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Joseph James Ettor
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Joseph James "Smiling Joe" Ettor was an Italian-American trade union organizer who, in the middle-1910s, was one of the leading public faces of the Industrial Workers of the World. Ettor is best remem
J.J. Ettor (center), flanked by Joseph Caruso and Arturo Giovannitti, his co-defendants in the 1912 Lawrence trial
J.J. Ettor (center), flanked by Joseph Caruso and Arturo Giovannitti, his co-defendants in the 1912 Lawrence trial
Employers feared "Ettorism". This 1913 anti-union cartoon from The American Employer depicts an IWW organizing drive as "a volcano of hate stirred int
Employers feared "Ettorism". This 1913 anti-union cartoon from The American Employer depicts an IWW organizing drive as "a volcano of hate stirred into active eruption at Akron, by alien hands, which pour into the crater the disturbing acids and alkalis of greed, class hatred and anarchy. From the mouth of the pit rise poisonous clouds of suspicion, malice and envy to pollute the air, while from the cracked and breaking sides of the groaning mountain flow streams of lava of murder, anarchy and destruction, threatening to engulf in their path the fair cities and fertile farms of Ohio."
Joe Ettor addresses striking Brooklyn barbers in Union Square, New York City, May 17, 1913.
Joe Ettor addresses striking Brooklyn barbers in Union Square, New York City, May 17, 1913.
Arturo Giovannitti
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Arturo M. Giovannitti was an Italian-American union leader, socialist political activist, and poet. He is best remembered as one of the principal organizers of the 1912 Lawrence textile strike and as
Joseph James Ettor
…to send to New York City for Joe Ettor, the organization's top Italian language leader, to come to Lawrence and lead the strike. Ettor arrived with Arturo Giovannitti, secretary of the Italian Socialist Federation, a language federation of the Socialist Party of America and editor of the socialist newspaper Il…
Giovannitti, around his September 1912 trial.
Giovannitti, around his September 1912 trial.
Giovannitti (far left) alongside Luigi Antonini, Salvatore Ninfo, and other anti-fascist Italian labor leaders, 1923
Giovannitti (far left) alongside Luigi Antonini, Salvatore Ninfo, and other anti-fascist Italian labor leaders, 1923