![]() ![]() ![]() His latest work, Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State formation (2017), examines the strategies and tactics employed by colonial and statist forces to manage insurgency and control territories to allow the flourishing of techno-capitalist progress. Peter has also offered useful guides for horizontal organizing in Consensus: A New Handbook for Grassroots Social Movements (2006), while later expounding on the viability of anarchism with Anarchy Works (2010). How Non-Violence Protects the State (2005) and The Failure of Nonviolence: From the Arab Spring to Occupy (2013) have been remarkable works in this regard. Revealing the flaws, ideological prejudices and stakes that have created a powerful social-cultural ethos, obscuring the politics of resistance in mainstream social movements around the globe. What has gained Peter significant notoriety has been his debunking of the myths and inaccurate historical portrayals of non-violence. They have dedicated their non-fiction work to supporting and strengthening social struggle in general, meanwhile placing a special emphasis on anarchist politics and struggles. If you are not, Peter might be among the most important Anglophone ‘movement’ or ‘protest’ scholars in recent times. Many of you are likely familiar with the works of Peter Gelderloos. ![]()
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