Today in Labor History September 5, 1906: Followers of the Flores Magón brothers left Douglas, Arizona and attacked the town of Agua Prieta, in the Mexican state of Sonora. The 1906 attack was part of the Magonistas’ first attempted revolution. It came in the wake of the bloody Cananea Strike, 30 miles to the southwest of Agua Prieta, where 23 workers had recently been killed. The anarchist Magonistas had been active in that strike which, along with their failed 1906 revolution, helped pave the way for the more famous Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920. Two more battles were fought in Agua Prieta in 1911 and 1912.

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Today in Labor History June 22, 1911: The Second Battle of Tijuana ended with a government victory, quashing the anarchist Magonista rebellion in Baja California.

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Kelly Lytle Hernandez: "Bad Mexicans" https://buff.ly/3y31r7X OMG, great podcast on the #Magonistas which connects US #surveillance/#counterinsurgency vs liberation movements in #Mexico. @klytlehernandez totally rocks it!