Published 3 years ago

The Forgotten History of Mexican American Militancy

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On January 29, 1911, a coalition of Mexican revolutionaries and members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) crossed the border between California and the Mexican state of Baja California. Many of the Mexicans belonged to the Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM), which had announced its intentions of toppling Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz. The Baja Insurrection illustrates many of the characteristics that define the historic role of Mexicans in the US left.

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The Forgotten History of Mexican American Militancy

Too often, the militant, radical history of Mexican American workers is omitted or forgotten. But from resisting racist exclusion to building CIO unions in the 1930s, Mexican American workers have been central to left-wing politics in the United States.

3 years ago·New York, United States

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