Finding aid for the David Alfaro Siqueiros papers, 1921-1991, bulk 1930-1936
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Series I. Spain/Mexico, 1921-1991, undated
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Mexico, 1930-1991
Prison and Taxco, 1930-31
Handwritten fragment of manifesto written from Penitenciaría del Districto Federal, Aug 1930
Unknown photographer, 2 copies of photograph of Siqueiros with Blanca Luz Brum(?), Taxco, 1930
Photograph of a Siqueiros painting done in Taxco, 1930
1 woodcut done in prison by Siqueiros, 1931
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Siqueiros exhibition at Casino Espanol, 1932, undated
Texts about Siqueiros's work, 1932
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Manuscripts about Siqueiros by Anita Brenner, undated
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Printed material for Siqueiros exhibit, 1932
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Writings on Rivera by Siqueiros, 1930-1935, undated
Commentary on Rivera, 1930
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"Rivera by Siqueiros," undated
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"El itinerario contrarrevolucionario de Rivera," undated
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"El Itinerario Oportunista de Rivera," undated
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Writings about Diego Rivera and Mexican mural painting, undated
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"Rivera's History" by Siqueiros, undated
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New Masses, 29 May 1934
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"Que Rivera No Rehuye La Controversia" by Siqueiros, undated
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"Rivera No Debe Rehuir La Controversia" by Siqueiros, undated
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"Lo Essencial de mi Controversia con Rivera, a traves de Diez Conferencias Suyas," undated
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Accord of the plastic arts session of the L.E.A.R. for the editing of the manifesto on the Rivera-Siqueiros controversy, 1935
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Handwritten notes on Rivera-Siqueiros controversy, by Siqueiros, undated
Notes on Rivera partly handwritten by Siqueiros and partly dictated, undated
Writings by Roberto Berdecio on the Rivera-Siqueiros controversy, 1935, undated
Outline of the Rivera-Siqueiros controversy, undated
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Handwritten notes regarding the Rivera-Siqueiros controversy, undated
Notes regarding Rivera controversy by Berdecio, 1935
Notes on one day of the Rivera-Siqueiros controversy, Mexico, Aug 1935
Resolution of the Rivera-Siqueiros controversy, typewritten, taken by Roberto Berdecio as secretary of acts, Sep 1935
Writings by Diego Rivera on the Rivera Siqueiros controversy, 1935, undated
Statement regarding Rivera-Siqueiros controversy, by Rivera, undated
"Raices Politicas y Motivos Personales del la Controversia Siqueiros-Rivera," 1935
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Press clippings about the Rivera-Siqueiros controversy, 1935-1952
Clippings from three Mexican newspapers about the Rivera-Siqueiros debate, 29 Aug 1935
"Battle of the Century," 1935
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"Respuesta de Alfaro Siqueiros y Diego Rivera a la Crítica del Partido Comunista," 1952
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Assorted, 1932-1991, undated
Typewritten letter from Gabriel Garcia Maroto, undated
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Typewritten questionaire regarding contemporary Mexican painting, undated
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"Manifesto de Intelectuales de Vanguardia," undated
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"Primer Congreso de Escritores Revolucionarios Dictamen de la Comision de Accion Social del Escritor Revolucionario," 1934
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El Plan Sexenal de Gobierno del Partido Nacional Revolucionario , by Vicente Lombardo Toledano, Mexico, 1934
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Notes regarding art and politics by Siqueiros, undated
"Primer Congreso Nacional de Frente Unico Contra El Fachismo y La Guerra Imperialista," undated
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Typewritten passage beginning "Portrait of America..,." undated
"Militantes y no diletantes," undated
"Conferencia sobre pintura Mexicana" by Siqueiros, Mexico, Feb 1935
3 page manuscript regarding "Conferencia sobre pintura Mexicana," 1935?
