Pancho Villas Guns Fetch Nearly $30,000 Nov 12, 2007
The auction of items tied to 1910 Mexican Revolution folk hero was held near San Antonio Saturday. Selling for $18,000 was the prize of the auction, Villa's Remington single action revolver that is engraved with his real name, "Doreteo Arango," on one side of the barrel. (KWTX.com, TX)
Pancho Villas Guns Go On The Block Saturday Nov 10, 2007
(November 10, 2007)Two firearms that belonged to Pancho Villa, the folk hero of the 1910 Mexican Revolution, go on the auction block Saturday in Texas, along with a gun that belonged to frontierswoman Calamity Jane. The auction is in Fredericksburg. (KWTX.com, TX)
Thomson: Bolivian Horizons Interview Nov 9, 2007
But it did transform social relations in important ways: there was state takeover of the mining sector; a very important redistribution of land the second deepest land reform in Latin America after the Mexican Revolution; universal suffrage was introduced; and significant educational reform. So this had some lasting benefits, although there were also major limitations to the process. (Zmag.org)
Two Of Pancho Villas Guns Go Up For Auction In Texas Nov 8, 2007
All agree that the folk hero of the 1910 Mexican Revolution was always heavily armed. Now two of those firearms, and one that belonged to frontierswoman "Calamity Jane," go up for bidding in an auction scheduled to start Saturday in Fredericksburg. (KWTX.com, TX)
ANDY PORRAS: The noose -- Mexicans can't forget its Texas legacy Nov 2, 2007
Thanks to educator-journalist Jovita Idar (1885-1946), we have written accounts of occurrences during a tumultuous time for Tejanos in the border city of Laredo during the Mexican Revolution of 1910 ... Fearing the Mexican Revolution would spread into South Texas, the Rangers increased their presence along the border, continuing their repression against all people of Mexican origin. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Cinnabar miners coming back Oct 19, 2007
For many, their parents came to Terlingua in the 1910s and 1920s during the Mexican Revolution. These miners return with educated children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who have professional jobs mostly, and drive down to the event in fancy SUVs. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Portrait of a Mexican muralist only scratches the surface/only goes skin deep Oct 18, 2007
From his savaging of the upper class in "Banquet of The Rich," at the National Preparatory School, in Mexico City, to his epic "Man of Fire," in the Hospicio Caba as, in Guadalajara, Orozco - who lived through the Mexican Revolution and both world wars - strove to convey humanity's struggle to get past its garish and humiliating limitations. Anjelica Huston narrates the film fluidly. (Boston Globe)
Bacon: The Killing Dust Oct 13, 2007
The Hospital Ronquillo was built even before the famous armed uprising in Cananea in 1906, when miners rebelled against then-owner Col. William C. Greene in the first conflict of the Mexican Revolution. Although miners, their wives and children all get their care at the hospital, it still has only one bathroom for men and one for women. (Zmag.org)
One man and his guns, guns and more guns Sep 21, 2007
Darnell started collecting high-quality guns, old and unusual or rare: rifles used during the Civil War, Japanese Arisakas taken during the American occupation after World War II, guns that date to the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes or to the Mexican Revolution, guns with Nazi engravings, guns that collectors get hives for. Darnell worked for less than five years of his adulthood, teaching English at private schools and then at Pepperdine University in California. (Las Vegas Sun)
'American Masters' draws viewers into world of Mexican muralists Sep 16, 2007
Orozco earned his early reputation as a political cartoonist, addressing the horrors of the Mexican Revolution, which began in 1910, for an opposition newspaper. While his irreverence cost him commissions post-revolution, critics eventually would dub him the "conscience of his generation.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Be prepared for a disaster Sep 11, 2007
The Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants known as "Los Leones de San Pablo" decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community. Directed by Fernando de Fuentes. (North County Times)
Continue reading Aug 30, 2007
In the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, the Mexican way of life became one of survival as crops failed to thrive and employment became increasingly difficult to find. The U.S. involvement in World War I opened the door for Mexican immigration since much of the U.S. labor force was involved in the war overseas. (Kingsburg Recorder, CA)
A 420-pound hair 'piece' Aug 18, 2007
"We've ... created this symmetry between an artist who was critiqued as an atheist and a communist, who was neither, but from the Mexican Revolution in the '20s, and then an artist who came from communist and atheistic China, you know, but is neither," Kennedy said. The banner's "green house" title and green lettering symbolize not just Dartmouth, whose nickname is "the Big Green," but money. (CNN -- Travel)
