Radio Cachimbona

Yvette Borja interviews Harvard J.D. Jesus Carreon about his higher education journey as an undocumented DREAMer. He shares his reflections living in LA during this time of ICE raids and protest, where he found inspiration to pursue college and law school as the first in his family to do so, and tips for undocumented students interested in pursuing higher education. Support the podcast and get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas, by becoming a Patreon subscriber: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on X, Instagram, or Facebook

On this #litreview, Yvette brings back Jehan Laner Romero to discuss the book of short stories "Funeral for Flaca" by Emilly Prado. They shared which aspects of Prado's life as a Chicana Latina growing up in California mirrored their own, broke down multi-generational fatphobia, and appreciated the rawness with which she shared her childhood traumas. To support the podcast and get access to more #litreviews, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Jonathan Peraza Campos joins the podcast to discuss Teaching for Change's Teaching Central America program. Yvette and Jonathan discuss the linkages between Latinx communities in the U.S. South and the Global South, the importance of integrating Central American history into K-12 education, and why ethnic studies of and in the U.S. South matters. To support the podcast, become a patron of the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Thelma Dietrich Rivera joins the podcast to discuss her recent article discussing the poetic practices of exiled Nicaraguans in Costa Rica. Thelma and Yvette discussed the history of the FSLN and the authoritarian turn of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, how the women Thelma writes about are examples of "existing otherwise," and the events of 2018 that led to the mass exile of thousands of Nicaraguans. To support the podcast and get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas, become a patron: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Dr. Tanya Erazo, award-winning psychologist and adjunct professor, joins the podcast to discuss how indigenous healing modalities helped ease her anxiety around an upcoming open-heart surgery procedure. She shares her experience with a sesión de sanación led by Nahuat Pipil elders and how it brought her peace when Western medical advice couldn't, why she believes that indigenous healing modalities can complement psychological treatment, and the importance of psychologists not co-opting indigenous traditions. If you want to support this 100% listener-funded podcast, join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink You'll get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, or Facebook to continue the conversation there Check out Dr. Erazo's Google Scholar page here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZDOkRnYAAAAJ&hl=en

On this *UNLOCKED* #litreview, Yvette and Tiera Rainey of the Tucson Second Chance Bail Fund discuss the book Critical Race Consciousness by Gary Peller. They break down the pitfalls of integrationist and colorblind ideology, explain the power of all-Black spaces, and discuss how integrationist ideology led to the current failures of affirmative action programs. The #litreview is a book club for Cachimbonas. Dozens of patreon-exclusive #litreview episodes are ready for you to tune into for as little as $3 a month. Join here to support the podcast and listen: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @RadioCachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

This episode is a recording of the live Radio Cachimbona podcast show "No a La Mineria, Si a La Vida" co-hosted by Yvette Borja and Jorge Cuéllar. Jasmine Tobar of CISPES LA shares about the organization's history of transnational solidarity and how it has transformed into a diaspora-led organization. Cynthia Guardado reads her poetry and reflects on the connections between the Salvadoran Civil War and the ongoing genocide of Palestinians. Borja and Cuéllar share why they went on the International Allies Against Mining in El Salvador delegation to witness the Santa Marta 5 trial, why they want to make visible what's happening in El Salvador in the context of rampant misinformation and propaganda, and why the Santa Marta model of transnational organizing with local focus and leadership is effective and transformative. To support the podcast, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink You'll get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

