 Anarchism was influential in the counterculture of the 1960s and anarchists actively participated in the late 60s students and workers revolts.During the IX Congress of the Italian Anarchist Federation in Carrara in 1965, a group decided to split off from this organization and created the "Gruppi di Iniziativa Anarchica".In the 70s, it was mostly composed of "veteran individualist anarchists with a pacifism orientation, naturism, etc, ...".