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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  • CatEars420 [they/them]
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    2 years ago
    cw transphobia

    We had a sit down with management and my coworker just lied and denied most of the things they said to me. Management is more interested in keeping bodies at this job, so we could either continue working together or I can leave my department

    Fuck all right wingers

    I am stuck for now at my job cause the money, it will be hard to find another job of similar ease with similar pay.

    cw this is pretty bad

    At one point my coworker pointed at my genitals and said I will always be a man until I get it cut off. Work determined this was regular harassment instead of sexual harassment so it's all good to them

    • wwiehtnioj [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      "oh it's just regular harassment, nothing to worry about" is the most absurd normalization of harassment I've ever heard.

      I've left less toxic workplaces than that straight into unemployment with my only regret being that I stayed in those jobs too long.

    • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I am sure a local labor lawyer would be interested in taking with you about it.