Luigi Galleani was an Italian insurrectionary anarchist best known for his advocacy of "propaganda of the deed", a strategy of political assassinations and violent attacks.
1906 police photograph of Galleani
Pietro Gori, one of Galleani's close collaborators in the Italian anarchist movement
Socialist politician Francesco Saverio Merlino, whose critique of anarchism provoked Galleani to write his book The End of Anarchism?
Insurrectionary anarchism
Insurrectionary anarchism is a revolutionary theory and tendency within the anarchist movement that emphasizes insurrection as a revolutionary practice. It is critical of formal organizations such as labor unions and federations that are based on a political program and periodic congresses. Instead, insurrectionary anarchists advocate informal organization and small affinity group based organization. Insurrectionary anarchists put value in attack, permanent class conflict and a refusal to negotiate or compromise with class enemies.
Luigi Galleani, an early leading proponent of insurrectionary anarchism
Aftermath of the Wall Street bombing (1920)
Anarchist graffiti during the 2008 Greek riots
Protester facing riot police in the "Battle of Seattle"
