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Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican-American Working Class Nicole Smith "Mechanics for Entertainment" is notRadicals in the Barrio uncovers a long and rich history of political radicalism within the Mexican and Chicano working class in the United States. Chacn clearly and sympathetically documents the ways that migratory workers carried with them radical political ideologies, new organizational models, and shared class experience, as they crossed the border into southwestern barrios during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Justin Akers Chacn