On this unlocked #litreview, Yvette and Yessenia Medrano discuss Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. The praise Gyasi's empathetic storytelling around the effects of the opiate crisis, reflect on how childhood traumas are remembered, and share the ways they related to the narrator's child of immigrants experience. If you liked this episode and want to hear the other lit reviews, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Carlos Adrian Vasquez, a formerly incarcerated and formerly detained activist, joins the podcast to discuss his leadership in organizing hunger and labor strikes in the Desert View Annex. Carlos shares about the terrible conditions that led people detained to engage in multiple hunger and labor strikes, breaks down the false distinction between civil and criminal custody, and explains how ICE and CoreCivic point fingers at each other to avoid taking accountability for the deplorable experiences of people in their custody. To support the podcast, join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFor as little as $3 a month, you'll get access to the back catalog of #litreviews, book-club style segments with other women of color. Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Eloisa Lopez, Executive Director of Florecer Reproductive Justice, joins the podcast to discuss the essay "Reproductive Justice and Resistance at the US/Mexico Borderlands" in the Radical Reproductive Justice anthology. Eloisa and Yvette discuss the myths around "self deportation," how the majority of Latinas show strong support for legalized abortion, and the interlocking web of oppression that migrant women face when crossing the border. If you want to support the podcast, join the Patreon community. For as little as $3 a month, you can get access to the back catalog of #litreviews, which are book-club style segments with other women of color: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Dana Caspersen, practitioner of constructive conflict and author of Conflict Is an Opportunity: Twenty Fundamental Decisions for Navigating Difficult Times, joins the podcast to discuss her latest book. Dana and Yvette discuss why people should avoid trying to immediately find a solution to a conflict, why awareness of conflict and curiosity about it is important to cultivate, and concrete ways people can decrease stress associated with conflict. Become a patreon and get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas here: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Jessica Monge, mother wound coach, joins the podcast to discuss what "mother wounds" are, how the effects of it manifest in everyday life, and what inspired her to focus on helping others heal their mother wound. Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and FacebookSupport the podcast by joining the Patreon. You'll get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam join the podcast to discuss their new book "Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice." They discussed who migrant sex workers are and why they sell sex, how the carceral state attacks migrant sex workers even when it claims to help them, and how sex work provides an opportunity for migrant workers to obtain greater levels of autonomy and avoid worse exploitation. Learn more about Butterfly here: https://www.butterflysw.org/legal-information-for-services-provLearn more about how to identify Canadian law enforcement officers here: https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_748f9f3d7c9a4139b999f5b4a26b9f7a.pdf Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Support the podcast by becoming a patron. You'll get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas for as little as $3 a month: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Ericka Verba, professor and director of Latin American Studies at Cal State LA, joins the podcast to discuss her new book "Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra." Verba shares Parra's central role in the creation of Chile's Nueva Cancion movement, breaks down the strength and resilience that allowed her to become an internationally recognized artist despite her humble class origins in Southern Chile, and draws parallels between Chile in the 1960's and the U.S. current authoritarian moment. Support the podcast by joining the Patreon and get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Profesora Aideé Tassinari se suma al podcast para explicar cómo la idea de "minería sostenible" es un discurso falso proporcionado por las compañías mineras, los efectos negativos que la minería trae a ecosistemas y acceso a agua limpia, y pone en contexto histórico la "fiebre de oro" del siglo 21 que ahora ha llegado a El Salvador. Lean más sobre la ley rescindiendo la prohibición contra la minería en El Salvador aqui: https://www.lajornadamorelos.mx/opinion/solidaridad-con-el-salvador-firma-contra-el-intento-de-regreso-de-la-mineria-a-tajo-abierto/Para apoyar al podcast, sumanse al Patreon. Obtendrán acceso al #litreview, episodios exclusivos para los apoyadores de Patreon donde hablo con otras mujeres de color en estilo de book club: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkSigan @radiocachimbona en Instagram, X, y Facebook para continuar la conversación

Cheryl Redhorse Bennett, former assistant professor in American Indian Studies and expert on hate crimes and violence against Native Americans, joins the podcast to discuss her book "Our Fight Has Just Begun: Hate Crimes and Justice in Native America." She shares about the hate crimes in Farmington, New Mexico that informed her research, how the Navajo Nation pursues justice when the white legal system fails them, and how violence in reservation border towns dates back to initial settler colonial violence that resulted in mass deaths and displacement of indigenous people.To support the podcast, join the Patreon and get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @RadioCachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Pablo Alvarado, director ejecutivo de La Red De Jornalero/as, se suma al podcast para hablar sobre su historia de inmigración, la historia de la red, y el rol de arte y cultura en el trabajo organizativo. Puedan apoyar el podcast y recibir acceso al #litreview, un club de libros para Cachimbonas, en el Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkSigan @RadioCachimbona en Instagram, X, y Facebook Sigan La Red De Jornalero/as en Instagram @daylaborernetwork y Radio Jornalera @radiojornalera

