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Magonism

January 01, 1970

Magonism[1][2] (Spanish: Magonismo) is an anarchist, or more precisely anarcho-communist,[3][4] school of thought precursor of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. It is mainly based on the ideas of Ricardo Flores Magón,[5] his brothers Enrique and Jesús, and also other collaborators of the Mexican newspaper Regeneración (organ of the Mexican Liberal Party), as Práxedis Guerrero, Librado Rivera and Anselmo L. Figueroa.[6][7]

Cover of Regeneración, with portraits of the organizing board of PLM and European anarchists (1910)

Relation to anarchism edit

The Mexican government and the press of the early 20th century called as magonistas people and groups who shared the ideas of the Flores Magón brothers, who inspired the overthrow of the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz and performed an economic and political revolution. The fight against tyranny encouraged by the Flores Magón contravened official discourse of Porfirian Peace by which the protesters were rated as the Revoltosos Magonistas (i.e. "Magonist rioters") to isolate any social basis and preserve the image of peace and progress imposed by force.[8]

Both of Flores Magón's brothers, like other members of the Mexican Liberal Party (PLM), used the term magonista[9] to refer to the libertarian movement that promoted; as they felt they were fighting for an ideal and not to elevate in power to a boss or a group, they called themselves "liberals", as they were organized in the PLM, and later "anarchists". Ricardo Flores Magón stated: "Liberal Party members are not magonistas, they are anarchists!". In his book Verdugos y Víctimas ("Executioners and Victims"),[10] one of the characters responds indignantly when he is arrested and judged: "I'm not a magonist, I am an anarchist. An anarchist has no idols.".

Magonist thinking was influenced by anarchist philosophers such as Mikhail Bakunin and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and others such as Élisée Reclus, Charles Malato, Errico Malatesta, Anselmo Lorenzo, Emma Goldman, Fernando Tarrida del Mármol and Max Stirner. They were also influenced by the works of Marx, Gorky and Ibsen. However, the most influential works were the ones of Peter Kropotkin The Conquest of Bread and Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, at the same time they were influenced by the Mexican liberal tradition of the 19th century and the self-government system of the indigenous people.[11]

Magonism and indigenous movement edit

 
Magonistas in Tijuana in 1911
See also: Magonista rebellion of 1911

Indigenous peoples, since the Spanish conquest of Mexico, sought to preserve the practice of direct democracy, decision-making in assembly, rotation of administrative duties, defense of communal property, mutual aid and community use and rational use of natural resources. Those principles were anarchist principles also upheld by the magonists.[12]

Indigenous thought influenced magonism through the teachings of Teodoro Flores,[13] a mestizo Nahua and father of the Flores Magón brothers, as well as the coexistence of other PLM members with indigenous groups during PLM's organizing and insurrection between 1905 and 1910, such as the Popoluca in Veracruz, the Yaqui and Mayo in Sonora, and the Cocopah in Baja California.

Fernando Palomares, a Mayo indigenous, was one of the most active members of the Liberal Party who took part in the Cananea strike and libertarian campaign of 1911 in Mexicali and Tijuana.[14][15]

Legacy edit

Main article: Neozapatismo
 
Citizen Year of Ricardo Flores Magón poster (1997)

After the armed phase of Mexican Revolution and the death of Ricardo Flores Magón in 1922, began the rescue of magonist thought, mainly by trade unionists in Mexico and the United States. Mexican governments considered the Flores Magón brothers precursors of the revolution. Both the insurrection of 1910 and the social rights enshrined in the Mexican Constitution of 1917 were due largely to the magonistas, which since 1906 took up arms and drafted an economic and social program.[16]

However, although the demands that led to the revolution in theory were resolved in the Constitution and in the speeches of the revolutionary governments, there was no significant change in the lives of the most vulnerable populations. Also the magonistas goal was not to change the state administrators, but to abolish them. For this reason, surviving magonistas continued to spread anarchist propaganda. Librado Rivera was persecuted and imprisoned during the government of Plutarco Elías Calles and Enrique Flores Magón, who believed that "the Mexican social revolution is not yet over",[17] were safe until the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas.

The Mexican Anarchist Federation, founded in 1941 and active for about 40 years, edited the newspaper Regeneración and spread Magonist thought.

In the 1980s, Magonism survived among some youth anarcho-punk groups. The Biblioteca Social Reconstruir, founded in 1980 by the Spanish anarchist in exile Ricardo Mestre and located in Mexico City, was a library where to find anarchist literature and works on Ricardo Flores Magón or copies of Regeneración.[18]

In 1994, when the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) took up arms in Chiapas, claimed the ideas of the Flores Magón brothers. In 1997, indigenous organizations, social groups of libertarians and municipal councils of the state of Oaxaca, declared the "Citizen Year of Ricardo Flores Magón" from 21 November (1997) to 16 September 1998.[19]

In August 2000, driven by indigenous organizations in the State of Oaxaca and libertarian groups in Mexico City, the Magonistas Days (Jornadas Magonistas) were held to mark 100 years since the founding of the newspaper Regeneración. Some organizations and youth groups taking part in the 2006 popular uprising in Oaxaca were influenced by anarchist magonistas ideals.[20]

