The Savage Road: Rage & Revolt on the Ecuadorian Oil Fronter

The Savage Road: Rage & Revolt on the Ecuadorian Oil Fronter is an exploration of the insurrection on the oil fronter in Ecuador. Developing and introducing a Gonzo Ethnography, Japhy Wilson takes the reader on a journey form a labor dispute to a regional insurrection. Documenting this struggle, the book reveals the numerous challenges confronting a fight for social justice against an oil company; the tactics and strategies employed by authorities. This book provides an exceptional case study to understand the long-term challenges of political uprisings and , most of all, how leaders of - past and current - struggles ‘sell out’ struggles and movements decline. The Savage Road exemplifies an insurrectionary political ecology research approach with countless lessons and reflections to recognize in past and navigate in the future struggles.