Laura Chávez-Moreno, award-winning researcher, qualitative social scientist, and assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Departments of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Education, joins the podcast to discuss her new book How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America. Laura explains why she utilizes the term "Latinx," breaks down how racialized groups are created in educational settings, and shares insights into the process of racialization in bilingual education programs. To support the podcast and gain access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Jose Ruben, activista espiritual con El Movimiento de Integridad Humana, viene al podcast para discutir sus experiencias de detención en Mesa Verde y el Golden State Annex y porque se sumó a las huelgas de hambre y labor con otra gente detenida. Jose comparte como COVID-19 se desarrolló en los centros de detención, como ICE los forzó a trabajar para mantener los centros limpios, y detalla las condiciones terribles que inspiraron las huelgas de hambre y labor. Para aprender más sobre las huelgas de hambre y labor, visite: www.ccijustice.orgPara apoyar a Radio Cachimbona, suscribase al Patreon y recibirá acceso al #litreview-- un club de libros para Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkSiga @radiocachimbona en Instagram, Twitter, y X

Gustavo, a Salvadoran-American organizer and leader of the hunger and labor strikes occurring in the Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex immigration detention facilities since 2022, joins the podcast to discuss the terrible conditions that led to these efforts. Gustavo shares the myriad ways ICE regularly violates its own detention standards, what gives him hope while detained, and what the strikers are demanding: that ICE terminate its contract with GSA and Mesa Verde. To learn more about the hunger and labor strikes and how to support the immigrants engaging in them: www.ccijustice.orgTo support the podcast, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Tiera Rainey, Executive Director of the Tucson Bail Fund, joins Yvette Borja to discuss a resource document that the Bail Fund co-authored with the Milwaukee Freedom Fund, Community Justice Exchange, Free Hearts, and Montgomery Bail Out: Dismantling Carceral Debt: A Manifesto on Building Debtor Power. Rainey breaks down the devastating impact of carceral debt on formerly incarcerated people, shares how stigma and shame around debt and criminalization makes it difficult to organize around carceral debt, and explains how carceral debt funds critical government services. To support the podcast, become a Patreon monthly subscriber for as little as $3 a month: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink You'll get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for CachimbonasFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Read the Bail Fund's Manifesto here: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/resources-all/dismantling-carceral-debt-a-manifesto-on-building-debtor-power#:~:text=The%20resource%20covers%20six%20critical,and%20rejecting%20techno%2Dsolutionist%20reforms.

Brea Baker, freedom fighter and author, joins the podcast to discuss her new book "Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement For Black Land Ownership." Yvette and Brea discuss how the U.S. arrived at a place where only 1% of rural land is owned by Black people, how Brea and her family's legacy of land ownership inspired the writing of the book, and how heirs' laws have disproportionately impacted Black land owners. To support the podcast, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Follow Brea on Instagram at @freckledwhileblack

Yvette Borja interviews Stephanie Canizales, professor and Faculty Director of the UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, about her new book Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States. They discuss who is left out of the DACA/Dreamer narrative and the socioeconomic obstacles this population faces; Canizales breaks down the limits of integration sociological frameworks for understanding unaccompanied migrant youth and explains how migrant youth reject the limited narratives of marginalization and criminalization that are foisted onto them.To support the podcast, join the Patreon at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @RadioCachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja and Jorge Cuéllar discuss their experience as international observers for the Santa Marta 5 trial. They break down the audacity and offensive nature of a unit dedicated to prosecuting war crimes bringing the Santa Marta case forward as its inaugural effort, share their impressions of the deep power of the organized pueblo in Santa Marta, and explain the stark differences between the Attorney General's narrative of the alleged crime and what the Santa Marta community believes is the real driver of this case: mining profits. To support the podcast, become a patron supporter at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Follow @cispes_solidarity on Instagram to learn more about CISPES and the Santa Marta 5 case.

Yvette Borja interviews Carol Cleaveland and Michele Waslin, authors of Private Violence: Latin American Women And The Struggle for Asylum. They explain why calling the gender-based violence that Mexican and Central American women are fleeing "private" is inaccurate, break down how navigating the asylum system is hardest for poor migrants, and emphasize the U.S. role in destabilizing the governments and societies that these women are running from. Become a patron to support the podcast and get access to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja interviews Chelsea Guevara, the first Salvadoran Womxn of the World Poetry Slam Champion. They discussed how Chelsea got started with Slam Poetry, the connections between her scholarly research and her poetry, and her upcoming chapbook Cipota. Support the podcast by becoming a monthly subscriber on Patreon for as little as $3 a month. You'll get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas. https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja interviews Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network. They discuss why the immigrant justice movement needs abolition, the importance of transforming the economic infrastructures of local governments dependent on carceral systems, and how the growth of immigration detention and deportation was and is a critical part of the mass incarceration crisis.Learn more about Detention Watch Network: https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/ Support the podcast by becoming a monthly Patreon subscriber. You'll get access to the #litreview, a book club for Cachimbonas: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Leave an Apple Podcast Review here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-cachimbona/id1240386895Leave a Spotify Rating here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Qqj1mYTNy5Cz3N4aGQqcr?si=ed40e7da7cd548ce

