Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican-American Working Class Nicole Smith Mendoza's collection of paintings

Mendoza's collection of paintings

a rush mat and a brick

His work has appeared in Gentleman's Quarterly

tender mercy and much patience planted by friends

Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican-American Working Class Nicole Smith Mendoza's collection of paintingsRadicals in the Barrio uncovers a long and rich history of political radicalism within the Mexican and Chicano working class in the United States. Chacn clearly and sympathetically documents the ways that migratory workers carried with them radical political ideologies, new organizational models, and shared class experience, as they crossed the border into southwestern barrios during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Justin Akers Chacn