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.