Shannon Speed: Rights in rebellion. Indigenous Struggle and Human Rights in Chiapas

Excerpt: This book is an excellent ethnographic investigation of the conflation of different traditions of discourses of human rights in Chiapas, with a focus on the innovative ways in which the Zapatista movement has implemented these traditions in their struggle for autonomy and liberation. From an activist point of view, Speed adopts a decolonial perspective to create an anthropology that advances the critical investigation of topics such as human rights, social movements, and indigenous resistance.