On July 29, 1900, the anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto of Italy, punishing the king for ordering the brutal killing of hundreds of workers who were protesting rising food prices.
At that time, power and wealth were concentrated in the hands of an uncaring elite.
Whereas today…
At that time, power and wealth were concentrated in the hands of an uncaring elite.
Whereas today…
Gaetano Bresci: Tyrannicide and Defender of the People
Bresci risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, then gave his life to impose consequences on the king for overseeing the murder of hundreds of poor working people.
crimethinc.com
July 29, 2026 at 5:25 AM
On July 29, 1900, the anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto of Italy, punishing the king for ordering the brutal killing of hundreds of workers who were protesting rising food prices.
At that time, power and wealth were concentrated in the hands of an uncaring elite.
Whereas today…
At that time, power and wealth were concentrated in the hands of an uncaring elite.
Whereas today…
On this day in the year 1900, the anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto of Italy.
Here, we remember an Italian immigrant who risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, then gave his life to impose consequences for the slaughter of hundreds of poor workers.
Here, we remember an Italian immigrant who risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, then gave his life to impose consequences for the slaughter of hundreds of poor workers.
Gaetano Bresci: Tyrannicide and Defender of the People
Bresci risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, then gave his life to impose consequences on the king for overseeing the murder of hundreds of poor working people.
crimethinc.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
On this day in the year 1900, the anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto of Italy.
Here, we remember an Italian immigrant who risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, then gave his life to impose consequences for the slaughter of hundreds of poor workers.
Here, we remember an Italian immigrant who risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, then gave his life to impose consequences for the slaughter of hundreds of poor workers.
Antes de Luigi Mangione, houve Gaetano Bresci
Antes de Luigi Mangione, houve Gaetano Bresci
Gaetano Bresci era um anarquista de 30 anos que assassinou o rei da Itália em 1900. A imprensa tradicional o classificou como um louco, mas muitos italianos comuns viam suas ações como uma vingança me...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Antes de Luigi Mangione, houve Gaetano Bresci
November 11 was the birthday of Gaetano Bresci, an anarchist who bravely risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, then gave his life to impose consequences on the Italian king for overseeing the killings of hundreds of workers.
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November 12, 2023 at 6:16 AM
November 11 was the birthday of Gaetano Bresci, an anarchist who bravely risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, then gave his life to impose consequences on the Italian king for overseeing the killings of hundreds of workers.
crimethinc.com/bresci
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A suggested reading for #TyrannicideDay! "Gaetano Bresci: Tyrannicide and Defender of the People" is a 2018 essay from @crimethinc.com on the man who assassinated King Umberto of Italy, declaring: "I did not kill Umberto. I have killed the King. I killed a principle."
Gaetano Bresci: Tyrannicide and Defender of the People
Bresci risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, then gave his life to impose consequences on the king for overseeing the murder of hundreds of poor working people.
crimethinc.com
March 15, 2026 at 12:53 PM
A suggested reading for #TyrannicideDay! "Gaetano Bresci: Tyrannicide and Defender of the People" is a 2018 essay from @crimethinc.com on the man who assassinated King Umberto of Italy, declaring: "I did not kill Umberto. I have killed the King. I killed a principle."
Gaetano Bresci era um anarquista de 30 anos que assassinou o rei da Itália em 1900. A imprensa tradicional o classificou como um louco, mas muitos italianos comuns viam suas ações como uma vingança merecida pela repressão sangrenta do Estado contra as manifestações dos trabalhadores.
Antes de Luigi Mangione, houve Gaetano Bresci
Gaetano Bresci era um anarquista de 30 anos que assassinou o rei da Itália em 1900. A imprensa tradicional o classificou como um louco, mas muitos italianos comuns viam suas ações como uma vingança me...
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May 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Gaetano Bresci era um anarquista de 30 anos que assassinou o rei da Itália em 1900. A imprensa tradicional o classificou como um louco, mas muitos italianos comuns viam suas ações como uma vingança merecida pela repressão sangrenta do Estado contra as manifestações dos trabalhadores.
29.08.1900: Für seine Schüsse auf den italienischen König wird Gaetano Bresci zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt und daraufhin im Knast ermordet. Inspiriert von ihm erschießt Leon Czolgosz wenig später den US-Präsidenten. Toskanische Anarchist*innen errichten Bresci 1990 über Nacht ein Denkmal.
August 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
29.08.1900: Für seine Schüsse auf den italienischen König wird Gaetano Bresci zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt und daraufhin im Knast ermordet. Inspiriert von ihm erschießt Leon Czolgosz wenig später den US-Präsidenten. Toskanische Anarchist*innen errichten Bresci 1990 über Nacht ein Denkmal.
124 years ago today, Gaetano Bresci, an Italian anarchist who had already risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, sacrificed his life to impose consequences on the king of Italy for the deaths of hundreds of poor working people.
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Gaetano Bresci: Tyrannicide and Defender of the People
Bresci risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, then gave his life to impose consequences on the king for overseeing the murder of hundreds of poor working people.
crimethinc.com
July 29, 2024 at 5:23 AM
124 years ago today, Gaetano Bresci, an Italian anarchist who had already risked his life to save Errico Malatesta from an assassination attempt, sacrificed his life to impose consequences on the king of Italy for the deaths of hundreds of poor working people.
crimethinc.com/bresci
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Ora e sempre viva Gaetano Bresci
July 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Ora e sempre viva Gaetano Bresci
Gaetano Bresci was a 30-year-old anarchist who assassinated the king of Italy in 1900.
