Upsurge and massacre in Mexico, 1968 part 3: echoes in the 90s
Revolutionary Worker #977, October 11, 1998
This is the final part of a three-part series. Part 1 described the rising movement of the students and others in the days before the 1968 Olympic ...
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Upsurge and massacre in Mexico 1968: part 2 blood at Tlatelolco
Revolutionary Worker #976, October 4, 1998
When the Tlatelolco Women Boiled Water--
But Not for Dinner
(Part 1: The Youth Revolt)
As battles between youth and security forces became more and...
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Lucha y masacre en Mexico, 1968: parte 3 ecos en los anos 90
Obrero Revolucionario #977, aa de octubre, 1998
Este es el último de tres artículos sobre el 2 de octubre de 1968 en México. La primera parte describió el desarrollo del movimiento estudi...
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Democrat to autocrat: The transformation of Porfirio Diaz
It is an ancient principle of politics that a revolution devours its children. Danton and Robespierre began as rebel leaders against France's ancien régime but Robespierre ended by cutting off Danton'...
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Cristero Rebellion: part 3 - behind the scenes
(This is the third of a three-part series about Mexico's tragic Cristero Rebellion, when forces of secular and religious fanaticism were locked in a no-quarter battle for the country's soul.)
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Cristero Rebellion: part 2: the combat phase
(This is the second of a three-part series about Mexico's tragic Cristero Rebellion, when forces of secular and religious fanaticism were locked in a no-quarter battle for the country's soul.) ...
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Cristero Rebellion: part 1 - toward the abyss
(This is the first of a three-part series about Mexico's tragic Cristero Rebellion, when forces of secular and religious fanaticism were locked in a no-quarter battle for the country's soul.)
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
We possess an extraordinary account of this beautiful story, dated in the 16th century: the Nican Mopohua, written by an Indian nobleman, Don Antonio Valeriano, who was baptized and converted to Cathol...
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The Preclassic or Formative Period ( 1500 BC - 300 AD )
The Formative Period begins with the first appearance of pottery and ends with the rise of the Teotihuacan and Mayan civilizations. It was an epoch marked by the emergence of effective agriculture, the...
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La Malinche - harlot or heroine?
December 1997 "El Ojo del Lago" Guadalajara-Lakeside Volume 14, Number 4 With permission.
"La Malinche." Slave, interpreter, secretary, mistress, mother of the first "Mexican." her very name...
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El Grito: Mexico's Cry for Independence
The Declaration of Independence of the United States eloquently states in its introductory paragraph: "When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the political b...
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African Roots Stretch Deep Into Mexico
March 3, 1996 -- In Mexico, various Indian peoples still play ancient instruments. And their songs and dances -- which tell of uprisings against their masters -- pay tribute to their ancestors.
The...
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