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This Picture is the Celebration of the takeover of Mexico City by Pancho Villa And Emiliano Zapata

Here is a Map of the Second Phase of the revolution when the Armies of Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa and Venustiano Carranza united against the US backed goverment of Victoriano Huerta plus info about who they were

for you anarchists here is an important Mexican anarchist during the revolution Ricardo Flores Magón

the Mexican Revolution started when Francisco Ignacio Madero issued a "letter from jail," known as the Plan de San Luis Potosí, with its main slogan Sufragio Efectivo, No Re-elección ("free suffrage and no re-election"). It declared the Díaz presidency illegal and called for revolt against him, starting on 20 November 1910.

The Mexican Revolution ended with the assasination of President Alvaro Obregon, he was succeded by President Plutarco Ellias Calles who would become the Jefe Maximo of the country during 6 years, during which he would found the Partido Nacional Revolucionario (current day PRI) that would rule Mexico for 71 years until 2000, the Next president after the Maximato was Lazaro Cardenas who would pass socialist reforms during his rule including Zapata's Land redistribution plan and his most famous act the Nationalization of the Oil Industry into Pemex

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[–] czechvault@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago

US Backed

Oh, if we went through the backings, unbackings and no-backings, we'd be here all day.... suffice to say, let's never forget.