The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles.
Screen shot of Guadalajara Metropolitan Area map, 2008. Wikicommons/jpablo cad. Some rights reserved.
Mexico is going through a violent and repressive period not only because of the well-known assassination of six people and the disappearance of forty-three students at the rural school of Ayotzinapa in the state of Guerrero in September 2014, but also due to regular attacks on activists, journalists, women and citizens.
