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But that moderate phase was about to end, because once seated as president, Madero leaned heavily on old elites. He really siphoned energy away from genuine social change with that reformist push that he was doing. A move that sounds all too familiar. Madero's refusal to enact meaningful change lost him his allies very quickly.

Figures like Pascual Orozco and even Emiliano Zapata, who had initially supported the rebellion against Diaz, became disillusioned. So while Madero governed, the PLM continued its fight, now against the emerging new regime. In northern Mexico, PLM-aligned forces initially rose alongside Madero's, but they did not make common cause with him.

Figures like Pascual Orozco and even Emiliano Zapata, who had initially supported the rebellion against Diaz, became disillusioned. So while Madero governed, the PLM continued its fight, now against the emerging new regime. In northern Mexico, PLM-aligned forces initially rose alongside Madero's, but they did not make common cause with him.

Figures like Pascual Orozco and even Emiliano Zapata, who had initially supported the rebellion against Diaz, became disillusioned. So while Madero governed, the PLM continued its fight, now against the emerging new regime. In northern Mexico, PLM-aligned forces initially rose alongside Madero's, but they did not make common cause with him.

When strategic positions in Chihuahua were lost, with the middle class and Orozco siding with Madero, the Morganists turned their attention elsewhere. Their next target was Baja, California. In early 1911, they began seizing towns. Mexicali, Los Algodones, Tecate, and finally Tijuana, seeking to establish a libertarian society, a model for what they called a free America.

When strategic positions in Chihuahua were lost, with the middle class and Orozco siding with Madero, the Morganists turned their attention elsewhere. Their next target was Baja, California. In early 1911, they began seizing towns. Mexicali, Los Algodones, Tecate, and finally Tijuana, seeking to establish a libertarian society, a model for what they called a free America.

When strategic positions in Chihuahua were lost, with the middle class and Orozco siding with Madero, the Morganists turned their attention elsewhere. Their next target was Baja, California. In early 1911, they began seizing towns. Mexicali, Los Algodones, Tecate, and finally Tijuana, seeking to establish a libertarian society, a model for what they called a free America.

But the backlash was swift. American, British, and French businesses owned pretty much all of Baja California. Landowners and newspaper moguls in California, USA, which were often the same people, panicked and ended up smearing the Magonists as secessionists trying to hand over Mexican land to the US. In truth, as Magon wrote in Regeneracion, does Baja California belong to Mexico? It does not.

But the backlash was swift. American, British, and French businesses owned pretty much all of Baja California. Landowners and newspaper moguls in California, USA, which were often the same people, panicked and ended up smearing the Magonists as secessionists trying to hand over Mexican land to the US. In truth, as Magon wrote in Regeneracion, does Baja California belong to Mexico? It does not.

But the backlash was swift. American, British, and French businesses owned pretty much all of Baja California. Landowners and newspaper moguls in California, USA, which were often the same people, panicked and ended up smearing the Magonists as secessionists trying to hand over Mexican land to the US. In truth, as Magon wrote in Regeneracion, does Baja California belong to Mexico? It does not.

It is under the control of foreign capital. Mexicans owned nothing of it. The PLM's campaign was not about taking Mexico apart. It was about reclaiming it from the hands of foreign elites. Nothing less than land and liberty.

It is under the control of foreign capital. Mexicans owned nothing of it. The PLM's campaign was not about taking Mexico apart. It was about reclaiming it from the hands of foreign elites. Nothing less than land and liberty.

It is under the control of foreign capital. Mexicans owned nothing of it. The PLM's campaign was not about taking Mexico apart. It was about reclaiming it from the hands of foreign elites. Nothing less than land and liberty.

As Capaletti put it, quote, On the contrary, Macon's goal was nothing other than a classless and stateless libertarian society that would provide the archetype and point of departure for the Mexican and world revolution. End quote. The downfall of the Baja California campaign came at the hands of bourgeois champion Madero, backed by the US government and capitalists.

As Capaletti put it, quote, On the contrary, Macon's goal was nothing other than a classless and stateless libertarian society that would provide the archetype and point of departure for the Mexican and world revolution. End quote. The downfall of the Baja California campaign came at the hands of bourgeois champion Madero, backed by the US government and capitalists.

As Capaletti put it, quote, On the contrary, Macon's goal was nothing other than a classless and stateless libertarian society that would provide the archetype and point of departure for the Mexican and world revolution. End quote. The downfall of the Baja California campaign came at the hands of bourgeois champion Madero, backed by the US government and capitalists.

By mid-1911, the McGonus uprising in Baja California had effectively been extinguished. Yet the saga didn't end there.

By mid-1911, the McGonus uprising in Baja California had effectively been extinguished. Yet the saga didn't end there.

By mid-1911, the McGonus uprising in Baja California had effectively been extinguished. Yet the saga didn't end there.

On the 14th of June in 1911, Magón and three of his associates were arrested, tried in Los Angeles, and Magón himself was sentenced to McNeil Island Prison in Washington State, a fate he endured until 1914, which meant that Magón wouldn't be present in Mexico for the death of one of his biggest ops.