Peter Gelderloos
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Peter Gelderloos (born Template:Birth based on age as of date)Template:R is an American anarchist activist and writer.
Biography
Gelderloos first became involved in political issues as a high school student, and described the Seattle WTO protests in November 1999 as helping influence his political development.[1]
In November 2001,[2] 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.[3] He represented himself in court[4] and was sentenced to six months in prison.Template:R[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.[8] According to Gelderloos, he was arrested as a bystander after someone had set off a firework designed to scatter fliers through the air.Template:R He claimed that he was unfairly targeted for his political beliefs. He was acquitted in 2009.[9]
He is known for his 2005 book, How Nonviolence Protects the State, which has been cited in works discussing and analyzing forms of violent and nonviolent resistance.Template:R[10][11] He has written for the publications In These Times and ROAR Magazine.[12][13] In a review of his 2017 work Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation, William Gillis described him as "an anarchist committed to making anarchist theory accessible" and "within our movement [...] probably the least controversial anarchist writer alive".[14]
In 2024, he co-produced It’s Revolution or Death, a documentary series focused on the global climate crisis, in collaboration with media collective subMedia.Tv.[15]
Works
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See also
References
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External links
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