Jon Curley

Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Events and Victims

Newton Diehl Baker

Sacco and Vanzetti were tried at Dedham, in the Superior Court of Massachusetts for Norfolk County, May 31-July 14, 1921, for the murder of F.A. Parmenter and A. Berardelli at South Braintree, April 15, 1920.

Transcript of the Record of the Trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the Courts of Massachusetts and Subsequent Proceedings, 1920-7

The Sacco-Vanzetti Case

This work by Bartolomeo Vanzetti, edited and with a detailed introduction by Jon Curley, features a never-before-published short story by this famous anarchist and victim of legal persecution, xenophobia, and condemnation for his radical politics. That fact that Vanzetti, an Italian immigrant, learned to write in English while jailed for a capital crime is remarkable enough. What is even more astonishing is that he chose to use his new language skills to write creatively, inventing a parable about worker exploitation and environmental disaster that is as relevant today as it was almost one hundred years ago when this prisoner took up his pen. “Events and Victims” allows Vanzetti a new literary and historical voice, an important document that narrates the very injustice that its author suffered and fought. In a time of assault on immigrants, dissidents, radicals, and the environment, “Events and Victims” is as timely as ever.

Nicola Sacco

Contains letters written by Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were executed for murder and robbery on August 23, 1927 in Boston amidst much controversy and debate.

Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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