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Andrew T

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

I have not exploited the sweat, anguish, fatigue and labor of others. I have not oppressed a single soul. I have nothing to repent for. My life has been lived without my having acquired any wealth, power or glory. When I could have gotten these three things very easily. But I do not regret it. Wealth, power, and glory are only won by trampling others' rights.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

I have not exploited the sweat, anguish, fatigue and labor of others. I have not oppressed a single soul. I have nothing to repent for. My life has been lived without my having acquired any wealth, power or glory. When I could have gotten these three things very easily. But I do not regret it. Wealth, power, and glory are only won by trampling others' rights.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

I have not exploited the sweat, anguish, fatigue and labor of others. I have not oppressed a single soul. I have nothing to repent for. My life has been lived without my having acquired any wealth, power or glory. When I could have gotten these three things very easily. But I do not regret it. Wealth, power, and glory are only won by trampling others' rights.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

My conscience is at peace, for it knows that under my convict's garb beats an honest heart. So he died in his jail cell in 1922, possibly assassinated. Zapata, like I said, was assassinated by Kranzer in 1919, and Kranzer himself was assassinated in 1920. In case you were keeping track, both of Magan's major ops, he ended up outliving, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

My conscience is at peace, for it knows that under my convict's garb beats an honest heart. So he died in his jail cell in 1922, possibly assassinated. Zapata, like I said, was assassinated by Kranzer in 1919, and Kranzer himself was assassinated in 1920. In case you were keeping track, both of Magan's major ops, he ended up outliving, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

My conscience is at peace, for it knows that under my convict's garb beats an honest heart. So he died in his jail cell in 1922, possibly assassinated. Zapata, like I said, was assassinated by Kranzer in 1919, and Kranzer himself was assassinated in 1920. In case you were keeping track, both of Magan's major ops, he ended up outliving, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

He outlived Madero and then he outlived Carranza, but he still died in jail, which is, you know, kind of tragic. But Carranza's successor, Alvaro Obregon, was both friendly with reformists in the CROM and not as hostile to the anarchists as Carranza, which gave the anarchists an opportunity to regroup. Strikes built up across the country.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

He outlived Madero and then he outlived Carranza, but he still died in jail, which is, you know, kind of tragic. But Carranza's successor, Alvaro Obregon, was both friendly with reformists in the CROM and not as hostile to the anarchists as Carranza, which gave the anarchists an opportunity to regroup. Strikes built up across the country.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

He outlived Madero and then he outlived Carranza, but he still died in jail, which is, you know, kind of tragic. But Carranza's successor, Alvaro Obregon, was both friendly with reformists in the CROM and not as hostile to the anarchists as Carranza, which gave the anarchists an opportunity to regroup. Strikes built up across the country.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

Miners, oil workers, textile workers, dock workers, and more. Some 65,000 workers in July 1920 alone. Out of this momentum came the Federación Comunista del Proletariado Mexicano, or FCPM. It was an ideologically mixed group, but leaned in an anarchic direction and starkly contrasted itself with the reformist ways of the CROM and the international ally, the AFL.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

Miners, oil workers, textile workers, dock workers, and more. Some 65,000 workers in July 1920 alone. Out of this momentum came the Federación Comunista del Proletariado Mexicano, or FCPM. It was an ideologically mixed group, but leaned in an anarchic direction and starkly contrasted itself with the reformist ways of the CROM and the international ally, the AFL.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

Miners, oil workers, textile workers, dock workers, and more. Some 65,000 workers in July 1920 alone. Out of this momentum came the Federación Comunista del Proletariado Mexicano, or FCPM. It was an ideologically mixed group, but leaned in an anarchic direction and starkly contrasted itself with the reformist ways of the CROM and the international ally, the AFL.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

The FCPM went on to establish the Confederación General de Trabajadores, or CGT, in 1921 as a direct challenge to the CROM. They were fully declaring their independence from state and party. Their focus was on class struggle. The Mexican government flew to its socialist language from time to time, but the anarchists saw through the charade.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

The FCPM went on to establish the Confederación General de Trabajadores, or CGT, in 1921 as a direct challenge to the CROM. They were fully declaring their independence from state and party. Their focus was on class struggle. The Mexican government flew to its socialist language from time to time, but the anarchists saw through the charade.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

The FCPM went on to establish the Confederación General de Trabajadores, or CGT, in 1921 as a direct challenge to the CROM. They were fully declaring their independence from state and party. Their focus was on class struggle. The Mexican government flew to its socialist language from time to time, but the anarchists saw through the charade.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

They called out that so-called socialist-like government's deportation of anarchists and socialists. They even called Morrone, the guy who started CROM, Mexico's Mussolini. It's an interesting insult. The CGT stood against the Moscow-backed Third Internationale and instead allied with councilists like Rosa Luxemburg and Anton Panekoeck.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

They called out that so-called socialist-like government's deportation of anarchists and socialists. They even called Morrone, the guy who started CROM, Mexico's Mussolini. It's an interesting insult. The CGT stood against the Moscow-backed Third Internationale and instead allied with councilists like Rosa Luxemburg and Anton Panekoeck.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

They called out that so-called socialist-like government's deportation of anarchists and socialists. They even called Morrone, the guy who started CROM, Mexico's Mussolini. It's an interesting insult. The CGT stood against the Moscow-backed Third Internationale and instead allied with councilists like Rosa Luxemburg and Anton Panekoeck.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

They also formed a specifically anarchist section within the group meant to play the same role played by the FAI for the Spanish CGT. The Mexican CGT backed strikes, including in 1921 when they backed a rail workers' strike against US companies. And in 1922, they expelled CGT leaders who had flirted with electoral politics, reiterating their anti-party stance.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

They also formed a specifically anarchist section within the group meant to play the same role played by the FAI for the Spanish CGT. The Mexican CGT backed strikes, including in 1921 when they backed a rail workers' strike against US companies. And in 1922, they expelled CGT leaders who had flirted with electoral politics, reiterating their anti-party stance.