An international history of radical movements and their
convergences during the Mexican Revolution.
The Mexican Revolution was a global
event that catalyzed international radicals in unexpected sites and
struggles. Tracing the paths of figures like Black American artist
Elizabeth Catlett, Indian anti-colonial activist M.N. Roy, Mexican
revolutionary leader Ricardo Flores Magón, Okinawan migrant
organizer Paul Shinsei Kōchi, and Soviet feminist Alexandra
Kollontai, Arise! reveals
how activists around the world found inspiration and solidarity in
revolutionary Mexico.
From art collectives and farm worker
strikes to prison "universities," Arise!
reconstructs how this
era's radical organizers found new ways to fight global capitalism.
Drawing on prison records, surveillance data, memoirs, oral
histories, visual art, and a rich trove of untapped sources,
Christina Heatherton considers how disparate revolutionary traditions
converged in unanticipated alliances. From this unique vantage point,
she charts the remarkable impact of the Mexican Revolution, as
radicals in this critical era forged an anti-racist internationalism
from below.
