People - 13 Gennaio 2018 In Memory of Carlo Tresca, The Italian Vanguard of Anti-Fascism in New York Tresca’s life was heroic. In 1904 he immigrated to America where he joined the sovversivi (subversives) in a cultural war, for the soul of Italian America, against the Black Hand, the capitalist class, and the Church. On January 11, 1943, Tresca was viciously gunned down by mobster Carmine Galante. Carlo Tresca's path was promethean in many aspects.