Research Guides
Industrial Workers of the World Photograph Collection: Enrique Flores Magon
Interpretive exhibit examining the historical and cultural context of the the Industrial Workers of the World Photograph Collection at the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
His Story
Enrique Flores Magón (1877-1954) was a journalist and politician who was assisted by the IWW. The Mexican Liberal Party was founded by him and his brother, Ricardo Flores Magón. The party wanted to re-distribute land and means of production held by the rich to the masses. In doing so they also aimed to overthrow the Mexican government. At the San Diego Free Speech Rally in 1912, the IWW was joined by Enrique Flores Magón and his brother’s Mexican Liberal Party. The photograph collection features a portrait photograph of him and his wife, individual of him, and a group photo of the Mexican Liberal Party. These photographs also convey the representation of Hispanic members in the all inclusive IWW.
Photographs
Sources
Ochoa, Enrique C. 1995. "Albro, Always a Rebel: Ricardo Flores Magon and the Mexican Revolution; Sandos, Rebellion in the Borderlands: Anarchism and the Plan of San Diego". Pacific Historical Review. 64 (1): 155.
Article on Ricardo Flores Magon, Enrique's brother and co-founder of Mexican Liberal Party
Summit Libraries holds this book on the Flores Magon brothers and the Mexican Liberal Party.