El Movilizaciones y resistencias en tiempos de COVID. Un acercamiento a los movimientos sociales emergentes

Abstract

Parallel to the health crisis caused by COVID-19, social conflicts, inequalities and social polarization exploded, the problems generated by the current economic models have left us in a globally vulnerable state, beyond the lack of management capacity in the most precarious nations, social mobilizations also showed that we are fed up with government inefficiency. During the pandemic, several complex social scenarios were experienced due to the collapse of health systems, as well as social problems caused by economic shortages, the breakdown of mental health and the loss of jobs for large sectors of the population, together with mandatory confinement, which generated a series of major social problems such as violence in all its forms of manifestation in the public and private spheres, the rising cost of living and the loss of social cohesion were key factors in the emergence of mass protests and a series of mobilizations to demand rights and question the neoliberal economic model in the face of the urgency of achieving better living conditions. Against this backdrop of tensions, new forms of social organization were also experienced in the world through mobilizations and social protests. The purpose of this text is to describe some of the mobilizations and social resistance in Mexico and the response of the Mexican State. Using a documentary and qualitative approach, we analyzed the journalistic articles that were published on a daily basis during the period of confinement between 2020 and 2021, identifying 42 different topics, which are grouped under various headings such as the set of demands and social complaints.