May First
1 May 2010
Off the computers and into the streets!
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The background of Mexican anti-clericalism and the "atheist" general who led the Catholic counter-revolution of the 1920s 128 pp., Editorial Mazatlán, 2012.
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Where did you find that fabulous picture? (The old one with Frida and Rivera.)
Chuck
The photographer was Tina Modotti, of course. I am not sure what year the photo was taken, but it could have been any of the May Day parades between 1926 and 1929.
Thanks for the info. I had already been inspired to do some research into her over the weekend, just going by the picture’s filename. She led a very interesting life, and that particular photo is just so evocative of the time.
Hundreds of thousands of people marching all over the US and the world, for justice and human rights for all workers, and displaying outrage at the racism engineered in Arizona with #1070.
Looks like the Arizona law put together by racists and bigots has backfired big time.
It wasn’t just Mexicans that protested but people of all nationalities and races that are sick of idiots like the “tea party” loudmouths.
I hope this has galvanized all working people into some cohesion and will continue.
Venceremo’s!