Literature edit

  • Rubén Trejo: Magonismo: utopía y revolución, 1910–1913. 2005, Cultura Libre – ISBN 970-9815-00-8
  • M. Ballesteros, J. C. Beas, B. Maldonado: Magonismo y Movimiento Indígena en México. 2003, Ce-Acatl AC[21]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Magón and Magonism] at Blackwell Reference]". Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Magonism and Zapatism - Anarkismo". www.anarkismo.net. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ "The Mexican revolution". libcom.org. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  4. ^ Calnitsky, Naomi Alisa (2013). "Rev. of Mexico's Revolution Then and Now". Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research. 24: 270–272. ISSN 1923-7081.
  5. ^ (in Spanish) Magonismo, anarquismo en México
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  7. ^ (in Spanish) History of Magonism
  8. ^ National Archive of Mexico, Governance Branch: Revoltosos Magonistas (1906)
  9. ^ Magonistas at Oxford Reference
  10. ^ (in Spanish) Verdugos y Víctimas from the Ricardo Flores Magón Archive 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ (in Spanish) Magonism; Historical Perspectives of a Mexican Anarchist Model
  12. ^ (in Spanish)
  13. ^ (in Spanish) The Indian in the Magonist Movement
  14. ^ "The uprising in Baja California". Libcom.org/Organise. August 24, 2012.
  15. ^ Lawrence D. Taylor (Winter 1999). . The Journal of San Diego History. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
  16. ^ (in Spanish) Program of the PLM
  17. ^ Enrique Flores Magón: Aclaraciones a la vida y obra de Ricardo Flores Magón, La Protesta, Argentina, 30 March 1925
  18. ^ (in Spanish) Article about the Biblioteca Social Reconstruir
  19. ^ (in Spanish)
  20. ^ (in Spanish) Anarchy and libertarian currents in the Oaxaca insurrectionary movement
  21. ^ "Magonismo y Movimiento Indígena en México (AK Press)". Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

Further reading edit

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Magonism.
  • An overview about the magonism 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  • (in Spanish) Ricardo Flores Magón Archive

