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.