Sustar: Immigrant Workers Victory Aug 17, 2007
The event ran late as the crowd sang folk songs from the Mexican Revolution and the labor movement. . (Zmag.org)
West Timmins Acquires One of Mexico's Highest Grade Historic Gold Producers: Historically Reported Production Grades of 95 g/t Gold (2.8 oz/ton) and 850 g/t Silver (24.8 oz/ton) Jul 18, 2007
Production ceased following the Mexican revolution, save for a brief period of high-grade pillar recovery during the 1950s. During the 1980s the Mexican Geological Survey conducted limited exploration work on the property including a surface trenching program. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
ANDY PORRAS: Mexico's wealthiest mogul spurs controversy Jul 14, 2007
His family came to Mexico from Lebanon just before the 1911 Mexican Revolution. Is there something wrong with this picture. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920-1950 Jul 5, 2007
The 1920s just a decade after the Mexican Revolution gave rise to a drive toward modernism in Mexico and sparked the prolific wave of printmaking for the next 30 years. While art schools and cultural institutions flourished, debates about the countrys political and artistic future were heated. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Mexican Leftist Calls Mass Rally Jul 2, 2007
Lopez Obrador has tirelessly toured small towns across the country enrolling supporters as "representatives" of his "government," a backwoods strategy not unlike that followed by many leaders of the 1910-1917 Mexican Revolution, who would disappear into the mountains, only to pop up again when least expected. At stake is the leadership of Mexico's left. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
New DVDs: Norbit, The Messengers Jun 5, 2007
Duck, You Sucker stars James Coburn as an explosives expert and Rod Steiger as a bandit who get caught up in the Mexican revolution. Each movie is accompanied by commentary from film historians and a huge range of behind-the-scenes segments. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Ross: Oaxaca Volcano Stews Jun 5, 2007
Miguel Cruz, an APPO activist and member of the directive of the CIPO-RFM or Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca - Ricardo Flores Magon (Flores Magon was a Oaxaca-born anarchist leader during the Mexican revolution) is not a partisan of the electoral process. Seated in the CIPO's open-air kitchen out in Santa Lucia del Camino, a rural suburb of Oaxaca city where police gunned down U.S. journalist Brad Will last October, Miguel explains his disdain for how the elections have split the APPO "when... (Zmag.org)
'I like numbers': His $53B makes him No. 2 on world's richest list May 30, 2007
Julian Slim opened a general store in Mexico City, called the Star of the Orient, just as the violent Mexican Revolution was beginning to sweep the country in 1911. It was the elder Slim who forced Carlos to keep ledgers of his allowances and expenses. (USA Today -- Money)
The richest man you've never heard of May 30, 2007
Julian Slim opened a general store, called the Star of the Orient, in Mexico City just as the violent Mexican Revolution was beginning to sweep the country in 1911. It was the elder Slim who forced Carlos and his siblings to keep ledgers of their allowances and expenses. (AZCentral -- News)
Volunteers clean up Camp Naco May 20, 2007
This was the hot sector during the Mexican Revolution, Griffin said. He explained one reason why American troops were stationed in the region. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Mexican troops take action after invasion leaves 22 dead May 18, 2007
The invasion of Cananea -- a town that helped spark the 1910 Mexican Revolution when US forces crossed the border to help put down a miners' strike -- showed the brashness and power of Mexico's ruthless organized crime gangs. The first outside authorities to arrive in Cananea on Wednesday found an eerie no-man's land where local law enforcement had melted away. (Boston Globe)
Minutemen and Brown Shirts May 17, 2007
HOUSTON -- My father, an immigrant after the Mexican revolution, told me about a jarring experience he had during a fraternal meeting at a downtown hotel. In those pre-World War II days, he and others realized a group of Brown Shirts, Nazi sympathizers, were responsible for a commotion coming from an upper floor. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
L.A. anarchists deny march rumors May 5, 2007
L.A. anarchists of lore include writer Ricardo Flores Magon, an instigator of the 1910 Mexican Revolution. A Pitzer conference held last year for anarchist academics and activists attracted 150, Ward said. (Los Angeles Times)
Groups work to preserve Camp Naco Apr 26, 2007
Americans in the Southwest became concerned when the Mexican Revolution of 1910-21 threatened to spill trouble over the border. The U.S. government responded. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Humble Nogalian made history with Tuskegee Airmen Apr 22, 2007
