Peter Gelderloos

Veganism is a consumer activity

A critique of veganism by Peter Gelderloos

The fact of the matter is, capitalism treats animals horribly. While many civilizations have normalized abusive behavior towards animals, capitalism tops them all in the intensity, frequency, and invisibility of apathetic exploitation mixed with repeated moments of sadistic cruelty.

An Anarchist Solution to Global Warming

Peter Gelderloos proposes an anarchist solution to global warming,

If the Green Capitalist response to climate change will only add more fuel to the fire, and if government at a global scale is incapable of solving the problem, as I argue in previous articles, how would anarchists suggest we reorganize society in order to decrease the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and to survive an already changed world?

The surgeons of Occupy

Author Peter Gelderloos responds to Chris Hedges' anti-black bloc article.

In his February 6 article entitled, “The Cancer of Occupy,”Chris Hedges attempts to analyze the political beliefs and practices of the black bloc, a group he characterizes as the scourge of the Occupy movement. Although Mr.

Reflections for the US occupy movement - Peter Gelderloos

Gelderloos analyses the "indignant" and "occupy" movements which have spread across the world in recent weeks.

After the courageous revolts of the Arab Spring, the next phenomenon of popular resistance to capture the world media’s attention was the plaza occupation movement that spread across Spain starting on the 15th of May (15M). Subsequently, attention turned back to Greece, and now to the public occupations spreading across the US, inspired by the Wall Street protests.