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And I'm Andrew Sage or Andrew Zum on YouTube.

Now, previously we explored a lesser-known chapter in Mexico's radical history.

Before Magan, before the revolution, when a Greek emigree named Plotino-Rocanati arrived in the

1860s, convinced that Mexico's indigenous communal traditions could form the basis for a new

anarchist society. Through schools,

pamphlets, and mutual aid societies, he helped sow the first seeds of anarchist thought on Mexican

soil. Some of his students pushed even further and flirted with many burgeoning streams of anarchism,

even as Portfrio Diaz's regime clamped down and anything that challenged

his strive for order and progress. Roder Canatti faded from view and many of his students

and associates had to go underground for a time, but the ideas would live on, like quiet sparks

are waiting for the next revolt. And the next revolt would come in 1910 when the Mexican Revolution erupted.

But keep in mind the context here.

When we talk about revolutions, the focus tends to be on the flashpoints, the gunfire,

the slogans, the major figures.

And I will do a lot of focus on some of the major figures throughout this history.

We have to keep in mind, the revolutions have roots that run deep, run deep below the surface.

The revolutions are often shaped by decades or centuries of injustice.

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