{"product_id":"truth-demands-a-memoir-of-murder-oil-wars-and-the-rise-of-climate-justice-paperback","title":"Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbby Reyes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Essential reading, filled with exactly the kind of truth that this precarious moment demands.\" --Kaira Jewel Lingo, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Were Made for These Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1999, Abby Reyes lost her partner, Terence Unity Freitas, as he and two others were murdered after departing Kajka Ika--\u003ci\u003ethe heart of the world\u003c\/i\u003e--of Indigenous U'wa territory in Colombia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImperiled by multinational oil interests, U'wa lifeways were under attack. Terence, Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa (Menominee), and Lahe'ena'e Gay (Hawaiian) arrived to listen to community needs and accompany the U'wa. But then they disappeared. Days later, their bodies were found, bound and bullet-riddled in a cow field across the border in Venezuela. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty years later, Abby finds herself in Case 001 of Colombia's truth and recognition process. They want to know her stories. They want to know her questions. They want to know her \u003ci\u003etruth demands\u003c\/i\u003e the fragments she's held for decades about the last days of Terence's life. \u003ci\u003eWhy was he taken? Who pulled the trigger? Who was really behind the killings?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlunged back into grief, ambiguity, and the unknown, Abby is called to navigate the past. Old wounds are reopened, old histories are redrawn, and fresh angers flare as she confronts the testimony of one of her lover's killers--and the burden that Terence unwittingly compelled her to bear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning three decades and three continents, \u003ci\u003eTruth Demands\u003c\/i\u003e charts Abby's parallel journeys as she navigates the waters of loss, purpose, and impermanence while fighting for truth and accountability from big oil. A profound and haunting memoir, \u003ci\u003eTruth Demands\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation into the current. It shows us how to hold fast even as we let go--holding us as we bear witness and welcome with courage and skill what the truth demands of us all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eABBY REYES cut her teeth doing rural environmental legal assistance in the Philippines, her father's homeland, and walking alongside the Colombian U'wa Indigenous pueblo for dignity against big oil. She directs community resilience at University of California, Irvine, supporting community-academic partnerships to accelerate community-owned just transition solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987502170413,"sku":"9781623175214","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/qEsq1AwGQz9781623175214.webp?v=1776179102","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/truth-demands-a-memoir-of-murder-oil-wars-and-the-rise-of-climate-justice-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}