Always a Rebel: Ricardo Flores Magón and the Mexican Revolution

by Ward S. Albro

Often described as the primary mover behind the Mexican Revolution, Ricardo Flores Magon was a liberal journalist working in Mexico in 1900. By 1910 and the Revolution, he was a radical anarchist in exile in the United States. Always a Rebel studies Magon's transformation during those crucial ten years, placing his changing ideas in the context of the liberal movement in Mexico, government suppression, the development of the Partido Liberal Mexicano in the United States, and thwarted attempts at revolution in 1906 and 1908. The first work to concentrate on Flores Magon himself, Always a Rebel makes clear the journalist's significance in Mexican history and explains modern Mexico's growing appreciation for him.

Genres: History, Biography

220 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1992

Reviews

[Dugan Nash · Rating 4 out of 5]

Albro delivers the best kind of biography, one that comes from a place of admiration without ever falling into hagiography. Ricardo Flores Magón has always been an interesting figure to me, one that seems to appear in a lot of documents related to the Mexican revolution without being fully fleshed out: Always a Rebel not only demystifies the legend, it helps contextualize the social and political turmoil in the decade leading up to the Revolution in a clear manner (such as the various strikes and skirmishes that happened throughout the 1910s).

[Ramon4 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not for the causal reader, but excellent for those interested in the Mexican Revolution. It is a biography of editorialist Ricardo Flores Magon, and tells of the ten years just before the Revolution.

[Rose Stevens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Currently reading this book...about the Mexican Revolution & Ricardo Flores Magon.

[Rafael Reynoso · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book