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Magonism 1 2 Spanish Magonismo is an anarchist or more precisely anarcho communist 3 4 school of thought precursor of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 It is mainly based on the ideas of Ricardo Flores Magon 5 his brothers Enrique and Jesus and also other collaborators of the Mexican newspaper Regeneracion organ of the Mexican Liberal Party as Praxedis Guerrero Librado Rivera and Anselmo L Figueroa 6 7 Cover of Regeneracion with portraits of the organizing board of PLM and European anarchists 1910 Contents 1 Relation to anarchism 2 Magonism and indigenous movement 3 Legacy 4 Literature 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksRelation to anarchism editThe Mexican government and the press of the early 20th century called as magonistas people and groups who shared the ideas of the Flores Magon brothers who inspired the overthrow of the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz and performed an economic and political revolution The fight against tyranny encouraged by the Flores Magon contravened official discourse of Porfirian Peace by which the protesters were rated as the Revoltosos Magonistas i e Magonist rioters to isolate any social basis and preserve the image of peace and progress imposed by force 8 Both of Flores Magon s brothers like other members of the Mexican Liberal Party PLM used the term magonista 9 to refer to the libertarian movement that promoted as they felt they were fighting for an ideal and not to elevate in power to a boss or a group they called themselves liberals as they were organized in the PLM and later anarchists Ricardo Flores Magon stated Liberal Party members are not magonistas they are anarchists In his book Verdugos y Victimas Executioners and Victims 10 one of the characters responds indignantly when he is arrested and judged I m not a magonist I am an anarchist An anarchist has no idols Magonist thinking was influenced by anarchist philosophers such as Mikhail Bakunin and Pierre Joseph Proudhon and others such as Elisee Reclus Charles Malato Errico Malatesta Anselmo Lorenzo Emma Goldman Fernando Tarrida del Marmol and Max Stirner They were also influenced by the works of Marx Gorky and Ibsen However the most influential works were the ones of Peter Kropotkin The Conquest of Bread and Mutual Aid A Factor of Evolution at the same time they were influenced by the Mexican liberal tradition of the 19th century and the self government system of the indigenous people 11 Magonism and indigenous movement edit nbsp Magonistas in Tijuana in 1911 See also Magonista rebellion of 1911 Indigenous peoples since the Spanish conquest of Mexico sought to preserve the practice of direct democracy decision making in assembly rotation of administrative duties defense of communal property mutual aid and community use and rational use of natural resources Those principles were anarchist principles also upheld by the magonists 12 Indigenous thought influenced magonism through the teachings of Teodoro Flores 13 a mestizo Nahua and father of the Flores Magon brothers as well as the coexistence of other PLM members with indigenous groups during PLM s organizing and insurrection between 1905 and 1910 such as the Popoluca in Veracruz the Yaqui and Mayo in Sonora and the Cocopah in Baja California Fernando Palomares a Mayo indigenous was one of the most active members of the Liberal Party who took part in the Cananea strike and libertarian campaign of 1911 in Mexicali and Tijuana 14 15 Legacy editMain article Neozapatismo nbsp Citizen Year of Ricardo Flores Magon poster 1997 After the armed phase of Mexican Revolution and the death of Ricardo Flores Magon in 1922 began the rescue of magonist thought mainly by trade unionists in Mexico and the United States Mexican governments considered the Flores Magon brothers precursors of the revolution Both the insurrection of 1910 and the social rights enshrined in the Mexican Constitution of 1917 were due largely to the magonistas which since 1906 took up arms and drafted an economic and social program 16 However although the demands that led to the revolution in theory were resolved in the Constitution and in the speeches of the revolutionary governments there was no significant change in the lives of the most vulnerable populations Also the magonistas goal was not to change the state administrators but to abolish them For this reason surviving magonistas continued to spread anarchist propaganda Librado Rivera was persecuted and imprisoned during the government of Plutarco Elias Calles and Enrique Flores Magon who believed that the Mexican social revolution is not yet over 17 were safe until the presidency of Lazaro Cardenas The Mexican Anarchist Federation founded in 1941 and active for about 40 years edited the newspaper Regeneracion and spread Magonist thought In the 1980s Magonism survived among some youth anarcho punk groups The Biblioteca Social Reconstruir founded in 1980 by the Spanish anarchist in exile Ricardo Mestre and located in Mexico City was a library where to find anarchist literature and works on Ricardo Flores Magon or copies of Regeneracion 18 In 1994 when the Zapatista Army of National Liberation EZLN took up arms in Chiapas claimed the ideas of the Flores Magon brothers In 1997 indigenous organizations social groups of libertarians and municipal councils of the state of Oaxaca declared the Citizen Year of Ricardo Flores Magon from 21 November 1997 to 16 September 1998 19 In August 2000 driven by indigenous organizations in the State of Oaxaca and libertarian groups in Mexico City the Magonistas Days Jornadas Magonistas were held to mark 100 years since the founding of the newspaper Regeneracion Some organizations and youth groups taking part in the 2006 popular uprising in Oaxaca were influenced by anarchist magonistas ideals 20 Literature editRuben Trejo Magonismo utopia y revolucion 1910 1913 2005 Cultura Libre ISBN 970 9815 00 8 M Ballesteros J C Beas B Maldonado Magonismo y Movimiento Indigena en Mexico 2003 Ce Acatl AC 21 See also edit nbsp Anarchism portal nbsp Communism portal nbsp Mexico portal Magonista rebellion of 1911 Neozapatismo Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca Ricardo Flores Magon Mexican Anarchist Federation Zapatista Army of National Liberation Anarchism in Mexico Factions in the Mexican RevolutionReferences edit Magon and Magonism at Blackwell Reference Retrieved 30 December 2018 Magonism and Zapatism Anarkismo www anarkismo net Retrieved 30 December 2018 The Mexican revolution libcom org Retrieved 30 December 2018 Calnitsky Naomi Alisa 2013 Rev of Mexico s Revolution Then and Now Alternate Routes A Journal of Critical Social Research 24 270 272 ISSN 1923 7081 in Spanish Magonismo anarquismo en Mexico Magonismo An Overview Archived from the original on 7 April 2016 Retrieved 30 December 2018 in Spanish History of Magonism National Archive of Mexico Governance Branch Revoltosos Magonistas 1906 Magonistas at Oxford Reference in Spanish Verdugos y Victimas from the Ricardo Flores Magon Archive Archived 2009 04 16 at the Wayback Machine in Spanish Magonism Historical Perspectives of a Mexican Anarchist Model in Spanish Magonism and Indigenous Movement in Mexico in Spanish The Indian in the Magonist Movement The uprising in Baja California Libcom org Organise August 24 2012 Lawrence D Taylor Winter 1999 The Magonista Revolt in Baja California The Journal of San Diego History Archived from the original on 2015 10 16 Retrieved 2013 08 07 in Spanish Program of the PLM Enrique Flores Magon Aclaraciones a la vida y obra de Ricardo Flores Magon La Protesta Argentina 30 March 1925 in Spanish Article about the Biblioteca Social Reconstruir in Spanish Article about the Citizen Year of Ricardo Flores Magon in Spanish Anarchy and libertarian currents in the Oaxaca insurrectionary movement Magonismo y Movimiento Indigena en Mexico AK Press Archived from the original on 9 August 2013 Retrieved 30 December 2018 Further reading editHernandez Sonia September 2023 Magonismo s Legacy Then and Now Labor Studies in Working Class History of the Americas 20 3 74 80 doi 10 1215 15476715 10581335 ISSN 1547 6715 S2CID 262180364 Lytle Hernandez Kelly 2022 Bad Mexicans Race Empire and Revolution in the Borderlands W W Norton amp Company ISBN 978 1324004387 OCLC 1319857015 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Magonism An overview about the magonism Archived 2016 04 07 at the Wayback Machine in Spanish Ricardo Flores Magon Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Magonism amp oldid 1197878078, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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