Uri Gordon | |
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אורי גורדון | |
 Gordon in 2023 | |
| Born | 1976 (age 48–49) Israel |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Known for | Anarchist theory |
| Notable work | Anarchy Alive! |
Uri Gordon (Hebrew:אורי גורדון; born August 30, 1976, inIsrael) is ananarchist theorist and activist. He is editor ofFreedom.[1][2] Gordon is considered "one of the leading theorists of anarchist movement politics."[3] He has lived in Israel andGreat Britain and worked with organizations includingIndymedia,Peoples Global Action,Anarchists Against the Wall andFreedom Press.
Gordon received his doctorate in political theory fromOxford University in 2005.[4] His dissertation formed the basis of his bookAnarchy Alive! Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory, published byPluto Press.[5] Gordon has taught at British universities includingLoughborough andDurham and at theArava Institute for Environmental Studies inKetura, aKibbutz north ofEilat.[4]
As of October 2024, his work has been cited in over 1,500 academic publications.[6] Gordon is co-editor of the book series Contemporary Anarchist Studies atManchester University Press.[7] Besides his scholarly work, Gordon has contributed toHaaretz and theJerusalem Post.[4]
Uri Gordon first became involved in the environmental movement, and now advocates for a new, heterogeneous, bioregional, feminist, and action-oriented grassroots anarchism.[4] He considers anarchism to be an "ideology of survival."[8] He further describes anarchism as prefigurative action by which adherents do not wait for major societal change to begin living according to their ideals of horizontal and cooperative relationships.[4]
As a member ofAnarchists Against the Wall, he has been a prominent member of the Israeli radical left, active in supporting Palestinian efforts to dismantle the "colonial infrastructure" of segregation barriers throughout the region.[9][10] Recently, in a discussion withMohammed Bamyeh on the "No State Solution," he has argued for "modes of a multicultural existence and even radical democracy that are not fundamentally opposed to religious practice or tradition, that are moving... towards equality."[2] He also notes that the first necessity is an end to thecurrent violence inGaza.
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