Mench? Tum, Stoll, and martyrs of solidarity
Civil society and grassroots campaigns are increasingly affecting foreign policy. Some of these campaigns are driven by solidarity groups in the North, who are in solidarity with a struggle in the South. This paper looks at the role of the martyr as a motivating factor to participation in solidarity groups. It looks at the pitfalls of relying on a martyr image, including the fall-out from a controversy between two books: I, Rigoberta Mench? and Rigoberta Mench? and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans.
This article is freely available as a chapter in Development and Advocacy.
Keywords: Civil society; Rights; Latin America and the Caribbean
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