Peter Gelderloos

Report from AWSM First Monthly Book Club

Submitted by LAMA on Jan 10 2022 03:19

A short summary of the first book club session held by Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement (AWSM).

As Trump Leaves Office, Threat of Mass Evictions and COVID-19 Deaths Only Grows

Submitted by R Totale on Jan 20 2021 16:22

As Trump prepares to leave office, Peter Gelderloos looks at the lingering factors, such as growing COVID-19 deaths and mass evictions, which threaten to throw the next administration into crisis.

Quico Sabaté: Anarkistang Gerilya

Submitted by Bandilang Itim on Jan 10 2021 09:28

A short biography of anarchist guerrilla Quico Sabaté in Tagalog and English by Peter Gelderloos.

Preparing for Electoral Unrest and a Right-Wing Power Grab: An Analysis - Peter Gelderloos

In the following analysis, Peter Gelderloos explores the motivations and capabilities of the various factions that are likely to participate in the forthcoming conflict over the outcome of the 2020 election, describes how this figures in right-wing efforts to establish a revamped white supremacy in the context of the existing democratic system, and reviews what we can hope to accomplish by resisting. This article was first published by Crimethinc.

The Other White Vigilante - Peter Gelderloos

Peter Gelderloos looks at the harmful role of “progressive” white vigilantes in resistance movements.

Counterinsurgency: dousing the flames of Minneapolis

Submitted by R Totale on Jun 5 2020 08:43

As people rise up against police violence and structural racism, what counterinsurgency techniques is the state deploying to attack and undermine the movement? This article by Peter Gelderloos was originally published by Roar Magazine.

Why pacifists aren't as bad as Peter Gelderloos says they are

Submitted by sherbu-kteer on Jan 9 2019 22:20
Meme of Gandhi advocating for a nuclear strike to end humanity.

A critical review Peter Gelderloos' How Nonviolence Protects the State, a much-read but rarely analysed book.

How Nonviolence Protects the State - Peter Gelderloos

A text demonstrating how pacifism, far from being a neutral ideology actively supports state violence.

Fascists are the Tools of the State: Peter Gelderloos

An essay published in 2007 about the relationship of Fascism (in broad strokes, nationalistic movement terms) and the State.

Anarchy Works - Peter Gelderloos

This book uses historical and anthropological examples to show that people have, in different ways and at different times, demonstrated mutual aid, self-organization, autonomy, and horizontal decision making—that anarchy works!