<<A>> city against empire transnational anti-imperialism in Mexico City, 1920-30

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library as part of the Opening the Future project with COPIM. A City Against Empire is the history of the anti-imperialist movement in 1920s Mexico City. It combines intellectual, social, and urban history to shed light on the city's role as an important global hub for anti-imperialism, exile activism, political art, and solidarity campaigns. After the Russian and the Mexican Revolution, Mexico City became a space and a symbol of global anti-imperialism. Radical politicians, artists, intellectuals, scientists, migrants, and revolutionary tourists took advantage of the urban environment to develop their visions of an anti-imperialism for the twentieth-century. These actors imagined national self-determination, international solidarity, and an emancipation from what they called "the West." Global, local, and urban factors interacted to transform Mexico City into the most important hub for radicalism in the Americas. By weaving together the intellectual history of Mexico, the urban and social histories of Mexico City, and the global history of anti-imperialist movements in the 1920s, this books analyses the perfect storm of anti-imperialism in Mexico City. An Open Access edition of this book is available on theLiverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library as part ofthe Opening the Future project with COPIM. A CityAgainst Empire is the history of the anti-imperialist movementin 1920s Mexico City. It combines intellectual, social, and urbanhistory to shed light on the city's role as an important global hubfor anti-imperialism, exile activism, political art, and solidaritycampaigns. After the Russian and the Mexican Revolution, MexicoCity became a space and a symbol of global anti-imperialism.Radical politicians, artists, intellectuals, scientists, migrants,and revolutionary tourists took advantage of the urban environmentto develop their visions of an anti-imperialism for thetwentieth-century. These actors imagined nationalself-determination, international solidarity, and an emancipationfrom what they called "the West." Global, local, and urban factorsinteracted to transform Mexico City into the most important hub forradicalism in the Americas. By weaving together the intellectualhistory of Mexico, the urban and social histories of Mexico City,and the global history of anti-imperialist movements in the 1920s,this books analyses the perfect storm of anti-imperialism in MexicoCity Cover Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction 1 Anti-Imperialist Cosmopolitanism Mexican Muralism: Avant-Garde, Anti-Imperialism, Nationalism Depicting the Empire on Walls and on Paper An Anti-Imperialist Cosmopolitan Summer? 2 Our Anti-Imperialist America Making Mexico City a Hub for Exile Radicalism Continental Networks of Exile Activism in Urban Spaces Exporting Diaspora Radicalism to Venezuela, Cuba, and Peru 3 Standing with Sacco and Sandino Pro Sacco and Vanzetti in Mexico City Radicalizing Solidarity during a Summer of Desperation The Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign in Mexico City 4 Anti-Imperialist Imaginaries Anti-Imperialist Encounters: Revolutions in Mexico and Russia “Yellow Hope”: Perspectives on Semi-Colonial China “Applause for Abd el-Krim”: The Rif War in Mexico and Latin America “In the same boat”: Indians and India in Mexico City 5 Globalizing Urban Networks Organizing Anti-Imperialist Euphoria, 1925–1927 A Global Stage for Anti-Imperialist Networks, February 1927 Disintegration and Disillusionment, 1927–29 Conclusion Select Bibliography Index