Sacco & Vanzetti Commemoration Society

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To preserve the memory of Sacco and Vanzetti's struggle to radically change society.

We want to educate our neighbors about Massachusetts' radical history, and draw connections between the struggles of Sacco and Vanzetti and similar struggles today.

08/23/2026

Our message of solidarity with the Minnesota 15 On the 99th anniversary of the State murder of Sacco and Vanzetti, the struggle continues!

08/15/2026

REMEMBER SACCO & VANZETTI

August 30th, 2026
3:00PM
Parkman Plaza, Boston Common

The struggle against oppression continues!

Remembrance and Rally

Join the Sacco & Vanzetti Commemoration Society, friends and allies to REMEMBER SACCO & VANZETTI this August 30th.

Meet at 3pm at Parkman Plaza (near the Boston Common visitor center, at the corner of Tremont Street and West Street) to hear speakers bring to life the times and tribulations of Sacco and Vanzetti’s generation, and to highlight the common threads between movements and struggles then and today. We’ll have light food, music, and a marching band for a short march.

In 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were judicially murdered by the state of Massachusetts. These two Italian immigrants, workers and anarchists both, dedicated their lives to lighting the way toward a world free from capitalist exploitation and oppression under authoritarian governments.

After a long and thoroughly unjust trial, where they were convicted of murder and robbery, the two men were electrocuted on August 23rd. Their funeral procession was the largest gathering in Massachusetts until 2002, and their words and bravery inspired generations of people across the planet to struggle for a better future. Sacco and Vanzetti died hopeful, knowing that people like you would continue their fight.

Authoritarian governments continue to murder and beat down the weak, vulnerable, and marginalized, specifically targeting foreign-born workers, and reserving special vitriol for political idealists with dreams of a better world.

Since 2006, the Sacco & Vanzetti Commemoration Society has held annual events to carry on the memory and dreams of Sacco and Vanzetti. For the past two decades, we have worked with current social movements to highlight the connections between the struggles of a century ago and today.

On Sunday August 30th at 3pm, help us to continue our tradition of fighting for freedom today by standing on the foundations laid by yesterday’s revolutionaries.

07/31/2026

Remember Sacco & Vanzetti
Letter Write-In
Online event

Sunday, August 23rd
5:00pm

Register for call info (link in bio)

Join us for a virtual prisoner letter writing event to commemorate Italian American Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti on the 99th anniversary of their ex*****on. A short presentation about their lives will be made and we will give guidance on letter writing to current political prisoners.

Part of the

Sponsored by the Sacco & Vanzetti Commemoration Society, Abolitionist Mail Project, Lowell/Lawrence Anarchist Black Cross and Jericho-Boston.

07/25/2026

Somerville's 8th Annual
Pastasciutta Antifascista
Mutual Aid Solidarity Dinner

Saturday, July 5th, 4:00pm
Message us for address

Suggestes contribution: $10

07/18/2026

2027

Sacco & Vanzetti Centennial

Call for Committee Members and Events

In 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were judicially murdered by the state of Massachusetts. These two Italian immigrants, workers and Anarchists both, dedicated their lives to lighting the way toward a world free from capitalist exploitation and oppression under authoritarian governments.

After a long and thoroughly unjust trial, where they were convicted of murder and robbery, the two men were electrocuted on August 23rd.

Their funeral procession was the largest gathering in Massachusetts until 2002, and their words and bravery inspired generations of people across the planet to struggle for a better future.

Sacco and Vanzetti died hopeful, knowing that people like you would continue their fight.

Now, we call on you to pick up the torch Sacco and Vanzetti carried 100 years ago.

Today, the capitalist class is as greedy and ruthless as ever, with billionaires taking up the role of the robber barons of old. They wreak havoc across the globe, squeezing humanity for every last drop of profit they can wrought.

Authoritarian governments continue to murder and beat down the weak, vulnerable, and marginalized, specifically targeting foreign-born workers, and reserving special vitriol for political idealists with dreams of a better world.

Since 2006, the Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society has held annual events to carry on the memory and dreams of Sacco and Vanzetti. For the past two decades, we have worked with contemporary social movements to highlight the connections between the struggles of a century ago and today.

