Riding with the Revolution : The American Left in the Mexican Revolution, 1900–1925

Riding with the Revolution tells the story of Americans who from 1900 to 1925 became involved with the Mexican Revolution. John Reed actually saddled up and rode with Pancho Villa. Later, American war resisters crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico, where they helped found the Communist Party, the Industrial Workers of the World, and a Feminist Council. Protestant ministers, Socialist Eugene Debs, Samuel Gompers head of the AFL, the anarchist Emma Goldman, and Communists John Reed, Louis Fraina, Bertram Wolfe, as well as foreign politicos M.N. Roy, Sen Katayama, and Alexander Borodin all took a hand in the Mexican labor movement. Front Cover ‎Half-Title Page ‎Series Title Page ‎Title Page ‎Copyright Page ‎Contents ‎Preface ‎Acknowledgements ‎Abbreviations ‎Pseudonyms ‎Introduction. The American Left and the Mexican Revolution – A Testing of Political Theories and Strategies ‎Part 1. The American Left Supports the Mexican Revolution ‎Chapter 1. American Protestantism, Progressivism, and the Mexican Revolution ‎Chapter 2. The Mexican Anarchists of the PLM and the American Left ‎Chapter 3. Eugene Debs, the Socialist Party, and the Mexican Revolution ‎Chapter 4. American Anarchists and the Mexican Revolution ‎Chapter 5. Riding with Pancho Villa: The Radical Socialism of John Reed ‎Chapter 6. Lincoln Steffens: An American Progressive in Mexico ‎Chapter 7. American Labour Imperialism: Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor ‎Part 2. Americans Organise on the Ground in Mexico ‎Introduction to Part 2 ‎Chapter 8. Conscription, Repression and Flight: America’s First Revolutionaries in Exile ‎Chapter 9. Socialists and Internationalists: Four American War Resisters Who Chose Mexico ‎Chapter 10. Political Refugees in Revolutionary Mexico: Socialists and Spies ‎Chapter 11. American Slackers and the Organisation of the Mexican Communist Party ‎Chapter 12. American Slackers and the Industrial Workers of the World ‎Chapter 13. The Slackers, the Feminist Council, and the Revolutionary Peasant Leagues ‎Chapter 14. The Expulsion of the ‘Pernicious Foreigners’ ‎Chapter 15. The Communist International Agents in Mexico: Louis Fraina and Sen Katayama ‎Chapter 16. Bertram Wolfe, the Communists, and a Right Turn in Mexico ‎Chapter 17. Joseph ‘José’ W. Kelley: The Farmer Labor Party in Mexico ‎Chapter 18. Failed Movements and Varied Fates: The Slackers and Communists after Their Mexican Adventure ‎Epilogue ‎Bibliography and Works Consulted ‎Index Back Cover Riding with the Revolution tells the story of Americans who from 1900 to 1925 became involved with the Mexican Revolution, helped organize the Mexican Communist Party and the Mexican Industrial Workers of the World, and established the Feminist Council.