Anarchism, as represented by revolutionary leader Ricardo Flores Magon and the anarcho-syndicalist La Case del Obrero Mundial, had the potential to powerfully influence the ideological direction of the 1910 Mexican Revolution. It failed to do so because of a combination of strategic errors. Had these errors been avoided, the Mexican Revolution might well have become the twentieth century's first great ideological explosion.
Anarchism, as represented by revolutionary leader Ricardo Flores Magon and the anarcho-syndicalist La Case del Obrero Mundial, had the potential to powerfully influence the ideological direction of the 1910 Mexican Revolution. It failed to do so because of a combination of strategic errors. Had these errors been avoided, the Mexican Revolution might well have become the twentieth century's first great ideological explosion.