Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity

Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity
Date28 March 2011 – present
(13 years, 72 days)
Location
Throughout Mexico
Caused byMexican Drug War, government and corporate corruption, regressive economic policies, economic and social inequality, poverty, among others
GoalsDrug legalization, social democracy, among others
MethodsDemonstration, occupation, protest, protest march, street protesters, picketing, civil disobedience, strike actions
StatusOngoing

The Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD) (Spanish: Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad) is an ongoing protest movement that began on 28 March 2011 in response to the Mexican Drug War, government and corporate corruption, regressive economic policies, and growing economic inequality and poverty. The protests were called by Mexican poet Javier Sicilia in response to the death of his son in Cuernavaca.[1] The protesters have called for an end to the Drug War, the legalization of drugs, and the removal of then-President of Mexico Felipe Calderón. Protests have occurred in over 40 Mexican cities, including an estimated 50,000 in Cuernavaca and 20,000 in Mexico City.[2]

The protests continued in Cuernavaca on 5 May, when over 600 marched against the Drug War.[3]

The movement headed by Sicilia may have had a role in the rejection in 2011 of a reform to the National Security Act that would have granted more attributions related to public security to the Mexican Armed Forces.[4]

  1. ^ "Mexicans go out to protest against violence and the drug war". France 24. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  2. ^ Giordano, Al (7 April 2011). "And This Is What History Looks Like in Mexico". The Field. Narco News Bulletin. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
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  4. ^ Rodelo, Frida V. (2013). "El papel del consenso de las élites políticas en los marcos en la comunicación: la discusión sobre la Ley de Seguridad Nacional en la Cámara de Diputados". In Gutiérrez Vidal, C. A. (ed.). XX anuario de la investigación de la comunicación Coneicc. Consejo Nacional para la Enseñanza y la Investigación de las Ciencias de la Comunicación, A. C. pp. 215–234. ISBN 978-607-450-266-4.

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