As a product that is meant to represent an output of decolonized research the text itself resists conducting research on indigenous communities through a colonial gaze such as drawing on concepts of inclusive nation-state building, Neoliberalism, and Eurocentric Marxism. The text also includes mixed english, spanish, and Mayan words too. The first chapter, in the traditional format, gives historical backdrop and major events leading up to the problem space. Before the first chapter, she begins the book untraditionally by going over a series of concepts in order to set the tone for the book. Mora follows her own advice for decolonizing research by acknowledging from the very beginning (introduction before chapter one) the epistemological limitations to decolonizing research in practice along with other important concepts such as indigeneity and racialization to prepare for us to take the journey with the author through her book. The text follows a timeline that starts with the initiation of the EZLN movement. The rest of the book is organized by themes approved by the Zapatista communities who played a large collaborating role in the production of this study.
