<p>The trial judge called them &quot;anarchistic bastards.&quot; Political activists, Italian-born Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were framed and executed for murder in a wave of anti-immigrant hysteria in Boston in the 1920s. By illustrating how anarchists and immigrants were the &quot;terrorists&quot; of yesteryear, this book is a grim reminder of the consequences of using fear as a political weapon.</p> <p>Eventually pardoned in 1977 by Governor Dukakis, Sacco and Vanzetti's case sparked an unprecedented international defense campaign--including among it's supporters writers, artists, and musicians--and remains one of the most famous political trials in history.</p> <p>&quot;[Vanzetti] loved his adopted country, but his hatred of war was greater than his devotion to an abstraction.&quot;--William Kunstler (U.S. civil rights lawyer)</p>