Revolutionary Mexicanist Action

Revolutionary Mexicanist Action
Acción Revolucionaria Mexicanista
AbbreviationARM
LeaderNicolás Rodríguez Carrasco
Leader of Women's FactionLeonor Gutiérrez
FounderNicolás Rodríguez Carrasco
Founded25 September 1933 (1933-09-25)[1]
BannedFebruary 27, 1936
Membership (1936)~60,000
IdeologyUltranationalism
Fascism
Secularism
Anti-communism
Antisemitism
Anti-Chinese sentiment
Political positionFar-right
SloganMexico for Mexicans

The Revolutionary Mexicanist Action (Spanish: Acción Revolucionaria Mexicanista), better known as the Gold Shirts (Camisas Doradas), was a Mexican fascist, secular, anti-Semitic, anti-communist, ultra-nationalist paramilitary organization, originated in September 1933 in Mexico City and operated until disbanded in 1936. With ultra-nationalist, strikebreaking roots and Nazi German support, the organization sought to expel Chinese, Jews, and communists from Mexico. The organization often violently engaged with labor movements associated with the Mexican Communist Party and with labor strikers.[1][2][3][4][5]

Nicolás Rodríguez Carrasco, a brigadier general under Pancho Villa in the 1910s during the Mexican Revolution, led the group during its most active period. Many founding members of the paramilitary had also been veterans of the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920. Members were known as "the Gold Shirts", a name reminiscent of Villa's elite soldiers whom he referred to as "los dorados" (the golden ones).[2][3]

Operating under the motto of "Mexico for Mexicans", the organization called for the expulsion of Jews and Chinese from Mexico. The Gold Shirts advocated the seizure of Chinese- and Jewish-owned businesses.[3] They also fiercely opposed labor movements and often clashed with members of the Mexican Communist Party. The group was very active in union busting, with the Gold Shirts instigating violent clashes with strikers.[3][2]

The organization received financial support from the Nazi Party of Nazi Germany, from the National Fascist Party of Italy, and from Mexican industrialists such as Eugenio Garza Sada (1892–1973). The Gold Shirts also received political protection from ex-president Plutarco Elías Calles (in office from 1924 to 1928), who vehemently opposed the Cárdenas government[3][6][7] (in office from 1934 to 1940).

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  2. ^ a b c Backal, Alicia G. de (2000). Camisas, escudos y desfiles militares : los Dorados y el antisemitismo en México, 1934-1940. México: Escuela Nacional de Estudios Profesionales Acatlán (UNAM). pp. 154–266. ISBN 978-9681661946.
  3. ^ a b c d e Sherman, John W., The Mexican right: the end of revolutionary reform, 1929-1940, pp. 62-4, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997
  4. ^ Pérez Monfort, Ricardo (January 1986). "Los Camisas Doradas". Secuencia (4): 66–77. doi:10.18234/secuencia.v0i04.125. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. ^ GOJMAN DE BACKAL, ALICIA (1995). "LOS CAMISAS DORADAS EN LA ÉPOCA DE LÁZARO CÁRDENAS". Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue canadienne des études latino-américaines et caraïbes. 20 (39/40): 39–64. doi:10.1080/08263663.1995.10816718. ISSN 0826-3663. JSTOR 41799913. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  6. ^ Lenchek, Shep (February 1, 2000). "Jews in Mexico, a struggle for survival: Part One". Mexconnect newsletter. ISSN 1028-9089. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  7. ^ Peláez Ramos, Gerardo (4 December 2010). "20 de noviembre de 1935: Batalla en el zócalo entre comunistas y fascistas" (PDF). La Haine. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

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