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"Hacia la Transformacion de las Artes Plasticas," New York, June 1934
"Llamamiento y Temario para la Asamblea Nacional de Productores de Artes Plasticas," 23 Jan 1936
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"La Revolución Técnica en la Plástica," 1935
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"David Alfaro Siqueiros," 1935
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Photograph and postcard of Siqueiros with Juan Olaguíbel (author of the sculpture "Diana, la Cazadora"), 1935
Letter from Paris, 1937
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Program for the opening of exhibition of Siqueiros's "Cuauhtemoc Contra El Mito," at Centro de Arte Realista Moderno, 1944
List of works shown at the Exposicion Siqueiros en el Palacio de Bellas Artes, Dec 1947
Arte Publico, Feb 1953
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Siqueiros postcard from Moscow to Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas, 1956
Arte Publico, Jan 1956
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Mitin Conmemorativo, printed, 1957
Nueva Presencia, Dec 1961
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Siqueiros, by Antonio Rodriguez, Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1974
Catalog for Siqueiros's exhibition at Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, 1975
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"Polémica por un Mural Erótico de Siqueiros," from Excelsior, May 1991
"El Retorno a la Arquitectura," undated
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"Lista de Expositores del FNAP en la Galeria del MCDI," undated
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Photograph of Siqueiros, undated
Series II. Los Angeles, 1932, undated
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"El Fermento Pictórico de México, Agita Los Angeles Actualmente," clipping from Mexican newspaper, 1932
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Commentary by Professor J. Tarbotton Armstrong on the Chouinard School mural, undated
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Siqueiros lecture to John Reed Club, 1932
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"Los Vehículos de la Pintura Dialéctico-Suversiva"/"The Vehicles of Dialectic, Subversive Painting"
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"Hacia los Vehículos de la Plástica Revolucionaria"
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America Tropical, 1932
Pencil sketch of "America Tropical," undated
"Siqueiros Fresco Unveiled Sunday Night at Plaza Art Center," undated
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"America Tropical" manuscript fragment, undated
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"America Tropical" manuscript, undated
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"Algo Profético," undated
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"Fresco as a Subversive Art," by Grace Clemente, undated
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2 photographs of Roberto Berdecio in front of America Tropical mural, undated
Mexico Actual, 1932
"Mexico Actual," undated
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3 photographs of Siqueiros in front of Mexico Actual mural at D. Murphy's house, undated
Negative of Mexico Actual, undated
Assorted, 1932
Handwritten notes for lecture on fresco painting
"The Block of Mural Painters of Los Angeles"
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Handwritten notes about fresco painting
Siqueiros letter to Carl Zigrosser, Los Angeles
"The Mexican Experience" undated
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"The Art of the Cement Fresco," by Siqueiros as told to M.J. Spivack
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Notes for lecture on art and politics
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List of demands of the Revolutionary Syndicate of Painters and Sculptors of Mexico
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"To All Intellectuals"
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"Luis Arenal" by Siqueiros
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Fragment of article from Experimental Cinema mentioning Siqueiros's murals
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Manifesto on behalf of Uruguayan painters and sculptors, undated
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Manifesto on behalf of Uruguayan painters and sculptors, undated
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Fragment of letter from Siqueiros and Blanca Luz Brum, Buenos Aires?, undated
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"Que Pretendemos?" undated
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Lecture by Siqueiros regarding Mexican muralist movement, undated
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"Ejercicio Plastico," undated
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Catalog for Siqueiros exhibition, Amigos del Arte, Buenos Aires, undated
Photograph of mural in Buenos Aires, undated
Clipping (fragment) about Argentine art by Siqueiros, from Crítica, Buenos Aires, undated
Series IV. New York, 1934-1977, undated
Siqueiros exhibition at Delphic Studios, 1934, undated
Fragment of printed catalog essay, undated
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Catalog essay by Siqueiros, 1934
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List of works in Siqueiros exposition at Dephic Studios, 1934
Delphic Studios catalogs of Siqueiros exhibition, 1934
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Review (fragment) of Siqueiros exhibition at Delphic Studios, 1934
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New York Sun review of Siqueiros exhibition at Delphic Studios, 1934
Experimental Workshop, 1936, undated
Rules and assumptions governing Siqueiros's Experimental Workshop, 1936
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Rules and assumptions governing Siqueiros's Experimental Workshop, 1936
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"Quatro meses de experiencia..." Experimental Workshop manifesto, 1936
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"The problem of the artistic education of the masses...," Experimental Workshop manifesto, 1936
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"To the Cultural Committee Of the Artist's Union," Experimental Workshop manifesto, undated
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Experimental Workshop, "All didactic forms of pedagogy...," 1936
Description of members of Experimental Workshop, 1936
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"On the Necessity for a Permanent Artist's Union Workshop," 1936
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Letter from Siqueiros to L.E.A.R. comrades, 1936
"A Bill to be presented to Congress to provide for the establishment of Federal Arts Centers ..."
