Name Peter Gelderloos | Role Author | |
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Books How nonviolence protects the state | ||
Peter gelderloos author of the failure of non violence talks to cornel west and tavis smiley
Born in 1982, Peter Gelderloos is an anarchist writer who has authored several books.
Contents
- Peter gelderloos author of the failure of non violence talks to cornel west and tavis smiley
- How nonviolence protects the state peter gelderloos interview
- Life
- Thought
- References
How nonviolence protects the state peter gelderloos interview
Life
Peter Gelderloos was born in Morristown, New Jersey and lived in Tokyo, Seoul, and Vienna, Virginia during his childhood. He studied briefly at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, but dropped out without completing a degree.
In 2001, Gelderloos was part of the protest against the Georgia-based Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (formerly known as School of the Americas), a controversial school that trains Central and South American soldiers and police. He was one of seven protestors who presented the base with an indictment for violating federal and international law and was subsequently arrested. He was convicted and served 6 months in prison. He was one of four people from the Harrisonburg area to be arrested at the School of the Americas protest that year, along with David O'Niel, Lee Sturgis, and Abi Miller.
Peter has helped organize Harrisonburg Copwatch, Harrisonburg Food Not Bombs, 181 Collective Space (an anarchist community center), and the Anti-Capitalist Convergence for the S29 Anti-War protests in Washington, DC.
In April 2007, Gelderloos was arrested in Spain and charged with public disorder and illegal demonstration during a squatters' protest. He faced between three and six years of imprisonment. Eventually he was acquitted.
In 2010 Gelderloos published Anarchy Works, a comprehensive book explaining basic principles of anarchism and their historic usage. He also published To Get to the Other Side, a narrative of his travels through Europe's anarchist milieus.
Thought
In How Nonviolence Protects the State Gelderloos sets out to "[debunk] the notion that non-violent activism is the only acceptable and effective method of struggle" and to "defenestrate the stranglehold that [pacifism has on movements]"