CORDOVA PEREZ, Fernando. "The Mexican Anarchist Movement, 1910-1930"

Mexico.- History of anarchism: 20th CenturyMexico : Mexican Revolution (1910)Mexico.- History of anarchism* bibliographie

Thèse 3e cycle : Sociol. : Paris : 1986. Dir. Alain Touraine. Paris : EHESS. 365 p ; 24 cm
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Summary:
The Mexican anarchist movement is analysed throughout a period of crisis and restrcturation of the Mexican state. The peasant’s struggle to obtain land which begun in 1906 was at the source of Ricardo Flores Magon’s anarchism which, taking into consideration the character and traditional mores of Indian society, analysed the revolutionary situation along anarchist lines.
Later (1921-22) the peasants of certain agricultural localities, faced with the reluctance of the authorities to implement promises to re-deistribute the land, seized uncultivated land. The authors of these occupations immediately demanded membership of the C.G.T., whose leaders, surprised by the lesson which they had just received from the peasants, were obliged to initiate a program based on the seizure of the land by violence. The left wing of the union movement, preoccupied with a desire to function independantly of the state, demanded direct negotiations with the employers. This was feasible in so far as the newly created labor institutions (article 123 of the 1917 Constitution) were experiencing difficulties.
In addition, the geographical concentration of factories (principally the textile industry) in semi-rural areas, facilited the rapid mobilisation of these "peasant-factory workers" during general strikes. On numerous occasions the unionist called for workers control.
Anarchist theories inspired a great number of ideological groups which were characterized by their anti-clericalism. The cultural activities of these groups (publications, modern schools, theatrical groups, women’s movements) are dealt with the final section.
Stricken by internal ideological differences, but also because the state was now extending its influence over those areas which had been escaping from its control .