Mexico City May Day 1929 march, "Día contra la Reacción – Historic Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Mexico City May Day 1929 march, "Día contra la Reacción. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mexico City May Day 1929 march, "Día contra la Reacción
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The banner in this 1929 Mexico City May Day march calls the day a "Día contra la Reacción," or day against reaction, which sets it apart from routine labor parades of the period. The demonstration came during a tense year for the capital's left. The government was pressing against Communists and radical unions, and the assassination of exiled Cuban-born activist Julio Antonio Mella earlier that January had intensified the climate. Photographs like this one show how political street demonstrations claimed public space and what they asserted.
| Original scan | 4,251 × 3,197 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15597_DiacontralareaccioacutenEscala |
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