Ad Antonio Fierro: spento da piombo fascista [For Antonio Fierro: killed by a fascist bullet]. New York: [n.p.], [1933].

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Ad Antonio Fierro: spento da piombo fascista [For Antonio Fierro: killed by a fascist bullet]. New York: [n.p.], [1933].

Description

This leaflet contains a poem by the Italian-American labor poet Crivello dedicated to the assassinated Italian immigrant activist Fierro, with a portrait.

Fierro had been killed by Frank Moffer (real name Moddifori) during a clash in Astoria, Queens, between anti-fascists mobilized by Carlo Tresca and a group called the Khaki Shirts of America.

Fierro, a college student, had been one of the hecklers disrupting a speech by the American fascist leader Art J. Smith.

Treschiano Athos Terzani was charged with his friend's murder, upon false testimony by Smith and Moffer. See handbill of Terzani Defense Committee, announcing a mass meeting to protest Terzani's innocence, in the collection, Athos Terzani, Accusato falsamente di omicidio dal "Generale" delle Khaki Shirts, Art J. Smith, presentera il suo caso dinanzi al popolo di Philadelphia ad un Mass Meeting Venerdi, 24 Novembre, alle ore 8 P.M./ Athos Terzani, Facing trial for murder on the false story of "General" Art J. Smith of the Khaki Shirts, will put his case before the people of Philadelphia at a Mass Meeting Friday, November 24, at 8 P.M. Philadelphia: Anti-Fascist United Front, [1933].

The work of the great civil rights lawyer, Arthur Garfield Hays, Terzani's attorney at the criminal trial, led to a not guilty verdict in 32 minutes.

Creator

Antonino Crivello

Publisher

[n.p.]

Date

[1933]

Format

18 x 29.5cm; 2 pp.

Language

Italian

Citation

Antonino Crivello, “Ad Antonio Fierro: spento da piombo fascista [For Antonio Fierro: killed by a fascist bullet]. New York: [n.p.], [1933].,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed March 28, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/381.

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