Following post-secondary studies in Austria and the United States, Kuhn lived in the Middle East and the South Pacific Islands.[2]
Since 2005, Kuhn has lived in Sweden. Kuhn holds a PhD in philosophy with a speciality in poststructuralism.[3] 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.[4]
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."[5]
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.[6] Kuhn founded Alpine Anarchist Productions (AAP) in 2000.[7]
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.[8]
In June 2023, Kuhn became general secretary of the syndicalist labor union SAC Syndikalisterna.[9]
Erich Mühsam: Liberating Society from the State and Other Writings. Editor and translator. PM Press, Oakland 2011 ISBN978-1-60486-055-9
Soccer vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics. PM Press, Oakland 2011 ISBN978-1-60486-053-5
All Power to the Councils! A Documentary History of the German Revolution of 1918–1919. Editor and translator. PM Press, Oakland 2012 ISBN978-1-60486-111-2
Turning Money into Rebellion: The Unlikely Story of Denmark's Revolutionary Bank Robbers. Editor. PM Press & Kersplebedeb, Oakland & Montreal 2014 ISBN978-1-60486-316-1
Playing as if the World Mattered: An Illustrated History of Activism in Sports. PM Press, Oakland 2015 ISBN978-1-62963-097-7
Antifascism, Sports, Sobriety: Forging a Militant Working-Class Culture. Selected Writings by Julius Deutsch. Editor and Translator. PM Press, Oakland 2017 ISBN978-1-62963-154-7
Liberating Sápmi: Indigenous Resistance in Europe's Far North. PM Press, Oakland 2020 ISBN978-1-62963-712-9
From Hash Rebels to Urban Guerrillas: A Documentary History of the 2nd of June Movement. Editor, with Roman Danyluk. PM Press & Kersplebedeb, Oakland & Montreal 2024 ISBN979-8-88744-061-3
^"Anarchism, Postmodernity, and Poststructuralism", in: Randall Amster et al. (eds.), Contemporary Anarchist Studies: An Introductory Anthology of Anarchism in the Academy (Routledge 2009).
^"AAP was never a clearly defined collective. It has mainly been Gabriel who has held the project together with his writing (under various names) and taking care of the distribution as far as he could." Cited from Alpine Anarchist.