Gabriel Kuhn (born 1972) is a political writer and translator based in

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Biography

Kuhn became straight edge and active in

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circles as a teenager. Following post-secondary studies in Austria and the United States, Kuhn lived in the Middle East and the South Pacific Islands. Since 2005, Kuhn has lived in Sweden. Kuhn holds a PhD in philosophy with a speciality in

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. His thinking has been influenced by classical

anarchism Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...

and Anglo-American

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. The key focus of Kuhn's political activity has been on bridging the gap between theory and practice. Kuhn's conception of community is one based on solidarity with oppressed peoples. Alongside his political and social involvement, Kuhn has in the past played soccer semi-professionally. In 2010, Kuhn was forced to cancel a three-month speaking tour of the United States after being denied authorization to travel by US authorities. Kuhn believes he had been placed on the "

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Work

Kuhn has been politically active since 1989, and his written work, developed in that context, is directed towards left-wing activists and scholars. In the 1990s, he worked with the Austrian

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journal ''TATblatt'' and the Vienna anarchist publisher Monte Verita. Kuhn founded Alpine Anarchist Productions (AAP) in 2000. His annotated anthology of contemporary American anarchism, translated into German, ''Neuer Anarchismus in den USA. Seattle und die Folgen'' (2008), was named "Book of the Year" by Berlin's Bibliothek der Freien.Buch des Jahres
Bibliothek der Freien.

Selected bibliography

* ''Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger'' With Ulrike Klausmann und Marion Meinzerin. BlackRose, Montreal 1997 TB * ''Prison Round Trip'' by Klaus Viehmann. Translator. PM Press & Kersplebedeb, Oakland & Montreal 2009 * ''Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy'' PM Press, Oakland 2010 * ''Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics'' Editor. PM Press, Oakland 2010 * ''Revolution and Other Writings: A Political Reader'' by Gustav Landauer. Editor and translator. PM Press, Oakland 2010 * ''Liberating Society from the State and Other Writings: A Political Reader'' by Erich Mühsam. Editor and translator. PM Press, Oakland 2011 * ''Soccer vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics'' PM Press, Oakland 2011 * ''All Power to the Councils! A Documentary History of the German Revolution of 1918–1919''. Editor and translator. PM Press, Oakland 2012 * ''Turning Money into Rebellion: The Unlikely Story of Denmark's Revolutionary Bank Robbers'' Editor. PM Press & Kersplebedeb, Oakland & Montreal 2014 * ''Playing as if the World Mattered: An Illustrated History of Activism in Sports'' PM Press, Oakland 2015 * ''Antifascism, Sports, Sobriety: Forging a Militant Working-Class Culture. Selected Writings by Julius Deutsch''. Editor and Translator. PM Press, Oakland 2017 * ''X: Straight Edge and Radical Sobriety''. Editor. PM Press, Oakland 2019 * ''Liberating Sápmi: Indigenous Resistance in Europe's Far North''. PM Press, Oakland 2020

References

External links

LeftTwoThree
Personal blog/archive
PM Press author page

Unrast author page

Interview with Gabriel Kuhn
about ''Sober Living for the Revolution'' (video)
DIY Conspiracy interview with Gabriel Kuhn
about Straight Edge subculture {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuhn, Gabriel Anarchist theorists Austrian anarchists 1972 births Living people Writers from Innsbruck Austrian male writers English–German translators