Gruppo Diritto all'Esistenza | |
| Established | 1890 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | February 14, 1920 |
| Location | |
| Leader | Errico Malatesta (from 1899) |
Main organ |
|
| This article is part of a series on |
| Anarchism in the United States |
|---|
 |
The Right to Existence Group (Italian: Gruppo Diritto all'Esistenza[a])[b] was an Italian American anarchist organization, based in Paterson, New Jersey. Established in 1890, the group drew most of its membership from migrant workers from Northern Italy. It promoted anarchist organization, in the form of anarcho-syndicalism, and had close links with the Paterson trade union movement. The group held regular meetings and dances, established a consumer's cooperative, bookstore and night school, and agitated for social revolution in Italy through its newspaper La Questione Sociale. One of its members was Gaetano Bresci, who went on to assassinate Umberto I of Italy, bringing the organization under increased scrutiny. Its newspaper was shut down and its meetings broken up by police. During the First Red Scare, many of its remaining members were rounded up and deported.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search