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Anselmo L. Figueroa (April 21, 1861 June 14, 1915) was a
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Ricardo Flores Magón, Los Angeles, Ca. 29 de junio de 1915, AE-RFM. Spanish. ''Regeneración'' was published until 1918. It was distributed in Mexican communities in the United States and used in literacy lessons there, as books were often scarce.
Anselmo L. Figueroa (April 21, 1861 June 14, 1915) was a Mexican American
Mexican Americans ( es, mexicano-estadounidenses, , or ) are Americans of full or partial Mexican heritage. In 2019, Mexican Americans comprised 11.3% of the US population and 61.5% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans. In 2019, 71% of Mexica ...
anarchist political figure, journalist and member of the Organizing Council of the Mexican Liberal Party (MLP). He was imprisoned in the United States between 1911 and 1914 due to violations of U.S. neutrality laws. He published ''Regeneración
() was a Mexican anarchist newspaper that functioned as the official organ of the Mexican Liberal Party. Founded by the Flores Magón brothers in 1900, it was forced to move to the United States in 1905. Jesús Flores Magón published the paper ...
'', the official newspaper of the MLP, before and after his imprisonment.
Biography
In September 1910, Figueroa was put in charge of the publication of ''Regeneración
() was a Mexican anarchist newspaper that functioned as the official organ of the Mexican Liberal Party. Founded by the Flores Magón brothers in 1900, it was forced to move to the United States in 1905. Jesús Flores Magón published the paper ...
'' in Los Angeles, California
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. The newspaper was in its fourth season as the official publication of the MLP, and its slogan was "Revolutionary Weekly". He collaborated with Ricardo Flores Magón
Cipriano Ricardo Flores Magón (, known as Ricardo Flores Magón; September 16, 1874 – November 21, 1922) was a noted Mexican anarchist and social reform activist. His brothers Enrique and Jesús were also active in politics. Followers of ...
, Lazaro Gutierrez de Lara, Antonio I. Villarreal and Enrique Flores Magón
Enrique Flores Magón (13 April 1877 – 28 October 1954) was a Mexican journalist and politician, associated with the Mexican Liberal Party and anarchism. His name is most frequently linked with that of his elder brother, Ricardo Flores Magón, ...
, who had been released from prison in Arizona
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in August. Together with Ricardo and Enrique Flores Magón, he signed the Manifesto of the Mexican Liberal Party on September 23, 1911. The document took an openly anarchocommunist stance toward the armed uprisings in Mexico at the time.
At the time of the uprisings, ''Regeneración'' generated about US$1,000 per week in subscription fees. Even after covering its publication costs, several hundred dollars per week were made available for MLP revolutionary causes. Smaller sums of money were received from outside donors to the organization.
From June 1911 to January 1914, he was imprisoned with Librado Rivera, Ricardo and Enrique Flores Magón at the McNeil Island Corrections Center
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in Washington
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. In a Los Angeles court, they faced charges of violating US neutrality laws related to acts stemming from the Magonista rebellion of 1911. Though MLP forces were defeated in Baja California the year that the men went to prison, MLP uprisings continued through 1914.
Upon leaving prison in 1914, Figueroa and his associates returned to publishing ''Regeneración''. He died on June 14, 1915, after health complications brought about by forced labor in prison.Ricardo Flores Magón, Los Angeles, Ca. 29 de junio de 1915, AE-RFM. Spanish.
See also
* Magonism *Anarchism in Mexico
Anarchism in Mexico, the anarchist movement in Mexico, extends from Plotino Rhodakanaty's organization of peasant workers in the 1890s, to Ricardo Flores Magón's activism prior to the Mexican Revolution, to the punk subcultures of the 1990s.
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