La extrema derecha en México (1920-1940)

De la beligerancia al compromiso.

Abstract

The organizations of the Mexican extreme right, upon the triumph of the Revolution, demonstrated ideological and programmatic characteristics which separated them clearly from the revolutionary regime to the point of open, armed rebellion. Nevertheless, once defeated, their heir seem to have arrived at a sort of compromise with the system, in spite of their extremist rhetoric. This can be explained by the internal weaknesses of such organiza¬tions, on the one hand, and by the breath of the ideological discourse of the Revolution on the other. In any case, they fulfilled a distinct role from that of the liberal right which acted within the system; that is, they functioned as a counterweight to the possible growth of independent or "red" worker organizations, as well as to the radical reformist discourse of some governing authorities. Finally, both their origen and their development always depended on fluctuations within the revolutionary regimes, so that they had little margen to grow and survive as a powerful political alternative.