Sacco and Vanzetti: The 1920s Red Scare and Today’s Political Echoes
Welcome to the premiere episode of our new three-part series, Echoes of Justice, on The Optimistic Beacon.
In Season 1, Episode 203, host Dr. Ray Calabrese takes you back to the pressure cooker of 1920s America to dissect one of the most polarizing legal sagas in American history: the trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
This isn’t just a history lesson. As we revisit the aftermath of World War I, a deadly pandemic, and the “First Red Scare,” you will discover that the anti-immigrant rhetoric, societal anxieties, and weaponized patriotism of a century ago sound…
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