--- title: 'Regeneración, 11 July 1914: "El Miedo de la Burguesia es la Causa de la Intervencion" (The Fear of the Bourgeoisie Is the Cause of the Intervention)' url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/regeneracion-intervencion-americana-1914/ description: Front page of the Los Angeles anarchist weekly Regeneración, months after the US occupation of Veracruz, led by a speech headlined as blaming the… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) **Content note:** Anarchist speech calling the US landing at Veracruz an 'act of pirates' and the 'assault of the bandit'; class-war rhetoric. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was) [![Regeneración, 11 July 1914: "El Miedo de la Burguesia es la Causa de la Intervencion" (The Fear of the Bourgeoisie Is the Cause of the Intervention)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/regeneracion-intervencion-americana-1914.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/regeneracion-intervencion-americana-1914.jpg) # Regeneración, 11 July 1914: "El Miedo de la Burguesia es la Causa de la Intervencion" (The Fear of the Bourgeoisie Is the Cause of the Intervention) Front page of the Los Angeles anarchist weekly Regeneración, months after the US occupation of Veracruz, led by a speech headlined as blaming the 'intervention' on the bourgeoisie's fear of the 'red flag'. It labels the landing 'an act of pirates' and 'the brutal assault of the bandit' and rejects the flag-insult explanation outright, offering a single class motive. ## Text on the object Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` Regeneración Semanal Revolucionario Entered as Second-Class Matter, Sept. 12, 1910, at Los Angeles, Cal. LOS ANGELES, CAL., SABADO 11 DE JULIO DE 1914. NUMERO 195. El Miedo de la Burguesia es la Causa de la Intervencion DISCURSO pronunciado en el mitin organizado por el Grupo Regeneracion, de Santa Paula, California, la noche del 4 de Julio de 1914, en el Balcom Hall. Camaradas: Hipocrecia, ambicion irrefrenable, miedo: estos son los ingredientes malditos que entran en la composicion de ese acto de piratas que se conoce con el nombre de Intervencion Americana. El atentado de Veracruz no es el acto gallardo del hombre que se interpone entre el verdugo y la victima, sino el asalto brutal del bandido llevado a cabo por sorpresa y por la espalda. La toma de Veracruz por las fuerzas del capitalismo yanqui, no es el asalto audaz a la trinchera, en pleno dia y a sangre y fuego, sino el golpe asestado en las tinieblas por un brazo invisible. La mano que clavo en las alturas de la ciudad sorprendida la bandera de las barras y las estrellas, no fue la robusta mano del heroe inspirado en altos ideales, sino la mano temblorosa del negociante que lo mismo sabe vaciar de un zarpazo los bolsillos del pueblo, como azuzar sus perros contra el mismo pueblo cuando este muestra poca disposicion a ser desvalijado. El Miedo a la Bandera Roja. La burguesia de los Estados Unidos y la de todo el mundo, ven con espanto que el trabajador mexicano ha tomado por su cuenta la obra de su emancipacion. El Insulto a la Bandera. [...] ¡Mentira que el insulto a la bandera de los Estados Unidos haya precipitado la guerra con Mexico! ¿Para que Sirve la Autoridad? [Remainder of page not transcribed.] ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` Regeneración Revolutionary Weekly Entered as Second-Class Matter, Sept. 12, 1910, at Los Angeles, Cal. LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATURDAY 11 JULY 1914. NUMBER 195. The Fear of the Bourgeoisie Is the Cause of the Intervention SPEECH delivered at the meeting organised by the Regeneración Group, of Santa Paula, California, on the night of 4 July 1914, at Balcom Hall. Comrades: Hypocrisy, unrestrained ambition, fear: these are the cursed ingredients that go into the making of that act of pirates known by the name of American Intervention. The outrage of Veracruz is not the gallant act of the man who steps between the executioner and the victim, but the brutal assault of the bandit carried out by surprise and from behind. The taking of Veracruz by the forces of Yankee capitalism is not the bold assault on the trench, in full daylight and with blood and fire, but the blow struck in the darkness by an invisible arm. The hand that planted on the heights of the surprised city the flag of the stripes and the stars was not the robust hand of the hero inspired by high ideals, but the trembling hand of the businessman who can just as well empty the people's pockets in one swipe as set his dogs on that same people when it shows little willingness to be robbed. The Fear of the Red Flag. The bourgeoisie of the United States and that of the whole world look with dread on the fact that the Mexican worker has taken the work of his emancipation into his own hands. The Insult to the Flag. [...] It is a lie that the insult to the flag of the United States precipitated the war with Mexico! What Is Authority For? [Remainder of page not transcribed.] ``` Masthead, headline, the speech's opening paragraph and the quoted lines were read from a 1939x2607 px scan; diacritics follow the print (largely absent in the body type). The rest of the page is not transcribed. 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