Anarchism

Sacco and Vanzetti Executed After Seven Years of Biased Proceedings

1927-08-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed by electric chair at Charlestown State Prison in Massachusetts at 12:19 AM, exactly seven years after their arrest. Despite worldwide protests, new evidence suggesting innocence, and widespread doubt about the fairness of their trial, Massachusetts …

Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti Alvin Fuller A. Lawrence Lowell Webster Thayer civil-liberties labor-suppression xenophobia judicial-capture anarchism +1 more

Sacco and Vanzetti Arrested in Red Scare Climate of Anti-Immigrant Hysteria

1920-08-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Italian immigrant anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are arrested in Brockton, Massachusetts, on streetcar robbery charges that will be escalated to murder charges in connection with a payroll robbery in South Braintree that left two men dead. The arrests occur at the height of the …

Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti Frederick Katzmann Webster Thayer Department of Justice civil-liberties labor-suppression xenophobia judicial-capture red-scare +1 more

Haymarket Affair Bombing and Police Violence Trigger Massive Anti-Labor Backlash

1886-05-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

A peaceful labor rally at Haymarket Square in Chicago advocating for the eight-hour workday descends into violence when an unknown person throws a dynamite bomb at police officers attempting to disperse the gathering. The blast and ensuing retaliatory police gunfire kill seven police officers and at …

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