Peter Gelderloos
Peter Gelderloos (born 1981 or 1982[1]) is an American anarchist activist and writer.
Biography
In 2002, Gelderloos was arrested with several others for trespass in protest of the American military training facility School of the Americas, which trains Latin American military and police. He was sentenced to six months in prison.[2][3] Gelderloos was a member of a copwatch program in Harrisonburg.[4]
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. Gelderloos claimed that he was targeted for his political beliefs. He was acquitted in 2009.[5][6]
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. Seattle: Left Bank Books.
- — (2013). The Failure of Nonviolence: From the Arab Spring to Occupy. Seattle: Left Bank Books.[7][8]
- — (2010). Anarchy Works. San Francisco: Ardent Press.
- — (2010). To Get to the Other Side: a journey through Europe and its anarchist movements. 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 [first edition]. Harrisonburg: Signalfire Press.[9][10]
- — (2004). What is Democracy?. Tucson: See Sharp Press. ISBN 978-0-00-005219-3.
See also
References
- ^ Woolls, Daniel (August 20, 2007). "Virginia man arrested in Spain". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ Gleason, Amy (September 9, 2002). "Preparing for Prison". WHSV-TV. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "'Harrisonburg Four' In Court For A Cause". Daily News-Record. Harrisonburg, VA. July 12, 2002. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ Lee, Chay. "Harrisonburg Copwatch Holds Training". WHSV-TV. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ Barakat, Matthew; Woolls, Daniel (Spring 2009). "US Anarchist, Gelderloos, Acquitted in Spain". ABCF Update. Anarchist Black Cross Federation. p. 5. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2018. Also published as "Va. Anarchist Fights Deportation From Spain". Daily News Record. April 28, 2009. p. 5. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
- ^ Finnegan, Brent (October 5, 2007). "Anarchist faces six year sentence in Spain". Hburg News. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Martin, Brian (July 2008). "How Nonviolence is Misrepresented". Gandhi Marg. 30 (2): 235–257. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
External links
Wikiquote has quotations related to Peter Gelderloos.
