Remnants of the Mexican Revolution

Would you argue that the Mexican Revolution “has legs” (i.e., still has meaning and power in Mexican politics, culture, and social relations)? Why or why not?

I would argue that the Mexican Revolution “has legs,” through Mexican politics, culture, and social relations we can still see remnants of the Revolution today.

Presidential elections are still held today and are one of the many remnants left behind, established at the time of the revolution presidential elections followed the Constitution of 1917. Gawronski (2013) “The Revolution, consequently, became embedded in Mexican collective memory as national myth and history.” In addition to ending the power of Porfirio Diaz, the Revolution created the regulation that no Mexican president could run for a second term. The Revolution brought the Constitution of 1917 which also brought the separation of church and state, which is still followed today.

The Mexican Revolution made worker’s rights a forefront of importance that has evolved and which we still see today. The fight for land and liberty began the Revolution and the battle for the middle class, fair wages, land ownership, and socioeconomic equality has brought Mexico to where it is today, one of its many “legs” brought into the present.

The Constitution of 1917 even brought things we probably undervalue today, like the 8-hour workday. During the time of the Revolution not only were the lower and middle classes being robbed of their lands but they were being overworked and underpaid.

The dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz brought huge leaps of change and those who succeeded him also brought change, of course never neglecting the awful bloodshed that came with those changes that lead up to the Constitution of 1917.

Still seen today are the indigenous people of Chiapas who remind us of their fearless leader Emiliano Zapata and the fight which they endured, the traditions of the people are still there reminding us of the Mexican Revolution.