Lynn, Massachusetts

Lynn, Massachusetts from high rock

In 1912 Luigi Galleani moved his newspaper offices from his long-time base in Barre, Vermont, to Lynn, Massachusetts. A hard-drinking, hard-driving industrial city of 90,000 people, Lynn wasn't exactly a garden spot. But the move brought Galleani closer to the factory towns that circled Boston and to the great mass of workers he hoped to inspire. It also connected Galleani to a circle of militant anarchists newly arrived in the States, men and women who were more than willing to engage in the violent actions that Galleani so fervently preached. This was the group that Sacco and Vanzetti soon joined.

Banner for anarchist newspaper, Cronaca Sovversiva