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ZOFFMANN RODRIGUEZ, Arturo. War, Exile and Communism: Charles Phillips and the Mexican Slackers, 1917-1921. Secuencia [online]. 2022, n.114, e1981.  Epub 07-Fev-2023. ISSN 2395-8464.  https://doi.org/10.18234/secuencia.v0i114.1981.

This text studies the political activism of the community of American deserters living in revolutionary Mexico during the first world war. The article focuses on Charles Francis Phillips, a rebellious New Yorker who fled to Mexico in May 1918. There, he became actively involved in the Mexican radical left and met Soviet government agents, engaging in efforts to establish The Communist International in Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, Spain, and the United States. Indeed, exiles like Phillips played a crucial role in the postwar radical left, particularly in the development of communism in the Americas and beyond. Their defection and exile radicalized them and intensified their political commitment, and, thanks to their mobility, they established transnational networks they would use to establish the communist movement on an international scale.

Palavras-chave : exile; first world war; Mexico; USA; communism.