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How did he "obstruct the US war efforts"? Seems like an important thing since he died in prison. Red Star

Probably by speaking out against the war. Any public criticism of WWI or the US government would land you in prison or deported back then. Ungovernable Force^{Poll: Which religious text should I read?} 06:10, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was a wave of anti-leftist paranoia in the US following the 1917 Russian Revolution. See Espionage Act of 1917, Palmer Raids, Eugene V. Debs, Sacco and Vanzetti. Flores Magon was just in a place where , as Pogo would say, you could get arrested on suspicion of being suspicious. Notably, the same US government that snapped up Flores Magon and Debs on a whiff of evidence and deported numerous alleged anarchists, took nearly 10 more years to bother with real threats like Al Capone. BTW, Flores Magón should be referred to in the article by both names. Magón was his mother's name, magonistas were probably called as such due to flores being a more common name and not being very macho sounding.. a florista would be rough cognate to florist in English.. Tubezone 08:06, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Viva las Floristas! Ungovernable Force^{Poll: Which religious text should I read?} 08:33, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Birthdate

The birth year on the English page is 1874; the on Spanish page it is 1873.

I remember reading about the controversy over this date. I'll look into it again and try to fix up the Wikipedia.

Yours, Mitchell Cowen Verter

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 ::There was a wave of anti-leftist paranoia in the US following the 1917 Russian Revolution. See [[Espionage Act of 1917]], [[Palmer Raids]], [[Eugene V. Debs]], [[Sacco and Vanzetti]]. Flores Magon was just in a place where , as [[Pogo]] would say, you could get arrested on suspicion of being suspicious. Notably, the same US government that snapped up Flores Magon and Debs on a whiff of evidence and deported numerous alleged anarchists, took nearly 10 more years to bother with real threats like [[Al Capone]]. BTW, Flores Magón should be referred to in the article by both names. Magón was his ''mother's'' name, ''magonistas'' were probably called as such due to ''flores'' being a more common name and not being very macho sounding.. a ''florista'' would be rough cognate to [[florist]] in English.. [[User:Tubezone|Tubezone]] 08:06, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 :::Viva las Floristas! [[User:The Ungovernable Force|<b><font color="black">Ungovernable Force</font></b>]][[User:The Ungovernable Force/Poll|<font color="green"><sup>Poll: Which religious text should I read?</sup></font>]] 08:33, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
+== Birthdate ==
+The birth year on the English page is 1874; the on Spanish page it is 1873.
+I remember reading about the controversy over this date.  I'll look into it again and try to fix up the Wikipedia.
+Yours,
+Mitchell Cowen Verter