The Sacco Vanzetti Case

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The Sacco Vanzetti Case

• Casey Fitzpatrick

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Summary of Websitehttp//eserver.org/academy/syra
cuse-strike.html

• This website briefly tells the story of Sacco and
  Vanzetti, but it focuses mainly on Ben Shahns
  mural. It exposes the underlying symbolism of
  each of the objects in the mural, and describes
  the main ideas that Shahn wanted to portray to
  the public. Although this site describes the
  Sacco and Vanzetti tale, it mainly focuses on how
  the piece relates to a strike that took place at
  Syracuse University in 1998.

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Summary of Web Sitehttp//english.upenn.edu/filr
eis/88/sacvan.html

• This web site tells, in depth, the events of the
  Sacco and Vanzetti trial in chronological order,
  from their arrests to their deaths. It then
  explains the effect the trial had on America and
  the world. The author strongly believes that
  Sacco and Vanzetti were wrongly accused, and that
  American democracy was forever blemished in the
  eyes of the rest of the world.

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Overview

• The Sacco and Vanzetti case, the play M.
  Butterly, and 9/11 all deal with foreigners who
  have radical ideas that are not accepted by the
  community they reside in. Sacco and Vanzetti were
  persecuted because they had radical communist
  beliefs during the time of the Red Scare in
  America, and in M. Butterfly, the main
  characters were punished under Chinas communist
  government for being homosexuals. Although both
  of these events happened in the past, prejudice
  still exists in todays world. The post 9/11
  situation in America is a very good example of
  this. Many Arabs and Muslims in the United States
  are still discriminated against and wrongly
  accused of suspicious activities, only because
  they are followers of the Islamic religion.