May 27, 2021 · For six years, starting in 1921, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti watched from death row as writers argued for their freedom, politicians debated their case, and radicals held …

Sacco and Vanzettti were both Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists who advocated the violent overthrow of capitalism. It was the height of the post–World War I Red Scare, and the atmosphere …

Mar 19, 2025 · This essay examines how the wave of authors' activism surrounding the Sacco and Vanzetti case engaged political philosophy of the 1920s diagnosing an American public sphere that …

Nov 27, 2024 · As Italian immigrants and draft evaders involved in anarchist politics, they faced prejudice and linguistic barriers, which compromised their defense. The trial exemplified American …

Nov 12, 2025 · Sacco and Vanzetti, defendants in a controversial murder trial in Massachusetts (1921–27) that resulted in their executions. Many people felt that the trial had been unfair and that …

During the Red Scare of 1919-1920, many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or anarchist ideology.

Sacco, a shoe worker, and Vanzetti, a fish vendor, personified the targets of the Red Scare: immigrants and radicals. In addition, both had avoided the draft during the war and had firearms and anarchist …

Apr 29, 2025 · Two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Batolomeo Vanzetti, died in the electric chair in 1927. Their case was widely seen as an injustice. After convictions for murder, followed by a lengthy …

Muddied by anti-Italian and anti-immigrant prejudice, fear of left-wing radicals, judicial ethics, and civil rights, the Sacco and Vanzetti case became one of America's most infamous murder trials and …

"If it had not been for these things, I might have lived out my life talking at street corners to scorning men. I might have died, unmarked, unknown, a failure. Now we are not a failure. This is our career …