Motherhood against genocide: The Mothers of May Movement in the face of the democracy of the massacres

Abstract

The Mothers of May Movement is a network of mothers and relatives of the victims of the May 2006 Crimes, an episode in which the murders of more than 600 people in the state of São Paulo committed by state agents became known. From their union and struggle, the Mothers of May became one of the main movements to confront the genocide of the poor, black and peripheral carried out in Brazil. In this article, I analyze the way these mothers have narrated and denounced state violence, evaluating some of the many theoretical income that the native category  of democracy of the massacres can offer us to understand the death policies underway in the country.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/uniknowindevolp-062