The Gomista Political Group, the Socialist Labor Party, and Social Action in the State ofMexico, 1925–1933

Abstract

In 1920, politics in the State of Mexico began to coalesce around a faction of "military men" comprising Abundio Gómez Díaz, Carlos Riva Palacio, and Filiberto Gómez Díaz. This political current—known as *Gomismo*—sustained its activity within the state government for two decades (spanning the 1920s to the 1940s) thanks to a close relationship with the national government. The group embodied a local power faction aligned with national revolutionary leaders Álvaro Obregón and Plutarco Elías Calles. The dynamic between the center and the periphery operated through alliances. The political group founded the Socialist Labor Party (PST), appropriated the socio-political rhetoric of the Mexican Revolution, and published the newspaper *Acción Social*. This article analyzes the formation of *Gomismo*, the PST, and the group's media outlet, while addressing the question: why did the *Gomismo* movement found a socialist party and publish a newspaper? The article contributes to the political history of the State of Mexico and the history of the press.