Yvette Borja and Ronnie Wollenzier discuss Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez's second book "Tias and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us." They praise how the book feels like a hug for their inner child, celebrate how Prisca's works widen the reach of academic literature, and share which tia and prima archetypes they identify with.The #LitReview is a bookclub for Cachimbonas. Thank you to the patrons for making this episode possible. Become a patron now and listen to more #litreviews like this one: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja interviews Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez's second book “Tias and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us.” They discuss why Prisca prioritizes democratizing critical theory in her writings, she breaks down why she chose to focus on Tias and Primas but not mothers, and which archetypes she decided to leave out of the book and why. Buy Prisca's book now at your local independent bookstore or here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/prisca-dorcas-mojica-rodriguez/t%C3%ADas-and-primas/9781668644362/?lens=seal-pressAccess to the #litreview, a bookclub for Cachimbonas here: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and FacebookLearn more about Prisca at https://www.priscadorcas.com/

On this #litreview, Yvette interviews reproductive justice and immigrants' rights organizer Ale Pablos about the first few chapters of Beth Caldwell's book Deported Americans. They discuss the differences between legal definitions of citizenship and undocumented people's lived experiences in the US, critique the ways that the US legal system robs migrants of the due process that citizens expect, and express gratitude for a text that uncovers the aspect of migrant life that is often under-discussed--- life after deportation. Victor is free! But he still needs financial support moving on with his life after criminalization and ICE's violence. Donate here: https://itsgoingdown.org/victor-is-free-support-still-needed/Learn more about Carlos's case here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtMeeTQg_MO/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Wish you had first access to this episode? Join the Patreon community for as little as $3 a month and you'll get access to ALL past #litreviews just like this one. The #litreview is a bookclub for Cachimbonas. To support the podcast, become a monthly patreon subscriber at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja interviews Maria Hinojosa, award-winning journalist, about her keynote address at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, a rarity for her as a journalist, and her trajectory in media. Maria shared that philanthropic funds need to support independent BIPOC-led media, broke down why Futuro Media covered the death of Jose De Jesus in the Eloy Detention Center, and emphasized the need for increased nuanced reporting on deaths in ICE custody.Learn more about the Futuro Media Group here: https://www.futuromediagroup.org/Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and FacebookSupport the podcast by becoming a monthly subscriber for as little as $3 a month and get exclusive access to the #litreview episodes, a book club for Cachimbonas: https://www.patreon.com/posts/como-esta-la-108828861?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

On this #litreview, Yvette Borja and Denise Rebeil discuss "My Grandmother's Hands" by Resmaa Menakem. They breakdown Menakem's contention that white supremacy lives mostly in our nervous systems, what role our lizard brain plays in how we interact with the world, and why collective healing from trauma is necessary to avoid generational "traumatic retention." The #litreview is a book club for Cachimbonas. To hear more, become a patron for $3, $5, or $10 a month at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja entrevista a Pacheco, un organizador y educador popular Salvadoreño que ha dedicado su vida al trabajo de justicia social en El Salvador y los Estados Unidos. Hablaron sobre la importancia de la formación de comités de base/barrio/colonia y su historia en El Salvador durante la guerra civil, como el y la organización NDLON transmitieron el modelo organizativo de comité en Arizona durante la epoca de Joe Arpaio, y la necesidad de sostener grupos organizativos a largo plazo.Para apoyar el podcast, sigan en las redes sociales X, Instagram y Facebook: @radiocachimbona También pueden suscribirse al pateon para recibir primer acceso a todos los episodios y acceso exclusivo al segmento #litreview, un club de libros para Cachimbonas aquí: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Yvette Borja interviews Mala and Diosa of Locatora Radio about their experiences at NDLON's 9th asamblea popular: Sómos Más in Union, New Jersey. They discuss the importance of Latinx and migrant-led independent media, the necessity of including sex workers in day laborers' rights conversations, and the beauty of putting art at the forefront of social change.Learn more about NDLON here: https://ndlon.org/Listen to Locatora Radio here: https://locatoraradio.com/Listen to Radio Jornalera here: https://radiojornalera.org/

