Luigi Galleani was an Italian anarchist active in the United States from 1901 to 1919 , viewed by historians as an anarcho-communist and an insurrectionary anarchist . He is best known for his enthusiastic advocacy of " propaganda of the deed " , i.e. the use of violence to eliminate " tyrants " and " oppressors " and to act as a catalyst to the overthrow of existing government institutions . From 1914 to 1932 , Galleani 's followers in the United States ( known as '' Galleanists '' ) , carried out a series of bombings and assassination attempts against institutions and persons they viewed as class enemies . After Galleani was deported from the United States to Italy in June 1919 , his followers are alleged to have executed the Wall Street bombing of 1920 , which resulted in the deaths of 38 people . Galleani held forth at local anarchist meetings , assailed " timid " socialists , gave fire-breathing speeches , and continued to write essays and polemical treatises.The foremost proponent of " propaganda by the deed " in the United States , Galleani was the founder and editor of the anarchist newsletter '' Cronaca Sovversiva '' ( '' Subversive Chronicle '' ) , which he published and mailed from offices in Barre . Galleani published the anarchist newsletter for fifteen years until the United States government closed it down under the Sedition Act of 1918 . Galleani attracted numerous radical friends and followers known as " Galleanists " , including Frank Abarno , Gabriella Segata Antolini , Pietro Angelo , Luigi Bacchetti , Mario Buda also known as " Mike Boda " , Carmine Carbone , Andrea Ciofalo , Ferrucio Coacci , Emilio Coda , Alfredo Conti , Nestor Dondoglioalso known as " Jean Crones " , Roberto Elia , Luigi Falzini , Frank Mandese , Riccardo Orciani , Nicola Recchi , Giuseppe Sberna , Andrea Salsedo , Raffaele Schiavina , Carlo Valdinoci , and , most notably , Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
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