"What Need Be Said" by David Wieck Italian Anarchism in America: An Historical Background to the Sacco-Vanzetti Case by Paul Avrich La Salute é in Voi: the Anarchist Dimension by Robert D'Attilio The Idea of Boston: Some Literary Responses to the Sacco-Vanzetti Case by Daniel Aaron The Governor Dukakis Proclamation all at: http://www.saccovanzettiproject.org/pages/home.html http://www.infoshop.org/sacco_vanzetti.html 1927 -- Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-born anarchist labor militants, executed in the electric chair Judge Webster Thayer, during the Sacco-Vanzetti episode, was heard to boast while
POLITICAL REPRESSION Aug 23 2002 The Execution of Sacco & Vanzetti: 75 Years Later When Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were put to death on August 23, 1927, radical America wept. Despite the dedication of people from Emma Goldman to Albert Einstein and demonstrations from Paris to Portugal, the worldwide fight to save the two Italian immigrants had failed. Accused of a 1920 robbery, the anarchists were tried amidst the xenophobic and anti-leftist sentiments of Palmer-raid United States. They sat before an admittedly biased judge and were convicted contrary to evidence of their innocence. In the years following, the Sacco-Vanzetti trial became the best example of radicals in the U.S. being railroaded for their political beliefs. New Yorkers will mark the trial with a 5 p.m. memorial in Union Square on Friday. On Thursday, a teach-in a teach-in was also held. [ The Red Scares: Then & Now | A Contemporary View of the Trial and Aftermath | Infoshop.org's Sacco and Vanzetti Memorial ] http://www.indymedia.org/index.php3?newswire=open 1977 -- US: Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis proclaims "Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti Day" on the 50th anniversary of their death. See Heroes & Martyrs: Emma Goldman, Sacco & Vanzetti, & the Revolutionary Struggle, an audio CD by Howard Zinn. playing golf, "Did you see what I did to those anarchistic bastards?" They are subjects of many songs, poems & books. http://www.torremaggiore.com/saccoevanzetti/intro.html http://recollectionbooks.com/siml/library/vanzettipoem.htm