- American anarchism spans 150+ years, divided between individualist (personal sovereignty, free markets) and communist (collective ownership, labor organizing) traditions that remain unreconciled.
By EofE Editorial ·
Published July 13, 2026
TL;DR
Individualist Roots (Pre–Civil War to 1908)
Collectivist and Labor Anarchism (1870s–1920s)
Suppression and Survival (1920s–1950s)
New Left and Counterculture (1960s–1970s)
Anti-Globalization and Intellectual Resurgence (1999–2011)