The St. Louis Junta and the Mexican Revolution
In the early 1900s the St. Louis press became obsessed with a group of local revolutionaries dubbed the “St. Louis Junta,” led by the anarchist writer and journalist Ricardo Flores Magón. Nicknamed “The Scorpion” because of the venomous sting of his pen, Flores Magón was one of the most outspoken critics of Mexican president Porfirio …
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