Uri Gordon

Uri Gordon (; born August 30, 1976, in Israel) is an anarchist theorist and activist. He is editor of Freedom. Gordon is considered "one of the leading theorists of anarchist movement politics." He has lived in Israel and Great Britain and worked with organizations including Indymedia, Peoples Global Action, Anarchists Against the Wall and Freedom Press.

Scholarship Gordon received his doctorate in political theory from Oxford University in 2005. His dissertation formed the basis of his book Anarchy Alive! Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory, published by Pluto Press. Gordon has taught at British universities including Loughborough and Durham and at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Ketura, a Kibbutz north of Eilat. Gordon is co-editor of the book series Contemporary Anarchist Studies at Manchester University Press. Besides his scholarly work, Gordon has contributed to Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post. 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. Recently, in a discussion with Mohammed 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." Gordon, Uri. 2018. Prefigurative Politics between Ethical Practice and Absent Promise. Political Studies 66.2. pp. 521–537 Gordon, Uri. 2018. Revolution. In Anarchism: A Conceptual Approach, eds. B. Franks, N. Jun, L. Williams. London: Routledge. Gordon, Uri. 2017. Democratic Deficit in Israel's 2011 Tent Protests: Chronicle of a failed intervention. In Protest Camps in International Context: Spaces, infrastructures and media of resistance, eds. G. Brown, A. Feigenbaum, F. Frenzel, P. McCurdy. Bristol: Policy Press. pp. 221–242 Gordon, Uri, and Ohal Grietzer. 2013. Anarchists against the Wall : Direct Action and Solidarity with the Palestinian Popular Struggle. Edinburgh: AK Press. Gordon, Uri. 2008. Anarchy Alive! : Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory. London: Pluto Press.