Protest and social movements in Mexico during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Before the pandemic caused by COVID-19, the characteristics of collective action and social protest made possible for social movements and social strives to focus around efforts to obtain rights such as: indigenous, women, youth and environmental, throughout territorial vindication or an empathetic accompaniment with the victims. The first globalized pandemic wave knock over almost everything. The paralysis of struggles and social movements were negatively impacted which led to a new virtual era as a daily life where streets were left for a moment. In times of isolation, the category of social movement or collective action acquired other repertoires and triggered old demands. Discussions now moved to the virtual and are organized via social networks, including feminist movements, collectives of missing people, journalists. This work is an approach to the study of social protest and social movements in Mexico in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. The collective action corresponding to the first months, through voices from academia and activism in times of confinement