Mexican Communist Party ephemera, 1932-1938, (bulk 1933-1934).

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Mexican Communist Party ephemera, 1932-1938, (bulk 1933-1934).

Mexican Communist Party ephemera, 1932-1938, (bulk 1933-1934).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47137815

This collection contains a few loose newspaper pages containing articles relevant to the Communisty Party of Mexico, as well as numerous posters and flyers. The posters in this collection reflect historical events as well as promoting the main cause of the Mexican Communist Party: worker solidarity. Most of the posters and flyers in the collection announce rallies or protests for a particular cause, or, sometimes, commemorations (such as the death of Karl Marx). Though the posters focus on one particular issue, they often also present views on a wide scope of global concerns, as well. Thus, one poster may address education, obligatory military service, or minimum wage, but also provide opinions on U.S. imperialism, the Scottsboro Trials, the accusations against E. Thaelman, and the world political situation. The principal issues addressed on the posters and flyers are also varied. They include equal rights for women, educational concerns (such as free education for children and protests against sexual education in school), the eradication of anti-semitism, and the unionization of workers from a variety of occupational fields (transportation and railroad workers, educators, graphic artists, miners, and others). The posters tend to be anti-imperialist and anti-fascist. Most are related to events in Mexico City, though this is not exclusively the case.

1 folio.

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