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Worth pointing out that there was anarchist influence on cyberpunk. Certainly Bruce Sterling talked about anarchist influence in general and his Islands in the Net was inspired by TAZ. His most recent book Pirate Utopia draws on Peter Lamborn Wilson. I'm not sure exactly what Sterling and William Gibson's intention was when the wrote Difference Engine, which involved the Luddite rebellions, but it certainly could be read in a way sympathetic to eco anarchism. I suspect that wasn't their intent though. Lewis Shiner is even more explicitly anarchist. Slam was based on Bob Black's The Abolition of Work. Deserted Cities of the Heart has a lot of anarchic elements, if I recall correctly. Rudy Rucker has been influenced by anarchism over the years too. Many of the authors in Mirrorshades were present in and supportive of Semiotext(e) SF, the first anarchist scifi anthology. Early cyberpunk influenced zines, for instance Virus 23, often had anarchist content, if not exclusively anarchist. They certainly were not pro-fascist.