Raúl Jardón

Raúl Jardón

Political activist, journalist and writer, participant of the 1968 student movement and member of the National Strike Council, Jardon was a member of an extended family of social activists. "Canuto Arzate, my great great grandfather, was among the few farmers in Calimaya that joined the forces of Miguel Hidalgo and fought at Monte de las Cruces, my grandfather took part in the Battle of Puebla and my paternal grandfather, Raul Jardon was Zapatista Army captain, my maternal grandfather also fought in the forces of General Cardenas and my parents were communists "