Se si farà la rivoluzione in Italia, si morrà di fame? [Will We Die of Hunger if There's a Revolution in Italy?]. New York: Casa ed. Libreria Rossa, [c. 1921].
Title
Se si farà la rivoluzione in Italia, si morrà di fame? [Will We Die of Hunger if There's a Revolution in Italy?]. New York: Casa ed. Libreria Rossa, [c. 1921].
Description
This work is taken from Umanità Nova, a Milanese leftist newspaper that was founded in 1920, and shut down by the fascists in 1922. "Libreria Rossa" was the name adopted by Carlo Tresca for some of his book imprints, and used on Tresca's letterhead, along with Il Martello, see holographic letter on stationery of Tresca in the Collection. (The term is also used more generally (lower case) for any Italian American bookstore that sold anarchist, socialist or communist works.)
Leading writers for Umanità Nova included Errico Malatesta, Armando Borghi and Camillo Bernieri, among others; several of the works of each of these writers are in the collection, q.v. When the fascist regime fell, in 1945, publication Umanità Nova started up again, this time as a weekly.
The newspaper continues to publish to this day. It declares itself as follows: Umanità Nova presents itself weekly in a paper edition as a place for communication, meeting, intervention and reflection on facts and events of social anarchism, libertarian movements, anti-authoritarian, anti-clericalism, of the world of work and basic unionism, direct action, battles over territory, social spaces and worker management journeys.
Bookseller and expert on the Italian American left, Lorne Bair refers to this work, however, as more of a Communist tract published shortly after the Russian Revolution. Indeed, the work calls for an immediate proletarian revolution, with socialization of industry and agriculture; closure of borders to prevent a flight of the bourgeoisie; and management of the new society through a free arrangement of persons and competent groups.
I cannot find anything about the author who used the pseudonym Emme - the spelling is that of the Italian letter "m" spoken aloud, as well as it being a not that unusual variant spelling of "Emma." There was a Spanish female anarchist writer named Emme Dalla Dea.
Leading writers for Umanità Nova included Errico Malatesta, Armando Borghi and Camillo Bernieri, among others; several of the works of each of these writers are in the collection, q.v. When the fascist regime fell, in 1945, publication Umanità Nova started up again, this time as a weekly.
The newspaper continues to publish to this day. It declares itself as follows: Umanità Nova presents itself weekly in a paper edition as a place for communication, meeting, intervention and reflection on facts and events of social anarchism, libertarian movements, anti-authoritarian, anti-clericalism, of the world of work and basic unionism, direct action, battles over territory, social spaces and worker management journeys.
Bookseller and expert on the Italian American left, Lorne Bair refers to this work, however, as more of a Communist tract published shortly after the Russian Revolution. Indeed, the work calls for an immediate proletarian revolution, with socialization of industry and agriculture; closure of borders to prevent a flight of the bourgeoisie; and management of the new society through a free arrangement of persons and competent groups.
I cannot find anything about the author who used the pseudonym Emme - the spelling is that of the Italian letter "m" spoken aloud, as well as it being a not that unusual variant spelling of "Emma." There was a Spanish female anarchist writer named Emme Dalla Dea.
Creator
Emme
Publisher
Casa ed. Libreria Rossa
Date
[c. 1921]
Format
18 x 12cm; 24 p.
Language
Italian
Citation
Emme, “Se si farà la rivoluzione in Italia, si morrà di fame? [Will We Die of Hunger if There's a Revolution in Italy?]. New York: Casa ed. Libreria Rossa, [c. 1921].,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed December 12, 2025, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/159.
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