2027 is fast approaching. We are preparing to make the year a special and memorable celebration of Sacco and Vanzetti’s legacy. We cannot, however, achieve this alone.

The Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society invites you to join the Centennial Committee, or to otherwise participate in commemorative actions.

We are looking for organizers, artists, musicians, scholars, and everyone else who would like to collaborate.

Continue reading on our website. Link in bio!

07/17/2026

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹: 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

In 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were judicially murdered by the state of Massachusetts. These two Italian immigrants, workers and anarchists both, dedicated their lives to lighting the way toward a world free from capitalist exploitation and oppression under authoritarian governments. After a long and thoroughly unjust trial, where they were convicted of murder and robbery, the two men were electrocuted on August 23rd. Their funeral procession was the largest gathering in Massachusetts until 2002, and their words and bravery inspired generations of people across the planet to struggle for a better future.

Sacco and Vanzetti died hopeful, knowing that people like you would continue their fight.

𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘚𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘻𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 100 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰.

Today, the capitalist class is as greedy and ruthless as ever, with billionaires taking up the role of the robber barons of old. They wreak havoc across the globe, squeezing humanity for every last drop of profit they can wrought.

Authoritarian governments continue to murder and beat down the weak, vulnerable, and marginalized, specifically targeting foreign-born workers, and reserving special vitriol for political idealists with dreams of a better world.

Since 2006, the Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society has held annual events to carry on the memory and dreams of Sacco and Vanzetti. For the past two decades, we have worked with current social movements to highlight the connections between the struggles of a century ago and today.

2027 is fast approaching, we are preparing to make the year a special and memorable celebration of Sacco and Vanzetti’s legacy. We cannot, however, achieve this alone.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘻𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥.

August 2027 will be Sacco and Vanzetti month in Boston, with cultural and political events. Please join us in building toward these centennial events.

If you cannot join us in Boston, we call on you to hold commemorative events in your own cities and towns. These events could include protests, screenings of Sacco and Vanzetti related films, staging of plays, public readings of Sacco and Vanzetti’s letters or other words, and rallies in support of migrant workers and political prisoners. Please send us information about your events and we will help promote them.

We will also host 2 events in August 2026:

Sunday, August 23, 5PM Sacco And Vanzetti Day Of Solidarity With Political Prisoners.

Join us and our allies for a hybrid (in person/online) event, to write letters to current political prisoners.

Sunday, August 30, 3PM
Rally and speakout on the Boston Common

For more information or to get involved, [email protected]

https://saccoandvanzetti.org/sn_display1.php?row_ID=154

05/05/2026

YOU ARE UNDER ARREST

May 5, 1920. The streetcar rattles in from Bridgewater. It's 9:40 PM. A little over forty minutes have passed since Nicola Sacco, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Mario Buda, and Riccardo Orciani showed up at Samuel Johnson's cottage. He is the mechanic who fixed Buda's Overland: the four went first to the shop and then to his house to pick up the car. They made an excuse, but it wasn't delivered to them. In agreement with Police Officer Michael Stewart, Johnson's wife, Ruth, telephoned the police to notify them of their arrival. Unable to pick up the car, Buda and Orciani drove off in the latter's sidecar, while Sacco and Vanzetti, on foot, crossed the railroad overpass and took the road to Brockton.

After walking a few hundred meters, they asked a woman where the streetcar stop was. They travel a total of a couple of kilometers and then board the tram. The ticket clerk is Austin Cole, a twenty-three year-old who works regularly on the line. He thinks he recognizes the man with the mustache as a Portuguese man named Tony. He looks at him more carefully and confirms it's not him. He asks the two if they're going to Brockton. The one wearing the stiff hat says yes. Even though it's not very late, the tram is practically empty.

The two passengers, after casually walking down the entire aisle, sit at the back, where the first transverse seat is. Cole watches them carefully and imagines, without understanding why, that they resemble the two men who, a few weeks earlier, at more or less the same time, had occupied the same seat. The tram passes Elm Street and enters Copeland Street in Brockton. The city seems to be asleep. All the houses have their lights off. While checking and counting the tickets sold, Austin Cole observes the two sitting at the back very carefully. They look like foreigners to him. Especially the guy with the protruding mustache. They have hard features, a fixed gaze, and are dressed strangely. It's clear that Americans would be different. The streetcar appears from Keith Avenue.

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