Il Nuovo Mondo was started in New York City in 1925, and the first issue appeared on 16 November.[2] Frank Bellanca was the founder[3] and also, served as its director.[4] The members of the Anti-Fascist Alliance of North America, a socialist-syndicalist group, were also instrumental in the establishment of the paper.[5] The financier of the paper was Local 89 which was a unit of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.[5] The general secretary of the Local 89 was an Italian, Luigi Antonini.[5] The paper was published by Avanti News Company daily except for Mondays.[2]
Il Nuovo Mondo mostly featured the articles written by the Italian exiles who left Italy due to the oppression of the Fascist rule in Italy.[3] The paper also covered writings of the American critics of Fascism.[3] It published the manifesto of the North American Anti-Fascist Alliance on 26 August 1926.[4]
Il Nuovo Mondo was initially a labor organ,[6] but it was sold to the Italian socialist exiles in April 1929.[7] From 2 October 1929 to 8 February 1930 the paper was published in Chicago.[2] The final issue of Il Nuovo Mondo was 282 which was published on 29 November 1931.[2]