Alba Nuova: Rivista Mensile di Critica e di Pensiero (numero doppio) [New Dawn: Monthly Review of Criticism and Thought (Number 2)]. New York: Mario Rapisardi Literary Society, 1921.
Title
Alba Nuova: Rivista Mensile di Critica e di Pensiero (numero doppio) [New Dawn: Monthly Review of Criticism and Thought (Number 2)]. New York: Mario Rapisardi Literary Society, 1921.
Description
Alba Nuova (1921-1924) was the official organ of the Federazione dei Lavoratori Italiani d'America, a section of the American Labor Alliance, formed on November 6, 1921 by members of the Federazione Socialista Italiana and the Italian section of the I.W.W. who embraced communism. It ran for four years, succeeded by the communist daily, Il Lavoratore (1924-1931). Among its founding members were Antonino (or Anthony) Capraro, the founder of Alba Nuova itself, and Ignazio Camarda, Frank Bellanca and Flavio Venanzi. See Bencivenni's Italian Immigrant Radical Culture.
This issue (No. 2, October-November) of a review that was primarily the organ of the Italian section of the Communist Workers Party, includes a significant text of anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, headed "Sacco e Vanzetti Insegnano" [Sacco and Vanzetti Teach]. It is a letter from Dedham Jail, dated October 18, 1921 (a few months after the two were sentenced to death, and a couple of weeks before the argument for a retrial would take place), about six years before they would actually be executed: "Noi Non Abbiamo Paura di Morire" [We are not Afraid to Die].
In general, Alba Nuova published articles on political theory and idology, and covered local and international news, with special attention given to strikes, revolutionary upheavals, and political repression. At the same time, it held literary and artistic expression in very high regard: "Art is the highest expression of the human mind." May 1, 1922. By 1923, it claimed 6,000 subscribers and a circulation of nearly 20,000 copies. It pressed for inclusion of women in local political organizations as members with rights identical to those of men.
This issue (No. 2, October-November) of a review that was primarily the organ of the Italian section of the Communist Workers Party, includes a significant text of anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, headed "Sacco e Vanzetti Insegnano" [Sacco and Vanzetti Teach]. It is a letter from Dedham Jail, dated October 18, 1921 (a few months after the two were sentenced to death, and a couple of weeks before the argument for a retrial would take place), about six years before they would actually be executed: "Noi Non Abbiamo Paura di Morire" [We are not Afraid to Die].
In general, Alba Nuova published articles on political theory and idology, and covered local and international news, with special attention given to strikes, revolutionary upheavals, and political repression. At the same time, it held literary and artistic expression in very high regard: "Art is the highest expression of the human mind." May 1, 1922. By 1923, it claimed 6,000 subscribers and a circulation of nearly 20,000 copies. It pressed for inclusion of women in local political organizations as members with rights identical to those of men.
Creator
Anthony [Antonino] Capraro (ed.)
Publisher
Mario Rapisardi Literary Society; Avanti Publ. Co.
Date
1921
Format
27.5 x 20cm; 40 p.
Language
Italian
English
Collection
Citation
Anthony [Antonino] Capraro (ed.), “Alba Nuova: Rivista Mensile di Critica e di Pensiero (numero doppio) [New Dawn: Monthly Review of Criticism and Thought (Number 2)]. New York: Mario Rapisardi Literary Society, 1921.,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed April 26, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/33.
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