Japhy Wilson

An exploration of insurrection on the oil frontier in Ecuador. Developing and introducing gonzo ethnography, Japhy Wilson takes the reader on a journey from a labour 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 a 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 recognise in past and navigate in future struggles.

• publisher: Active Distribution
• 178 pages
• 2025