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Note: This is the start of a section that I plan on adding to Anarchism in the United States. It is very bad as of right now and needs a lot of expansion, sourcing and rewriting. I'm very tired as I write this and the quality is very bad. Feel free to help. Some sentences aren't even completed, I know. Ungovernable ForceGot something to say? 05:18, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Anarchism in American society

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Anarchism has been a major influence in American society, especially with regard to various political and cultural movements.

Anarchism, especially anarcho-syndicalism was an important trend within the early American labor movement. One of the most notable events in the early history of labor was the Haymarket Riot. The Industrial Workers of the World

(OK, I'm just gonna start listing things to add later so that I don't forget them).

  • WWI anti-war movement
  • Red Scare with relation to anarchists
  • Berkman's attempt on Henry Clay Frick's life
  • Assasination of McKinely
  • Anarchism during WWII (I don't know much about it, does anyone else?)
  • Influence on hippies, especially Hoffman and Yippies
  • Anti-racist activism (ARA, anarachist Black Panthers)
  • Pro-queer movement (especially mention Goldman as one of first visible supporters)
  • Feminist movement
  • Influence on enviromental and animal rights movements (Edward Abbey, Earth First!, ELF/ALF)
  • Anti-nuke movement
  • Current anti-war movement
  • Food Not Bombs
  • Critical Mass
  • Indymedia
  • Anarcho-punk/Crust within America
  • Anti/alter-globalization (especially N30)
  • Anti-border and pro-immigration activities


Sources on an-cap

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This is something else entirely, but feel free to add sources that question an-cap's place within anarchism

  1. Demanding the Impossible by Peter Marshall. See last paragraph.