happy? - Aug 23 (Sacco & Vanzetti)

23 Aug 05 - 09:27 AM (#1547635)
Subject: happy? - Aug 23 (Sacco & Vanzetti)
From: Abby Sale

In spite of solid and unchallenged alibis, Sacco & Vanzetti were executed 8/23/1927. The State maintained they "were morally guilty because they are the enemies of our existing institutions."

[Well, we have the right to protect ourselves, don't we?]

          I was right there in Boston the night that they died.
          I never did see such a sight in my life:
          I thought the crowds would pull down the town
          And I was hoping' they'd do it and change things around.
  
                  "Red Wine," W Guthrie

Nicola Sacco b4/22/1891,
Bartolomeo Vanzetti b6/11/1888

Copyright © 2005, Abby Sale - all rights reserved
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23 Aug 05 - 11:41 AM (#1547726)
Subject: RE: happy? - Aug 23 (Sacco & Vanzetti)
From: GUEST,Barrie Roberts

As a dedicated anarchist I've always been a great admirer of Sacco & Vanzetti, but if memory serves me right Upton Sinclair's marvellous book about the case is called 'Boston -- August 22nd' Or am I wrong?

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23 Aug 05 - 12:09 PM (#1547752)
Subject: RE: happy? - Aug 23 (Sacco & Vanzetti)
From: Mark Ross

Yes, the book is BOSTON, a wonderful piece of writing.


Mark Ross

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23 Aug 05 - 12:39 PM (#1547769)
Subject: RE: happy? - Aug 23 (Sacco & Vanzetti)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)

Posthumous pardons from Gov. Dukakus in 1977.

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24 Aug 05 - 05:25 AM (#1548377)
Subject: RE: happy? - Aug 23 (Sacco & Vanzetti)
From: Wolfgang

Sacco and Vanzetti

Old MC thread with the lyrics to Andy Irvine's beautiful 'Facing the chair'.

Wolfgang

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24 Aug 05 - 07:22 AM (#1548426)
Subject: RE: happy? - Aug 23 (Sacco & Vanzetti)
From: alanabit

Sadly, it only brought home to me that where clashes of the rich and the poor are concerned, it is usually only in fiction that the evil are punished and the good are rewarded. Perhaps that is what accounts for the popularity of fiction.

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24 Aug 05 - 10:11 AM (#1548574)
Subject: RE: happy? - Aug 23 (Sacco & Vanzetti)
From: GUEST,Barrie Roberts

Mark --- Good to hear from another Upton Sinclair admirer. Wasn't it Bernard Shaw who said, 'When people ask me about the times through which I have lived, I direct them to the books of Mr Upton Sinclair'?

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24 Aug 05 - 01:37 PM (#1548740)
Subject: RE: happy? - Aug 23 (Sacco & Vanzetti)
From: Tannywheeler

Thurber's (? I think it's Thurber) play, "The Male Animal" is an instance of the defense of Sacco & Vanzetti, and of academic freedom, freedom of speech, "Americanism, other good stuff--all hidden in the guise of a comedy about marriage and romance. May be a bit fluffy for serious anarchists, tho'.    Tw

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