The Spanish civil war, a lesson for Mexico. Vicente Lombardo Toledano and his fight against international fascism La Guerra Civil española, una lección para México. Vicente Lombardo Toledano y su lucha contra el fascismo internacional Academic Article in Scopus

© 2020 Ariadna Ediciones. All rights reserved.The Spanish Civil War was a historical event that fragmented in two the Mexican society, mostly for the existing polarization between the supporters and detractors of the revolutionary project, headed by the president Lázaro Cárdenas (six-year period 1934-1940). For the occasion, the aim of the present article is to analyze how the armed conflict turned into a great lesson for Mexico and a forced learning for the labor movement, where union leaders like Lombardo Toledano prepared their own statement to assure, between other ends, the unity of the Mexican proletariat against the great challenge of fascism. For this mission, and from June 1938, he had the newspaper El Popular, the great press organ of the Confederation of Mexican Workers.

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