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Art Workshop Cooperative proposal, undated
Assorted, 1934-1947, undated
Autobiographical notes by Siqueiros, 1934
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Notes by Siqueiros, 1934
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Manifesto regarding muralists in New York, 1934
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Notes for a manifesto, 1934
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Essay responding to the critic Walter Pach, 1934
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"El Sindicato Revolucionario de Pintores y Escultores de México," 1934
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"Estercita," 1934
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Fragment of letter from Siqueiros to Pablo O'Higgins, 1934
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Letter from Siqueiros to American Communist Party comrades 1934
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Letter from Siqueiros to comrades in L.E.A.R., 1934
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"Siqueiros y la critica," 1934
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"Por el Materialismo Marxista sabemos," undated
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Fragment of essay, undated
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Interview with Siqueiros by Robert Mallary, 1939
Letters from Siqueiros to Kuniyoshi (painter), 1934, undated
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Program from American Artists' Congress, 1936
Announcement for Siqueiros lecture in New York City, 1936
Papers presented by Orozco and Siqueiros at American Artists Congress, 1936
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2 photographs, 1 of Nina Madre and 1 of documentary photograph it was based on, 1936
Photograph of the Mexican delegation to the Congress of Painters, 1936
Photographic self-portrait of Siqueiros at Harvard, 1936
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Fragmentary manuscript, 1936-1937
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United American Artists proposed draft of by-laws, 6 printed pp.
Time magazine article on Siqueiros, 1947
Postcard of Siqueiros's "Echo of a Scream," 1937
Artforum article on Siqueiros, Feb 1977
Series V. Miscellanous and fragmentary manuscripts, 1930s, undated
"Antecedentes," undated
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Autobiography?, undated
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"Notas Autobiograficas," undated
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"Su ideologia" undated
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"Por el Materialismo Marxista Sabemos..." undated
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"La Escuela Socialista," undated
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Draft of introduction to edition of Siqueiros's lectures, undated
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"Reto a Los Intelectuales de Derecha," undated
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"Trotsky por Siqueiros," 1939?
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"Mi Opinion Sobre las Artes Plasticas," undated
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Fragment of essay on art and society, undated
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"El Materialismo Marxista Nos Enseña a Saber..." undated
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"La Estrategia del Arte Revolucionario," undated
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"Critica a Mariategui," undated
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"Dos Disfraces," theatrical sketch featuring historical figures, undated
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"Militancia Revolucionaria," undated
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"La Producción Estetica," undated
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"Tecnica y Metodología," undated
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1 handwritten p. fragment, undated
"La revolución tecnica..." undated
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"Presente y futuro.." undated
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"El fascismo," undated
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Fragment of manifesto regarding plastic, undated
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4 miscellanous typewritten pp., undated
1 typewritten page fragment on bourgeois painting vs. Siqueiros's painting, undated
Fragment on Mexican muralist movement, undated
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Fragment of manuscript on revolutionary art, undated
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Fragment/draft of manifesto on revolutionary ideology and technique, undated
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"La tecnica del fresco," undated
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Fragment on traditional procedures and elements, undated
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1 handwritten partial page, undated
Notes on architecture, undated
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Antifascist notes, undated
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Notes regarding society and aesthetics, undated
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Notes, undated
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Fragment on "Aprista" reform, undated
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"Lo Que Hay Detras de la Guerra Entre Bolivia y Paraguay," by Antonio Recio (pseud. for Siqueiros) undated
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"De la Escultura de Taller a la Escultura Monumental," undated
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"Echave, el Mozo," article on Mexican colonial painting, undated
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Fragment on the modern fresco, undated
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Poem by Siqueiros, undated
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"La Pintura Mexicana," undated
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Manifesto, undated
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"Sobre teoria revolucionaria del arte," undated
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"Los Gobiernos de Latino America y la Lucha Anti-Imperialista, undated
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"El Reformismo Socialista Latino-Americano Ante la Critica Marxista," undated
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Printed manifestos, conference and congress issues, undated
Article by Shifa Goldman on Siqueiros, undated
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