Carlo Tresca (1879-1943)
Italian American History and Heroes
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An anarcho-syndicalist, Carlo Tresca was an tireless labor organizer who lead numerous strikes including the 1913 silk workers' strike in Paterson, NJ. He published several left newspapers including Il Martello. He spoke out against Communist tyranny in Russia and Spain. Tresca was an early and fierce opponent to fascism, at a time when many Americans and Italian American leaders like Generoso Pope openly supported Mussolini. On the night of Jan. 11, 1943, Tresca was shot to death at 5th Ave & 15th St, Manhattan. His murder was never solved but suspects have included agents of Fascist Italy, the Soviet Union, and the Bonanno mafia family. See Nunzio Pernicone's Carlo Tresca: Portrait of a Rebel. |