Working Unit around the Program of Ruiz Cortines Unidad de Trabajo del Programa de Ruiz Cortines

Date

1953

Creator

This print epitomizes Mexiac’s well-known imagery of friendship and solidarity. Here, members of the Federación de los Trabajadores del Distrito Federal march together in support of Ruiz Cortines, who was president of Mexico from 1952 to 1958. A banner in the background reads, "for the increase of wages"—referring to just one of Cortines’s many initiatives to help the working class. As he took the presidential oath on December 1, 1952, Cortines swore, "I will not permit the principles of the Revolution or the laws that guide us to be broken." One of the president’s major achievements was in the area of women’s rights: he gave women the right to vote in all Mexican elections. Thus, although he ruled years after the Mexican Revolution, Cortines continued to implement its ideals while looking toward the future. from Costa, Para la Gente: Art, Politics and Cultural Identity of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Notre Dame, 2009)