Yvette Borja entrevista a Nicole Ramos, directora del proyecto de derechos fronterizos para la organización sin fines de lucro Al Otro Lado, sobre la situación actual en la frontera entre EEUU y Mexico en San Diego/Tijuana, como los migrantes extranjeros buscando asilo y esperando en México sufren por falta de cuidado de salud, y como el crimen organizado toma ventaja de las políticas anti-migrantes de EEUU.Para apoyar al podcast, subscribate al Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkSiga @radiocachimbona en Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja interviews reproductive justice and abolitionist organizer Ale Pablos about the ongoing genocide in Palestine, the call from Democratic Senators for Biden to phase out private detention centers and close four of the most problematic ones, and Biden's recent proposed rules that would make it harder for asylum seekers to gain protection.Support the podcast by joining the patreon and get first access to all episodes: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Follow Ale Pablos on Instagram @emotionalgangzter and listen to her Support Don't Deport podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5EBTIuijaEykmcg6qOpjgX?si=9b739115d77a4360

On this #litreview, Yvette Borja and Ronnie, a Tucson mutual aid organizer, discuss "La Calle: Spatial Conflicts and Urban Renewal in a Southwest City" by Lydia Otero. They discuss how urban renewal is a euphemism for gentrification, break down how Tucson elites attempted to whiten the city's history, and emphasize the deep history of racial segregation of the city. To support the podcast and get access to all of the #litreviews, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook.

Yvette Borja and guest Meghna Sridhar discuss Theft is Property! by Robert Nichols. They discuss how and why land can't be neatly divided as US property law suggests, the usefulness of understanding racism as long-standing patterns of group-differentiated vulnerability, and the links between the Black radical tradition and indigenous relationships with/stewardship of their lands. Read Robert Nichols' article prelude to Theft is Property! here: https://criticaltheory.northwestern.edu/mellon-project/critical-theory-in-the-global-south/sub_projects/theft-is-property,-nichols.pdf Support the podcast by becoming a patron here: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja discusses "Black and Blur" by Fred Moten with art history PhD student Jasmine Magaña. They break down Fred Moten's focus on Blackness as "fugitivity," track the humanities' shift from a postcolonial to a decolonial framework, and share the importance of sitting with the "not in between."Read "The Undercommons" by Fred Moten here: https://www.akpress.org/the-undercommons.html Read "Stolen Life" by Fred Moten here: https://www.dukeupress.edu/stolen-lifeFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Support the podcast and hear more #litreviews like this one by becoming a monthly patreon subscriber here: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Yvette Borja interviews Tucson mutual aid organizer Ronnie about Laura Gomez's book Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism. They discuss the malleability of Latinx identity and the privileges that has afforded them in the U.S., share what the Latinx community can learn about the limitations of citizenship from the Black community, and break down the myth of mestizaje. Support the podcast by becoming a monthly subscriber for as little as $3 a month and get access to more #litreviews like these: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja discusses "Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care" by M.E. O'Brien author, scholar, and preacher Dr. Courtney Bryant. They work through the connections between prison and police abolition and the capitalist nuclear family unit, note how communities of color have always operated outside of this nuclear family unit ideal, and imagine how familial and loving relationships would look different without coercion embedded within them. Order Courtney Bryant's book "Erotic Defiance, Womanism, and Resistance" here: https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506478692/Erotic-DefianceSupport the podcast by becoming a Patreon monthly subscriber and get access to dozens more #litreview bookclub chats for as little as $3 a month: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja and Adriana Obols, PhD student of modern art in Latin America, discuss the book "Paper Cadavers: The Archives of Dictatorship" by Kirsten Weld. They discuss how archival practices were central to post-war Guatemalan civil society's attempts to hold war criminals to account while also being indispensable to the nation-state's targeting and surveillance of leftists in the capital. To hear more #LitReview episodes, become a monthly patreon subscriber for $3 a month: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

Yvette Borja entrevista al profesor Miguel Angel Diaz Perera sobre la historia de Máximo y Bartola, dos niños Centroamericanos quienes fueron traficados para participar en las exhibiciones de "freak show de Barnum and Bailey" en el siglo 19. Discutan cómo el racismo científico contribuyó a la opresión de Máximo y Bartola, como las percepciones de las nacientes naciones de Mexico y Centroamerica en ese tiempo siguien relevante hoy, y el fenomeno del "espectaculo" y el show de circo también creo estructura para la victimización de Máximo y Bartola. Si quiere apoyar el podcast, puede subscribirse al Patreon por solo $3 al mes. Recibirá acceso a extra contenido como los episodios del #litreview. Siga @radiocachimbona en Instagram, X, y Facebook.

