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Uri Gordon

Uri Gordon is an Israeli anarchist theorist, activist and academic, and the editor of Freedom.

born 1976Anarchist political theoryThe book Anarchy Alive!Activism in Anarchists Against the WallEditing Freedom

Born: 30 August 1976, Israel
Occupation: academic
Education: University of Oxford

Uri Gordon was born in 1976 in Israel

Uri Gordon was born in Israel on August 30, 1976. He has lived in Israel and in Great Britain.

He earned a doctorate in political theory from Oxford University in 2005. His dissertation became the basis of his book Anarchy Alive!, published by Pluto Press.

Gordon has taught at the British universities of Loughborough and Durham and at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Kibbutz Ketura. He co-edits the book series Contemporary Anarchist Studies at Manchester University Press and has written for Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post.

He began as an activist in the environmental movement and has worked with Indymedia, Peoples Global Action, Anarchists Against the Wall and Freedom Press. He promotes a grassroots anarchism that is bioregional, feminist and focused on action, and views anarchism as living by its ideals now. With Anarchists Against the Wall he has supported Palestinian efforts against separation barriers.