Long-lost anti-fascist mural from 1930s restored and back on show in Mexico

Source: The Guardian

Long-lost anti-fascist mural from 1930s restored and back on show in Mexico

Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish’s The Struggle Against Terrorism revealed as some fear resurgence of fascism

Thomas Graham in Mexico City
Fri 31 Jan 2025 11.00 GMT
Last modified on Fri 31 Jan 2025 15.24 GMT

A long-neglected 1930s mural in Mexico that warns about the rise of fascism has been revealed and restored – just as some historians say the world faces that threat once more.

The mural, which is titled The Struggle Against Terrorism, covers a 40ft wall in a colonial courtyard in Morelia, Michoacán, and depicts a history of persecution and resistance from biblical times to the modern day.

Giant, looming figures stride across a wall covered with allusions to the life of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition and the Ku Klux Klan, alongside Nazi and Communist symbols, and tools of torture.

After years of work to restore its original visual power, the mural will be unveiled again on Friday.

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