In 1918, he was ordered to Camp Stephen D. Little in Nogales during tensions of the Mexican Revolution and preparations for World War I.. In 1924, he met and married Dolores Rivas, daughter of a Cananea newspaper publisher. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Row over Miss Mexico's 'political' beauty pageant outfit Apr 20, 2007
The secular government that emerged from the Mexican Revolution tightened anti-clerical laws, provoking a conflict in which churches and convents were closed and foreign priests expelled. The dress is now being redone to remove the offending images and scenes of death, the designers said. (BBC News -- Americas)
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Nogalian George W. Biggs displays his medal at the Pimeria Alta Historical Society building Tuesday afternoon standing near a display of Camp Stephen D. Little in Nogales, where his father Levi served during the Mexican Revolution and during preparation for World War I. Biggs was one of two Arizonans to receive the Congressional Gold Medal in connection with his service as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen ... In 1918, he was ordered to Camp Stephen D. Little in Nogales during tensions of the... (Nogales International, AZ)
The giant who ate a nation Apr 5, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Carlos Slim Helu is so rich he could soon displace Bill Gates as the world's wealthiest man. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Founder of Ruiz Foods Inc. dies Apr 3, 2007
His parents immigrated to the United States when the revolutionary leader Pancho Villa seized their land during the Mexican Revolution from 1910 to 1920. Mr. Ruiz lived in Los Angeles and became a U.S. citizen when he joined the U.S. Army in December 1944. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Gallego highlights 'Little Mexico' success in lecture Mar 30, 2007
A new wave of immigrants arrived with the Mexican Revolution, when refugees fled across the border and took up new lives in Alpine. When Alpine's "colored school" was closed in 1954, following the Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education, African-American students were transferred to the Centennial School. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Lendman: Ross' Zapatistas Mar 22, 2007
He's also been called a new John Reed (who wrote the classic 10 Days that Shook the World on the Russian Revolution) covering a new Mexican revolution playing out around the country from its most indigenous, impoverished South in Chiapas and Oaxaca to the streets of its capital in Mexico City ... He also reminds us of past events that may foretell Mexico's future: "The metabolism of revolution in Mexico is precisely timed. It seems to burst from the subterranean chambers every hundred years or... (Zmag.org)
No passport? You can still visit Mexico by car Mar 20, 2007
But the once opulent town was almost deserted during the Mexican Revolution. Locals and some Europeans who settled here began restoring the buildings and streets in the 1980s to attract tourists. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Daily Herald icon left his legacy in Nogales Mar 17, 2007
Hanson Sisk came to Nogales after covering the Mexican Revolution for The Associated Press before joining the Herald as the business manager. Alvin Sisk was predeceased by his sister Marjorie (William Graham) Bell of Tucson. (Nogales International, AZ)
Today in History - March 7 Mar 7, 2007
In 1911, the United States sent 20,000 troops to the Mexican border as a precaution in the wake of the Mexican Revolution. In 1926, the first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversations took place, between New York and London. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Gronk: Taking a look behind the curtain Feb 25, 2007
"We want to judge individual artists on the basis of their work and build out from there, rather than saying, for example, 'This is a Chicano artist and therefore all this traditional iconography from the Mexican revolution going back to the conquest of Mexico is going to front-end our understanding of that artist.' ". In some instances, that approach makes sense, Noriega says. (Los Angeles Times)
Crafts awards round-up, precursor to Oscars Feb 22, 2007
Lubezki and Cuaron are two of the top talents in global cinema's Mexican Revolution. Filling out the weekend's honorees, Peter Lamont, the production designer for "Casino Royale," won for best art direction on a contemporary film. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Mexico's Pemex faces drying field, no funds to update refineries Feb 17, 2007
The 1910-20 Mexican Revolution set off a series of uprisings by oil workers demanding better wages and working conditions. In 1938, President Lazaro Crdenas nationalized the entire industry and created Pemex to manage the country's oil wealth. (AZCentral -- News)
