Summary: | This article provides an approach to the history of revolutionary liberationism in Mexico, focused on the justification of violent revolution as a political mechanism. It analyzes how Catholic theology was combined with Marxism to justify violence as a mechanism of social change in the late sixties and early seventies of the twentieth century. It is centered on established actors and publications in Mexico, with a transnational approach that addresses the regional dynamics of Catholic liberationism. Its primary sources include books, magazines and bulletins published by liberationist groups or intellectuals at the time, as well as educational gazettes, discourses and official documents.
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