Tricontinentalism before the Cold War? Mexico City's anti-imperialist internationalism
| Autor | Thomas K. Lindner |
| Cargo | University of Rostock, Historical Institute, Rostock, Germany |
| Páginas | 327-345 |
Esboços, Florianópolis, v. 28, n. 48, p. 327-345, maio/ago. 2021.
ISSN 2175-7976 DOI https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2021.e78153
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TRICONTINENTALISM BEFORE THE
COLD WAR? MEXICO CITY’S ANTI-
IMPERIALIST INTERNATIONALISM
Thomas K. Lindner a
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1392-6377
Email: thomas.lindner@uni-rostock.de
a University of Rostock, Historical Institute, Rostock, Germany
histórias em contextos globais
DOSSIÊ
Internacionalismo e história global
Esboços, Florianópolis, v. 28, n. 48, p. 327-345, maio/ago. 2021.
ISSN 2175-7976 DOI https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2021.e78153 328/635
ABSTRACT
This article examines how anti-imperialist thought in Mexico City inspired internationalism in the 1920s.
It uses the concept of “tricontinentalism” to refer to the idea that Latin America, Africa, and Asia should
stand in solidarity with each other and argues that tricontinentalist thinking originated not in the Cold War,
but in the aftermath of the First World War. The Mexican and the Russian Revolution had demonstrated
that radical social change was imaginable. Together with the First World War, which for many in the
Americas signaled the demise of European global hegemony, these revolutions represented a new era
of political possibilities as well as a tectonic shift in global politics. Consequently, many anti-imperialists in
Mexico looked to “the East”, drawing inspiration from the anticolonial revolutions in Africa and Asia. The
central question of this article is how anti-imperialist political activists, intellectuals, and artists engaged
in tricontinental thinking by writing about China and Morocco. The examined transnational interactions
constitute a radical version of an imagined internationalism in the 1920s.
KEYWORDS
Tricontinentalism. Anti-Imperialism. Transnational Radicalism.
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