Anarchism in the United States
Anarchism in the United States began in the mid-19th century and started to grow in influence as it entered the American labor movements, growing an anarcho-communist current as well as gaining notoriety for violent propaganda of the deed and campaigning for diverse social reforms in the early 20th century. By around the start of the 20th century, the heyday of individualist anarchism had passed[1] and anarcho-communism and other social anarchist currents emerged as the dominant anarchist tendency.[2]
In the post-World War II era, anarchism regained influence through new developments such as anarcho-pacifism, the American New Left and the counterculture of the 1960s. Contemporary anarchism in the United States influenced and became influenced and renewed by developments both inside and outside the worldwide anarchist movement such as platformism, insurrectionary anarchism, the new social movements (anarcha-feminism, queer anarchism and green anarchism) and the alter-globalization movements. Within contemporary anarchism, the anti-capitalism of classical anarchism has remained prominent.[3][4]
Around the turn of the 21st century, anarchism grew in popularity and influence as part of the anti-war, anti-capitalist and anti-globalization movements.[5] Anarchists became known for their involvement in protests against the meetings of the WTO, G8 and the World Economic Forum. Some anarchist factions at these protests engaged in rioting, property destruction and violent confrontations with the police. These actions were precipitated by ad hoc, leaderless and anonymous cadres known as black blocs, although other peaceful organizational tactics pioneered in this time include affinity groups, security culture and the use of decentralized technologies such as the Internet.[5] A significant event of this period was the 1999 Seattle WTO protests.[5]
1872-1893: The individualist anarchist magazine is published.
The Word
1880-1882: The is active.
New York Social Revolutionary Club
1881-1908: The anarchist newspaper is active.
Liberty
1884:
Most–Grottkau debate
1886:
Haymarket affair
1889: celebrations are held by Jewish anarchists in New York city.
Yom Kippur balls
1890-1977: The anarchist newspaper (Free Voice of Labor) is active.
Fraye Arbeter Shtime
1901: assassinates President McKinley.
Leon Czolgosz
1903: The bans anarchists from immigrating to the USA.
Immigration Act of 1903
1906-1917: The magazine is published.
Mother Earth
1908:
Death of Lazarus Averbuch
1910: The is founded.
Ferrer Center and Colony
1915: IWW member is executed in controversial circumstances.
Joe Hill
1915: The anarchist becomes the first woman to wear pants in public in Puerto Rico and is arrested.
Luisa Capetillo
1917:
Bay View incident
1918: The permits the US government to deport anarchists.
Immigration Act of 1918
1918:
Youngstown dynamite plot
1919:
United States anarchist bombings
1920: Anarchist dies suspiciously while in custody of the BOI.
Andrea Salsedo
1927:
Sacco and Vanzetti
1954-1965: The are active in New York city.
Libertarian Book Club and League
1963: Anarchist and Catholic Worker leads the first nationally televised protest against the Vietnam War in the USA.
Tom Cornell
1965: Tom Cornell leads the first public act of draft card burning in the USA to protest the Vietnam War.
1974: The is founded.
Institute for Social Ecology
1975-1978: The anarchist guerilla group is active.
George Jackson Brigade
1980-2016: The social centre is active in New York city.
ABC No Rio
1984: The anarcho-syndicalist Workers' Solidarity Alliance is founded.
1986: The begins publication.
Anarcho-Syndicalist Review
1987: is founded.
AK Press
1996: begins operation.
CrimethInc.
1996: The is formed.
Institute for Anarchist Studies
1996-2006: The social centre is active in New York city.
DUMBA
1999:
Seattle WTO protests
2001:
Katie Sierra free speech case
2004: is founded in Baltimore.
Red Emma's
2011:
Occupy Wall Street
2011-2019: is active in California.
Qilombo
2017: is active.
Portland Anarchist Road Care
2019: - an anarchist attacks an ICE facility
Tacoma attack
2020:
Capitol Hill Occupied Protest
2023:
Killing of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán
2024:
Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell
American Left
History of the socialist movement in the United States
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Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed
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Black Rose Anarchist Federation (BRRN)
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Common Ground Collective
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First of May Anarchist Alliance
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Institute for Anarchist Studies
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