Transborder Organizing: Xican@patistas, Detention Resistance, and Practices of Autonomy

In this episode, we discuss the lived experiences and political praxis of Ymoat, a Xicana transborder organizer influenced by Zapatismo who participates in many spaces of rebellion such as El Central Cultural de La Raza, Detention Resistance, and Hormigas Autonómas y Rebeldes. Ymoat is also part of an emerging podcast called Voices of Transborder Resistance.

As a guiding question, we asked ourselves: How do we build autonomy and create networks of resistance? We reflected on the work of Xicana organizers such as our guest Ymoat and the new re-structuring of capitalism with the current pandemic of COVID-19. Intro song is “Generaciones de Odio” by L.A. Punk band Subsistencia. The song at 39:40 is Gustavo playing his jarana to “Chiles Verdes.”