Workers Party of Acapulco
Workers Party of Acapulco (Spanish: Partido Obrero de Acapulco) was a Mexican Magonist and Socialist political party[1] local in Acapulco, Mexico. Founded by Juan R. Escudero and existed between 1919 and 1923. POA published Regeneración.[2][3][4][1][5][6]
Workers Party of Acapulco Partido Obrero de Acapulco | |
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Abbreviation | POA |
President | Juan R. Escudero |
Founded | 1919 |
Dissolved | December 1923 |
Succeeded by | Partido Obrero de Tecpan (not official successor) |
Headquarters | Acapulco, Mexico |
Newspaper | Regeneración |
Ideology | Socialism Magonism |
Political position | Left-wing to Far-Left |
Slogan | Let men be mutilated for principles, but not principles for men. |
The party represented worker-peasant movements of a regional scope that sought electoral means to lay the foundations for the construction of popular and democratic local power.[2]
History
1910s-1920s
between the mid-19th century and early 20th century during the Porfirio Presidency. Acapulco was a focal point for gachupíns. Essentially, wealthy families and or Individuals predominantly from Spain. [2][4]
As a result of the influx of these substantial families moving into Acapulco, commerce and economics were strictly controlled by the upper-class families. In turn, the lower working-class locals of Acapulco went through alleged forms of exploitation and difficult working conditions.[1][2]
The tight control that the Spanish maintained in the city prevented the emergence of peasant revolts, contrary to what was happening in most of the state at the time. However, the working conditions and authoritarian control that they imposed on the lower classes were the breeding ground for left-wing ideas and ideology [2]
in 1911 in response to the strict control imposed by the foreign upper class. Juan R. Escudero founded and led the Association of Workers of Various Trades (Spanish: la Asociación de Trabajadores de Diversos Comercios), which brought together peasants and commoners from Acapulco and the state of Guerrero.[2] [3]
References
- McDowell, John Holmes (2015-09-15). ¡Corrido!: The Living Ballad of Mexico's Western Coast. UNM Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-3744-3.
- "El partido obrero de Acapulco y el movimiento escuderista. A cien años de la comuna de Acapulco – Veredas. Revista del Pensamiento Sociológico". veredas.xoc.uam.mx. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- Lecuona, Renato Ravelo (1982). Juan R. Escudero: biografía política (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero.
- Illades, Carlos (2018-01-15). El futuro es nuestro: Historia de la izquierda en México (in Spanish). Océano. ISBN 978-607-527-477-5.
- McDowell, John Holmes (2000). Poetry and Violence: The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-02588-4.
- Socialista, La Izquierda (2017-08-14). "Experimentos socialistas en la Revolución Mexicana: Carrillo Puerto y Juan Escudero". Izquierda Socialista (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-21.