Opposing Sides in the Mexican Revolution: Peasantry vs. Government

The Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) pitted two broad forces against each other:

The Mexican Peasantry

• Largest social group; poor farmers working on large estates (haciendas).
• Subject to debt peonage, denied land ownership, education, and basic rights.
• Sought land reform, justice, and dignity.

The Mexican Government

• Controlled by a small elite of wealthy landowners and military officers.
• Corrupt, repressive, and unresponsive to popular needs.
• Failed to provide basic services (education, healthcare, infrastructure).

The conflict was fundamentally a struggle for land, liberty, and political representation, drawing in various factions over a decade of upheaval.