The paper aims to identify alternative approaches to the collective memory generated by victimizing experiences during conflicts. It privileges “other memories” that have facilitated the recreation of life amidst Colombia’s armed conflict and the political exclusion that still marks Latin American cities. It takes up again a brief characterization of the dynamics and effects of the conflict in the city of Medellin, while reconstructing the configuration and analyzes the role of “popular youth movement in the North-Eastern part of Medellin” that serves as an example for cultural and political resistance to the contemporary dynamics of conflict and militarization during the period (2000-2013). Keywords: cultural resistance; popular youths; youth movement; collective memory and unrest.