Teacher accused of sex with student Feb 6, 2007
Aside from the news about his wife's pregnancy, Trotter told students he never touched alcohol, a subject broached when the class learned about the Mexican Revolution, Robbins said. Once, when a student brought up a story of a St. Lucie County track coach accused of sex acts with minors, Trotter responded with shock and disgust, Mandeville said. (The Palm Beach Post)
Ochoa: Mexico Tortilla Prices Feb 3, 2007
In the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century, Mexico's working classes demanded social justice. Successive Mexican administrations responded by granting land to the landless and subsidizing the production of tortillas. (Zmag.org)
Navarrette: Tijuana offers answer on immigration Jan 30, 2007
The fourth came to the United States legally about the time of the Mexican Revolution. I'm a Mexican-American. (CNN)
Three movie amigos Jan 10, 2007
The alliance also is leading what some critics and analysts call a Mexican revolution in film. "They share a similar vision," says David Ansen, Newsweek film critic. (USA Today -- Life)
Future is ours: Report looks back at the years leading to 2027 Jan 8, 2007
In the years to follow, the Second Mexican Revolution spread from Chiapas, Oaxaca and Mexico City, slowly dissolving that nation into a network of populist regional strongholds. The Latin American Renaissance also created a network of communities strong enough to take in many of the climate-change refugees from Central America and Southern Mexico, who fled both north and south, along with Sunbelt -- and what came to be called Swampbelt -- emigres from the southern United States. (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Disinformation :: Gateway To The Next Mexican Revolution ... Gateway To The Next Mexican Revolution. (Disinformation)
Long-time commissioner leaves office Dec 28, 2006
He said he must again attend to his real estate business, but added that he will be living in Chihuahua, Mexico, for three months each year to do research for his lecture series on the Mexican Revolution. And there's one more thing. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Scipes: Cosatu & AFL-CIO Dec 25, 2006
This goes back to its predecessor in the 19 -teens, the American Federation of Labour (AFL) when under President Samuel Gompers, the AFL intervened in the Mexican Revolution (1911-1917). The AFL worked hard to build support for the Allies during World War I, and pushed the US Government to intervene. (Zmag.org)
Solnit: Age of Mammals Dec 22, 2006
In the years to follow, the Second Mexican Revolution spread from Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Mexico City, slowly dissolving that nation into a network of populist regional strongholds. Seventeen of them reinstated a local indigenous language as their official tongue. (Zmag.org)
The right side of Latin America's left Dec 12, 2006
The resurgence of the left in Latin America is part of an ongoing process - which began with the 1910 Mexican Revolution and the rise of leftist parties in the 1920s and 1930s - of extending democratic reform, broadening markets, and increasing the involvement of the middle class in politics. Latin American leftists have not always championed these goals, and other parties have taken them up. (Christian Science Monitor)
Lendman: Mexico City Resistance Dec 3, 2006
It led the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) on December 1 to write an article with the long and ominous title - "With Calderon's Deeply Troubled Inauguration Last Night, Amidst a Deteriorating Security Situation in Oaxaca, the Possibility of a New Mexican Revolution Cannot Be Ruled Out." What COHA didn't say was that it appears that revolution may have already begun and is beginning to spread slowly throughout most parts of the country where "the people the color of the earth" live and... (Zmag.org)
Fox exits popular despite failures Dec 2, 2006
" Fox's presidency ended the seven-decade hold on Mexican national power by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which was forged to end the bloodshed of the Mexican Revolution. Always less than democratic, the PRI in its final decades also presided over economic crises, a widening gap between rich and poor and more than occasional repression of opponents. Many Mexicans have blamed Fox's failure to get more done than he did on a Congress controlled by his political opponents, which... (Yahoo News -- Mexico)
Swearing-in a crucial test for Caldern Dec 1, 2006
The charismatic leftist was "inaugurated" as the country's "legitimate president" on Nov. 20, the anniversary of the Mexican revolution, in a theatrical ceremony before well over 100,000 people in the Z calo. He told the crowd, "We are going to make Calder n realize at all times that he is an illegitimate leader.". (Boston Globe)
Louis Menand on Thomas Pynchon Nov 23, 2006
