The Comintern’s Sarape: Some Unconsidered Fragments on Mexico as a Transnational Bridge and Revolutionary Emporium, 1919-1941

This article adds a new twist to the role of Mexico as a revolutionary “emporium” and point of transnational encounter between international communism and regional radicalism. Going against the majority view of transnationalism as a melting pot for major social and cultural transformations, this art...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Pujals, Sandra
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:México
Institution:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repository:Historia Mexicana
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article/4585
Online Access:https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/4585
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:México
Internacional Comunista
Partido Comunista de México
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Diego Rivera
Revolución mexicana
Mexico
Communist International
Mexican Communist Party
Mexican revolution
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Summary:This article adds a new twist to the role of Mexico as a revolutionary “emporium” and point of transnational encounter between international communism and regional radicalism. Going against the majority view of transnationalism as a melting pot for major social and cultural transformations, this article indicates challenges and adverse results, given the complexities of this experience. Being agents of conflict, it indicates the particularities of the communist collective gathered together in the Mexican capital, such as the multinational character of the networks affiliated with the Comintern and the conflictive personalities of some of their members. It also offers specific examples of personal clashes and their outcomes for the internal stability of the movement and its representative organizations.