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

Biography

Kuhn became straight edge and active in radical 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 poststructuralism. His thinking has been influenced by classical anarchism and Anglo-American Cultural Studies. 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 "No Fly List."

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 autonomist 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. In June 2023, Kuhn became general secretary of the syndicalist labor union SAC Syndikalisterna.

Selected bibliography