The World s Columbian Exposition of 1893; the mysterious collapse of the Campanile in the Piazza San Marco, in Venice, in 1902; the equally mysterious Tunguska Event, in 1908, in which roughly eight hundred square miles of Siberian forest was flattened, evidently by an exploding asteroid; the Mexican Revolution; and the troubles in the Balkans leading to the First World War all figure in the book s pages. Longer-running characters include the eternally youthful crew of a sometimes invisible... (New Yorker)
O'Neill Lit Find Sparks A Fury Nov 22, 2006
O'Neill was a young, aspiring writer who was just beginning to discover his literary voice when he penned "The Screenews of War," a story about a cast of Hollywood newsreel makers who were filming the Mexican revolution for American audiences. He apparently had first attempted the story as a play, but grew disenchanted with that and turned it into a novella. (New York Post -- Business)
Mexico runner-up takes pseudo oath Nov 21, 2006
His swearing-in ceremony on the anniversary of the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910 was an attempt to revive his left-wing movement ... L pez Obrador follower Quetzalcoatl Garcia, 35, said little had changed since the start of the Mexican Revolution. (Boston Globe -- World)
Mexico gets 'parallel' president Nov 21, 2006
" Police barricades Federal police have already set up barricades around the chamber of deputies to prevent Lopez Obrador's supporters from setting up new protest camps before Calderon's inauguration ceremony on December 1. Followers of Lopez Obrador's Democratic Revolutionary Party have threatened to disrupt the ceremony, saying that the election was won by fraud and that the president-elect "is undeserving of any respect or consideration". The launch of the opposition government was timed to... (Aljazeera.Net)
Mexican leftist declares himself 'president' Nov 21, 2006
Of those, only Madero eventually took office, after issuing the call to arms on Nov. 20, 1910, that sparked the Mexican Revolution. After two years in office, Madero was assassinated in a coup d'etat. (Los Angeles Times)
Mexican Leftist Claims He's 'Legitimate President' Nov 21, 2006
At his swearing-in ceremony on the anniversary of the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, Lopez Obrador will detail his plans to run a parallel government and may call for new protests against Calderon. Lawmakers from his Party of the Democratic Revolution have vowed to prevent Calderon from taking office in the Chamber of Deputies on December 1, and Lopez Obrador says his rival cannot rest easy. (Newsmax)
DFAT warns against travel to Mexico Nov 20, 2006
"Protesters may use the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution (November 20) and the presidential inauguration (December 1) as focal dates for further demonstrations in Mexico City, Oaxaca City and elsewhere in the country," the warning says. Advice for Oaxaca stands at "reconsider your need for travel" while the rest of the country remains two levels below at "exercise caution". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Mexico: Caldern inherits a nation in grip of turmoil Nov 19, 2006
Protesters may use the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution on Nov. 20th and events surrounding the presidential inauguration on Dec. 1st to initiate additional acts of violence in Oaxaca, Mexico City and elsewhere in the country, Garza said ... Meanwhile, L;pez Obrador plans to inaugurate himself as Mexico's legitimate president on Monday, a national holiday celebrating the Mexican Revolution. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Stephen Little dies in defense of Nogales residents in 1915 Mexico revolution Nov 15, 2006
The first was a young man from North Carolina who got caught up in the tension of the Mexican Revolution. Border troops. (Nogales International, AZ)
Mexico City Bombings Nov 11, 2006
The Mexican Revolution of 1910-1917 resulted in a bloodbath, and the political system that emerged in the decade afterwards centered on the consolidation of power of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which would rule uninterrupted for seven decades. El que se enoja, pierde, meaning, He who loses his temper, loses, was the maxim under the PRI. More a political machine than an ideological party, the PRI was flexible enough to provide room for conservative businessmen and communist... (Ocnus.net)
Exhibit revisits Mexican Revolution Nov 10, 2006
The Mexican Revolution comes alive in historic MoPA exhibit ... His most popular work is of the Mexican Revolution ... The curator accepts, however, that it is difficult for the public not to be impressed by the mystery that surrounds the pictures of Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa and Venustiano Carranza, all great leaders of the Mexican Revolution. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Back to School in Mexicos Strife Torn Oaxaca Nov 6, 2006
Government education is considered a triumph of the Mexican Revolution, and such an expansion would threaten many vested interests. But for out-of-the-box Mexican thinkers and reformers who really want to improve Mexican education, these are real possibilities. (Mexidata.info)
