“... El magonismo no existe”: Ricardo Flores Magón

ResumenEl artículo demuestra que los anarquistas del Partido Liberal Mexicano no se identificaban ni querían ser llamados “magonistas”, por ser una forma de denominarlos que era contraria a su ideología. Ricardo Flores Magón manifestó claramente que el uso de dicho término era para confundir al pueblo mexicano y compararlos con otros ismos a los que denostaban. No querían personalismos, ni autoridades, ni jefes, debido a que los intereses personales se sobreponen siempre a los colectivos. De igual forma, el uso de “magonismo” surge por parte de las autoridades federales en su afán persecutorio. Posteriormente, la historiografía, en dos grandes líneas, ha utilizado dicho término para explicar la participación de los miembros del PLM; sin embargo, es una forma que contradice la ideología de quienes pretenden describir.AbstractThe article proves that the anarchists of the Mexican Liberal party neither were identifying, or did not even want to be called “magonistas”, for being a way of calling them that it was opposite to their ideology. Ricardo Flores Magón stated clearly that the use of the above mentioned term was to confuse the Mexican people and to compare them with other isms that denigrated them. They did not wanted personalizing, neither authorities, nor chiefs, due to the fact that the personal interests superimpose to collective ones. Similarly, the use of “magonismo” arises from federal authorities in their persecutory zeal. Later, Historiography, in two big lines, has used the term to explain the participation of members of the PLM, nevertheless, it is a form that contradicts the ideology of those who purport to describe