Nella Giacomelli

Overview

Nella Giacomelli born Lodi, Lombardy, Italy July 2, 1873 (d. 1949). “The Red Meteor” anarcho-pacifist newspaper editor and journalist; wrote for French anti-militarist paper Rompete de File (1907-13); opposed Great War, especially Italian intervention; issued May Day manifesto to women against war, resulting in house arrest 1916; collaborated in single issue of paper War and Peace, Milan 1919; co-founder of anarchist paper New Humanity 1920. Arrested 1921, 1928.

Quotations

On New Humanity: “[It is] a mild name, almost evangelical, out of tune, some say, with the quick breath of a society in turmoil, with the jolting events, the threat of violent action and the bold daring of this time that we live in. . . [it] represents the greatest human protest against secular human suffering.” (Wikipedia Umanitá Nova; photo 24Emilia)