#RicardoFloresMagón
Today in #LaborHistory 1/29/1911: Anarchist #Magonista army, captured #Mexicali during #revolution in #Mexico. #IWW participated. Also captured #Tijuana & #Ensenada

#workingclass #anarchism #ricardofloresmagon
January 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
February 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 11/20/1922: #RicardoFloresMagón died in Leavenworth #prison. Founded anarchist paper Regeneracion & Mexican Liberal Party & #union organizer with #IWW. Also major intellectual force behind Mexican #Revolution, incl occupation of Baja California
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 3/18/1918: US arrested #RicardoFloresMagón under #EspionageAct. #Mexican. #Anarchism. Leavenworth #prison, where he died. Led #Revolution in #Baja #California.
March 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 11/24/1914: #Mexico executed anarchist Margarita Ortega. Fought in #RicardoFloresMagon led conquest of Baja California during Mexican #revolution. Smuggled arms & dynamite from US into #Mexicali.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"The poor pay for police and soldiers to look after the interests of the rich.

Can you ask for more absurdity?"

#RicardoFloresMagón
February 7, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Today in #LaborHistory 5/8/1911: anarchist #Magonista army captured #Tijuana w/support from #IWW members. Controlled most of #Baja California. Encouraged collective possession of lands, worker cooperatives. Today there is a #RicardoFloresMagon Street in Tijuana.

#workingclass #anarchism #Revolution
May 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 3/18/1918: US arrested #RicardoFloresMagón under #EspionageAct. #Mexican. #Anarchism. Leavenworth #prison, where he died. Led #Revolution in #Baja #California.
March 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 6/1/1906: #Cananea copper #strike began in Sonora, #Mexico. 100 miners were killed by US thugs working for the company. Contributed to unrest that led to Mexican #Revolution. #IWW & anarchist #RicardoFloresMagón led revolutionaries to fight the US there.

#anarchism
June 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 9/5/1906: Magonistas left Douglas, Arizona to attack Agua Prieta, in Mexico, in their 1st attempted revolution, in wake of bloody #Cananea #Strike where 23 workers had just been killed. Helped pave way for Mexican Revolution 1910-1920.

#anarchism #RicardoFloresMagon #union
September 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 6/1/1906: #Cananea copper #strike began in Sonora, #Mexico. 100 miners were killed by US thugs working for the company. Contributed to unrest that led to Mexican #Revolution. #IWW & anarchist #RicardoFloresMagón led revolutionaries to fight the US there. #anarchism
June 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The #Magonistas (backers of #anarchist revolutionary #RicardoFloresMagón) seized control of #Mexicali on #ThisDayInHistory in 1911. Their cause gained support from #IWW, #JackLondon, & #LosAngelesLaborTemple before ultimately collapsing not long after #Tijuana was taken in May.
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 5/8/1911: anarchist #Magonista army captured #Tijuana w/support from #IWW members. Controlled most of #Baja California. Encouraged collective possession of lands, worker cooperatives. Today there is a #RicardoFloresMagon Street in Tijuana. #workingclass #anarchism #Revolution
May 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Today in Labor History August 13, 1923: IWW artist Carlos Cortez was born. Here are two more of his posters:

#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #agitprop #art #carloscortez #anarchism #antiwar #ricardofloresmagon
August 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#RicardoFloresMagón died on #ThisDayInHistory in 1922. A key figure in the #MexicanRevolution, his newspaper #Regeneración coined #Zapata's #TierraYLibertad. His collaborations with #IWW and his editorial positions led USA to make him a #PoliticalPrisoner at #Leavenworth in 1918.
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 9/16/1873: #RicardoFloresMagón was born. #Anarchism. #IWW. Mexican #revolution. Led invasion of Baja California, taking major cities, like #Tijuana. Later sentenced to 20 yrs in #prison for opposition to World War I. Died in Leavenworth Prison in 1922.
September 16, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 1/29/1911: Anarchist #Magonista army, captured #Mexicali during #revolution in #Mexico. #IWW participated. Also captured #Tijuana & #Ensenada
#workingclass #anarchism #ricardofloresmagon
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 9/16/1873: #RicardoFloresMagón was born. #Anarchism. #IWW. Mexican #revolution. Led invasion of Baja California, taking major cities, like #Tijuana. Later sentenced to 20 yrs in #prison for opposition to World War I. Died in Leavenworth Prison in 1922.
September 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 9/5/1906: Magonistas left Douglas, Arizona to attack Agua Prieta, in Mexico, in their 1st attempted revolution, in wake of bloody #Cananea #Strike where 23 workers had just been killed. Helped pave way for Mexican Revolution 1910-1920. #anarchism #RicardoFloresMagon #union
September 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Ten #fe en el #progreso. La #madretierra se #enorgullecerá dentro de poco al ser pisada por #hombres en vez de #rebaños. El sol comienza a besar sus frentes en lugar de quemar sus espaldas. ¡Ánimo, hermano!”

#RicardoFloresMagón
December 9, 2024 at 5:14 PM