Jim (July 13, 2002). "Foes of institute choose prison". Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. p. A1, A3.
6. Santos, Carlos (March 21, 2003). "Students rally across state to protest war". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. A14.
7. Lee, Chay. "Harrisonburg Copwatch Holds Training". WHSV-TV. from the original on August 8, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
8. "Virginia Anarchist Fights Deportation From Spain". Daily News-Record. Associated Press. April 28, 2009. p. 5. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
9. Cartaya, Raúl (2014). "El fracaso de la no violencia. De la primavera Árabe a Ocuppy". Oxímora: Revista Internacional de Ética y Política (4): 133–137. ISSN 2014-7708. from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
10. Frazer, Elizabeth J. (March 10, 2016). "The Diversity of Tactics: Anarchism and Political Power". European Journal of Political Theory. 18 (4): 553–564. doi:10.1177/1474885115627558. ISSN 1474-8851. S2CID 147683146.
11. Martin, Brian (July 2008). "How Nonviolence is Misrepresented". Gandhi Marg. 30 (2): 235–257.
12. Borel, Marcelo; Freitas, Fernando Vieira de (December 22, 2017). "Monopólio revisado: a violência nos conflitos contra o Estado". Revista de Ciências Humanas. 51 (2): 500–505. doi:10.5007/2178-4582.2017v51n2p500. ISSN 2178-4582. from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.

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