Peter Gelderloos (born 1981 or 1982[1]) is an American anarchist activist and writer.
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.
[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.
[8] He is known among anarchists for his 2005 book, How Nonviolence Protects the State.