Yvette Borja interviews professor and author Laurence Ralph about his upcoming book "Sito: An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him." They discuss how the juvenile justice system traumatizes youth, lament the criminal legal system's failure to provide healing for victim's family members, and envision accountability without punishment.To support the podcast, become a monthly subscriber on Patreon for as little as $3 a month: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

Yvette Borja interviews Belén Sisa, creator and host of the Pretty Serious Podcast and former National Latino Press Secretary for Senator Sanders' presidential campaign. They discuss the history of the DACA movement and Belén's participation in it, the importance of voting in local elections, and why it's important to vote Kyrsten Sinema out of office in 2024. To support the podcast, become a monthly patreon subscriber at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Yvette Borja interviews professor and author Cesar Cuauhtémoc García Hernández about his upcoming book Welcome The Wretched: In Defense of the Criminal Alien. They discuss how migration is an example of decolonial resistance, the importance of celebrating the "ordinariness" of migrants, and why Hernandéz wants the privileges that a US passport brings for a much wider group of people. To support the podcast, become a monthly patreon subscriber for as little as $3 a month: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

On this #litreview, Yvette Borja brings back Salvi lawyer Yessenia Medrano to discuss Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis. They share what leftist movements can use the hopeful spark that Davis inspires, why global solidarity is necessary for liberation, and why freeing Palestine needs to be on every United Statesian leftist's agenda. To get access to more #litreviews, become a monthly Patreon supporter for as little as $3 a month: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

On this *UNLOCKED* #litreview, Yvette and friend of the podcast Yessenia Medrano discuss the first three chapters of To Rise in Darkness: Revolution, Repression, and Memory 1920-1932. They discussed the Salvadoran elite's complete disconnect from the material realities of the majority of the working class at the turn of the 20th century, the government's fear-mongering over Communism as justification for indigenous ethnocide in Western El Salvador, and how the mestizaje discourse was employed by the Salvadoran government to erase the presence of indigenous and afro-descendent people in the country. To support the podcast, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link. For as little as $3 a month, get early access to all future episodes and exclusive access to #litreview episodes just like these. Follow @RadioCachimbona on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

On this *unlocked* Patreon episode, Yvette Borja interviews deportation defense lawyer and friend of the podcast Jehan Laner Romero to discuss the SCOTUS ruling in Sineneng v. Smith. They disagree with SCOTUS' characterization of 9th circuit "out-of-bounds" behavior, express gratitude that SCOTUS punted on the First Amendment analysis, and criticize the majority opinion's addendum as highlighting the very behavior SCOTUS was criticizing the 9th circuit for engaging in. *Yvette misspoke when stating the date of the decision. It was decided on May 7, 2020. To best understand this episode, listen to the first two segments here first:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5l2TMYHxKzh8FmasvLsgvS?si=JTVaXORXRvW--6kXxsIfLAhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/1Fq6FFswuTPPHTZgwV7hdVThank you to the patrons for supporting the podcast. Join for as little as $3 a month to get early access to episodes like these and exclusive access to the #litreview bookclub-style episodes: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

Yvette Borja interviews Jasmine Rangel, policy expert, about how and why housing security is important, how the undocumented community is often overlooked in housing policy, and the results of a case study analyzing Boston and Houston-area eviction rates in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Support the Radio Cachimbona podcast by becoming a patreon monthly subscriber: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

Yvette Borja interviews Carlos Sauceda about his campaign to return home, the deplorable conditions in ICE detention centers that cause people to self deport, and how the deportation of one person affects families and communities. The discussion is grounded in the #litreview pick Deported Americans by Beth Caldwell. To support the podcast, get early access to episodes like these, and get exclusive access to the #litreview book club chats for as little as $3 a month, become a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkFollow @radiocachimbona on Twitter, Facebook, and InstagramSign this petition to the CA governor asking for Carlos' return home: https://www.change.org/p/bring-carlos-home-return2us?recruiter=1267033664&recruited_by_id=06e257b0-dc3f-11ec-a80e-f1de2984e694&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=petition_dashboardFollow @bringcarloshome on Instagram to find other ways to support Carlos Sauceda's campaign.