The establishment press cast him as a madman, but many ordinary Italians saw his actions as due vengeance for the state’s bloody repression of workers’ protests.
The establishment press cast him as a madman, but many ordinary Italians saw his actions as due vengeance for the state’s bloody repression of workers’ protests.
Before Luigi Mangione, There Was Gaetano Bresci
Gaetano Bresci was a 30-year-old anarchist who assassinated the king of Italy in 1900. The establishment press cast him as a madman, but many ordinary Italians saw his actions as due vengeance for the state’s bloody repression of workers’ protests.
jacobin.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Gaetano Bresci was a 30-year-old anarchist who assassinated the king of Italy in 1900.
The establishment press cast him as a madman, but many ordinary Italians saw his actions as due vengeance for the state’s bloody repression of workers’ protests.
The establishment press cast him as a madman, but many ordinary Italians saw his actions as due vengeance for the state’s bloody repression of workers’ protests.
Nessa mesma época, acompanhou a repercussão do assassinato do rei Umberto I da Itália, executado a tiros pelo anarquista Gaetano Bresci em julho de 1900. Bresci disse à imprensa que cometera o ato "pelo bem dos homens comuns".
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September 7, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Nessa mesma época, acompanhou a repercussão do assassinato do rei Umberto I da Itália, executado a tiros pelo anarquista Gaetano Bresci em julho de 1900. Bresci disse à imprensa que cometera o ato "pelo bem dos homens comuns".
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Memorial graffiti around Italy in memory of Gaetano Bresci, an anarchist who killed King Umberto I of Italy on July 29, 1900.
Gaetano shot the king in revenge for the massacre of over 90 unarmed civilians who were protesting a rise in bread prices outside the Kings palace in 1898
Gaetano shot the king in revenge for the massacre of over 90 unarmed civilians who were protesting a rise in bread prices outside the Kings palace in 1898
July 30, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Memorial graffiti around Italy in memory of Gaetano Bresci, an anarchist who killed King Umberto I of Italy on July 29, 1900.
Gaetano shot the king in revenge for the massacre of over 90 unarmed civilians who were protesting a rise in bread prices outside the Kings palace in 1898
Gaetano shot the king in revenge for the massacre of over 90 unarmed civilians who were protesting a rise in bread prices outside the Kings palace in 1898
#OtD 29 Jul 1900 King Umberto I of Italy was assassinated by anarchist Gaetano Bresci in revenge for the brutal suppression of a workers' demonstration in Milan which left hundreds dead. This is a history of the events: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1009...
July 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM
#OtD 29 Jul 1900 King Umberto I of Italy was assassinated by anarchist Gaetano Bresci in revenge for the brutal suppression of a workers' demonstration in Milan which left hundreds dead. This is a history of the events: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1009...
Viva Gaetano Bresci
June 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Viva Gaetano Bresci
29.07.1900: In Monza in Italien tötet der anarchistische Arbeiter Gaetano Bresci den italienischen König Umberto I. mit drei Schüssen. Der König hatte den General geehrt, der 1898 während der Mailänder Unruhen gegen die Brotpreise mit Kanonen auf die Menschenmassen hatte feuern lassen.
July 29, 2026 at 5:23 AM
29.07.1900: In Monza in Italien tötet der anarchistische Arbeiter Gaetano Bresci den italienischen König Umberto I. mit drei Schüssen. Der König hatte den General geehrt, der 1898 während der Mailänder Unruhen gegen die Brotpreise mit Kanonen auf die Menschenmassen hatte feuern lassen.
10 novembre 1869 nasce a Prato Gaetano Bresci.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
10 novembre 1869 nasce a Prato Gaetano Bresci.
Viva Gaetano Bresci
October 8, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Viva Gaetano Bresci
The guy in the Italian shop making his coffee with a shirt with a giant picture of Gaetano Bresci on it on: "cosa?"
May 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The guy in the Italian shop making his coffee with a shirt with a giant picture of Gaetano Bresci on it on: "cosa?"
W Gaetano Bresci
November 21, 2024 at 5:29 PM
W Gaetano Bresci
22.05.1901: Der Anarchist Gaetano Bresci, der versucht hatte, den italienischen König zu erschiessen, um von diesem angeordnete Massaker an streikenden Arbeitern zu rächen, wird erhängt in seiner Zelle aufgefunden – höchstwahrscheinlich von den Wärtern ermordet.
May 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
22.05.1901: Der Anarchist Gaetano Bresci, der versucht hatte, den italienischen König zu erschiessen, um von diesem angeordnete Massaker an streikenden Arbeitern zu rächen, wird erhängt in seiner Zelle aufgefunden – höchstwahrscheinlich von den Wärtern ermordet.
Antes de Luigi Mangione estuvo Gaetano Bresci
Antes de Luigi Mangione estuvo Gaetano Bresci
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June 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Antes de Luigi Mangione estuvo Gaetano Bresci
A meno di non andare un po' indietro nel tempo e considerare Umberto I (viva Gaetano Bresci)
March 29, 2026 at 12:03 PM
A meno di non andare un po' indietro nel tempo e considerare Umberto I (viva Gaetano Bresci)
Viva Gaetano Bresci
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Viva Gaetano Bresci