On this day in 1911, Magonistas, Mexican anarchists drawing from the ideas of Ricardo Flores Magón, took the city of Mexicali in the first of battle of the Magonista Rebellion of 1911.

The Magonista uprising was an early incident of the more broad period of unrest known as the Mexican Revolution. It was organized by the Liberal Party of Mexico ("Partido Liberal Mexicano", PLM), and was successful in northern Mexico; the Magonistas controlled Tijuana and Mexicali for about six months.

The capture of Mexicali began in a pre-dawn raid on January 29th, 1911, when 30 rebels, guided by José María Leyva and Simón Berthold, seized the town of Mexicali without resistance. They opened the jail, killed the jailor, occupied the barracks, and confiscated government office funds.

Other settlers joined the rebels as well as many foreign socialists and anarchists, mainly militant members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), including Frank Little and Joe Hill. The U.S. government in Calexico and Yuma offered military support to aid the Mexican government's efforts to suppress the rebellion in order to protect hydraulic works of American engineers.

Although the rebellion was launched against the rule of Porfirio Díaz, it was was put down by forces loyal to Francisco Madero, a wealthy landowner who supported reforms and became the Mexican President in 1911. The PLM split into factions, with one faction still supporting the incarcerated Magón brothers while the other faction supported Madero, the new president of Mexico.

The Magonista Revolt in Tijuana: A Prelude to the San Diego Free Speech Fight :meow-anarchist:

Magonista rebellion of 1911 :AC-AnarKitty:

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  • clover [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    checking out some hogwarts legacy preview stuff and wow the magic looks boring - looks like they just lifted the star wars laser blasts from the movies lol

    man I remember dumbledore and voldemort dressed like pimps throwing snakes and shit at each other and making statues come alive in the books. they don't even keep anything interesting from the original story in any of this shit bro

    • Cromalin [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      i mean, the movies got rid of it first. and the later books did too iirc. all the fights eventually just become a few dozen people using the gun spell on each other

        • Cromalin [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          nothing wrong with not having any rules for your magic system if it's not what you're focused on, but harry potter is in a magic school!

    • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      I need some good material to dunk on this game before it comes out, a mostly apolitical friend was saying it looked kinda cool the other day and I need to convince him that it in fact sucks ass

      • clover [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        I mean if he doesn't care about the trans stuff then everything about the goblins looks pretty bad. Gameplay wise, the game just seems like a perfectly bland experience - wander around an empty, mostly uninteractive castle and do some repetitive combat (sneak around for 75% of the mission stealth killing baddies, shoot some basic laser combos for the rest)

        • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          the game just seems like a perfectly bland experience - wander around an empty, mostly uninteractive castle and do some repetitive combat

          Skyrim is one of the most popular games ever. This will not deter g*mers