Radicals in the Barrio: How Mexican Labor Radicalism Shaped U.S. History

This talk will be a historical summary and overview of the main points of the forthcoming Haymarket book "Radicals in the Barrio". It will touch on how Mexican and Mexican-American radicals helped organize workers within the barrios of the Southwest between 1900-1950. It will highlight how they organized Mexican workers into unions, led militant strikes, and built radical and revolutionary parties in conjunction with the U.S.-based Left.