George Ciccariello-Maher then completed a master's degree at University of California, Berkeley before taking a sabbatical in Mexico.
13 Facts About George Ciccariello-Maher
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George Ciccariello-Maher has translated books by Enrique Dussel, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Stefan Gandler, and is co-editor of the book series "Radical Americas," published by Duke University Press.
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George Ciccariello-Maher is a member of the editorial collective of Abolition: A Journal of Insurgent Politics.
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George Ciccariello-Maher has served as a media commentator on Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution, Mike Brown, Freddie Gray and Philando Castile, the Ferguson unrest and 2015 Baltimore protests, and the abolition of the police.
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When four members were rusticated from King's College, Cambridge in 2002 for their participation in a squatted social center, George Ciccariello-Maher co-authored an appeal document that resulted in their reinstatement.
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George Ciccariello-Maher was a member of Bring the Ruckus, co-founded by the late Joel Olson.
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George Ciccariello-Maher has been critical of those on the left and anarchists who have supported the Venezuelan opposition during those protests.
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George Ciccariello-Maher was active on social media, where his statements have created controversy, including calls for his dismissal.
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George Ciccariello-Maher's writing in Salon that "Riots Work" claims that racism against white people is imaginary and that the police should be abolished.
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Theodore Kupfer, managing editor of the National Review, criticized George Ciccariello-Maher, calling him hypocritical due to statements made by him regarding people who have made controversial statements, but are on the political right.
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George Ciccariello-Maher cited his support for former President Hugo Chavez and current President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, who have been accused for violating the free speech of political opponents and the use of physical force against them.
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In March 2017, George Ciccariello-Maher was again criticized for tweeting that he was "trying not to vomit or yell about Mosul" when a soldier was given a seat by a passenger in first class, on a flight he was on two days after the US bombing of Mosul killed 200 civilians.
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Shortly after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, George Ciccariello-Maher posted tweets saying the mass shooting in Las Vegas, which left 59 people dead and hundreds injured, was the product of a system that favors white males.