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Gemma has written for ''The New American'', the magazine of the [[Communism|anti-communist]] [[John Birch Society]]. In this capacity, he urged the return of the [[Panama Canal]] to the supervision of the United States, something never considered since the canal was transferred to the Republic of Panama, effective in 1999. Though Gemma has supported some individual Republican politicians, he has attacked the GOP as "the party of big oil and big government."<ref name=mal/> He has also contributed to the paleoconservative publication, ''Chronicles: A Magaine of American Culure'', a publication of the [[Rockford Institute]],<ref name=pbgbio/> and is a columnist for Middle American News. He wrote for the defunct ''Conservative Digest'' as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Peter-Gemma/335032108|title=Peter B. Gemma|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He is a contributor as well to the ''Unz Review: An Alternative Media Selection: A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media'', founded by the conservative [[California]]n Ron Unz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unz.com/|title=''The Unz Review''|publisher=unz.com|accessdate=May 21, 2016}}</ref>

Gemma has written for ''The New American'', the magazine of the [[Communism|anti-communist]] [[John Birch Society]]. In this capacity, he urged the return of the [[Panama Canal]] to the supervision of the United States, something never considered since the canal was transferred to the Republic of Panama, effective in 1999. Though Gemma has supported some individual Republican politicians, he has attacked the GOP as "the party of big oil and big government."<ref name=mal/> He has also contributed to the paleoconservative publication, ''Chronicles: A Magaine of American Culure'', a publication of the [[Rockford Institute]],<ref name=pbgbio/> and is a columnist for Middle American News. He wrote for the defunct ''Conservative Digest'' as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Peter-Gemma/335032108|title=Peter B. Gemma|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He is a contributor as well to the ''Unz Review: An Alternative Media Selection: A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media'', founded by the conservative [[California]]n Ron Unz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unz.com/|title=''The Unz Review''|publisher=unz.com|accessdate=May 21, 2016}}</ref>

Gemma is included in ''Marquis's Who's Who in American Politics'' and ''Who's Who in Washington D. C.''. He is a member of the late [[Ed McAteer]]'s Relgious Roundtable council of 56.<ref name=pbgbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.seekgod.ca/cnp.g.htm#gemma|title=The [[Council for National Policy]]: Selected Member Biographies, Peter B. Gemma, Jr.|publisher=seekgod.ca|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref>  

Gemma is included in ''Marquis's Who's Who in American Politics'' and ''Who's Who in Washington D. C.''. He is a member of the late [[Ed McAteer]]'s Religious Roundtable council of 56.<ref name=pbgbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.seekgod.ca/cnp.g.htm#gemma|title=The [[Council for National Policy]]: Selected Member Biographies, Peter B. Gemma, Jr.|publisher=seekgod.ca|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref>  

In 1981, ''Life'' magazine listed Gemma among the seven influential “Young Turks” of the Reagan era conservative movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterbgemma.com/about/|title=About Peter B. Gemma|publisher=peterbgemma.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref>

In 1981, ''Life'' magazine listed Gemma among the seven influential “Young Turks” of the Reagan era conservative movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterbgemma.com/about/|title=About Peter B. Gemma|publisher=peterbgemma.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref>

In 1994, Gemma raised money for [[United States Marine Corps]] [[Colonel]] [[Oliver North]]'s unsuccessful challenge to Democratic U.S. Senator Charles Robb of Virginia, a son-in-law of the late President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. He also helped the Arizona congressional candidate Tom Liddy, another Marine veteran and the son of former [[radio]] talk show host [[G. Gordon Liddy]], who lost his race to current U.S. Senator [[Jeff Flake]].<ref name=mal/>

In 1994, Gemma raised money for [[United States Marine Corps]] [[Colonel]] [[Oliver North]]'s unsuccessful challenge to Democratic U.S. Senator Charles Robb of Virginia, a son-in-law of the late President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. He also helped the Arizona congressional candidate Tom Liddy, another Marine veteran and the son of former [[radio]] talk show host [[G. Gordon Liddy]], who lost his race to current U.S. Senator [[Jeff Flake]].<ref name=mal/>

In 2009, on the website VDARE, Gemma defended the nationally-known [[Sheriff]] [[Joe Arpaio]] of Maricopa County, Arizona, who has worked to stem the flow of [[illegal immigrant]]s in the Southwest and is known for his tough control on inmates. Clint Bolick, now a justice of the Arizona Supreme Court and then with the [[Goldwater Institute]] in [[Phoenix]], Arizona, however, claimed that Arpaio had  

In 2009, on the website VDARE, Gemma defended the nationally known [[Sheriff]] [[Joe Arpaio]] of Maricopa County, Arizona, who has worked to stem the flow of [[illegal immigrant]]s in the Southwest and is known for his tough control on inmates. Clint Bolick, now a justice of the Arizona Supreme Court and then with the [[Goldwater Institute]] in [[Phoenix]], Arizona, however, claimed that Arpaio had  

caused his "effectiveness has been compromised for the past several years by misplaced priorities."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vdare.com/articles/goldwater-vs-goldwater-vs-sheriff-joe-arpaio|title=Barry Goldwater, Jr. vs. Don Goldwater vs. Sheriff Joe Arpaio|publisher=VDARE|date=September 8, 2009|author=Peter Gemma|accessdate=May 21, 2016}}</ref> Defeated for reelection in 2016, Arpaio received a [[pardon]] in 2017 from U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] for a federal court misdemeanor conviction regarding his enforcement of immigration policy.

caused his "effectiveness has been compromised for the past several years by misplaced priorities."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vdare.com/articles/goldwater-vs-goldwater-vs-sheriff-joe-arpaio|title=Barry Goldwater, Jr. vs. Don Goldwater vs. Sheriff Joe Arpaio|publisher=VDARE|date=September 8, 2009|author=Peter Gemma|accessdate=May 21, 2016}}</ref> Defeated for reelection in 2016, Arpaio received a [[pardon]] in 2017 from U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] for a federal court misdemeanor conviction regarding his enforcement of immigration policy.