Radio Cachimbona is an abolitionist podcast that audio-archives state repression and fierce migrant resistance in the Southern Arizona borderlands and breaks down case law and politics from a leftist perspective. As a first-generation professional whose parents are Salvadoran immigrants, Yvette prioritizes uplifting the voices and histories of Central Americans.
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Yvette Borja interviews professor and author Marla A. Ramírez on her recent book "Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation." They discuss the mass removals during the interwar period that expelled approximately 1 million ethnic Mexicans from the United States, how many of these procedures occurred extralegally, and the roles that both Mexican and U.S.…
This episode is a recording of a webinar panel hosted by International Allies Against Mining, moderated by Yvette Borja, with Vidalina Morales, President of the Association for Social and Economic Development of Santa Marta, John Cavanaugh, Senior Advisor at the Institute for Policy Studies, and Luis Parada, Senior Counsel for Sovereign Arbitration Advisors. They discuss the 12 year long fight to…
Yvette Borja interviews law professor Jonathan Feingold about his law review article examining the tools that universities have to promote racial diversity and inclusion in the wake of the SFFA Supreme Court case. Feingold breaks down why institutions of higher education have backed away from efforts moving towards racial equity despite these openings. Read Jonathan's article here:…
Yvette Borja interviews Sandra De Anda, the Director of Legal and Policy Strategy at the Orange County Rapid Response Network. They discuss the history of participatory defense in Orange County, explain how the organization has pivoted during the increased immigration enforcement under the second Trump administration, and share how the participatory defense model allows for the distribution of…
Yvette Borja interviews Bamby Salcedo, CEO of the Trans Latin@ Coalition. Bamby shares how the death of Gwen Araujo propelled her into political advocacy for trans people, discusses the strategic plans for the future of the Trans Latin@ Coalition, and how her direct lived experience is knowledge that can be used to change oppressive systems. Support the podcast by becoming a patron:…
This episode is a recording of a panel conversation at the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics 2026 symposium with Yvette Borja, the Laura E. Gómez Teaching Fellow at UCLA Law School, and Rachel López, the Barrack Chair in Law at Temple Law School. They discuss Yvette's forthcoming article: Participatory Deportation Defense, Becoming Abogades de Confianza, the shared tenets between…
Yvette Borja interviews lawyer and justice educator Courtney Teasley about her resource "Disrupt the Criminal Justice System of Oppression: The Easy Way to Learn Your Rights." They discuss the work of Emeffen, the organization that Courtney founded and leads, to proactively fight mass incarceration and reform the criminal justice system. Courtney shares why she calls the criminal legal system the…
This episode is a recording of the "Due Process, Deportation, and Human Dignity" panel at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting with Yvette Borja, Laura E. Gómez Teaching Fellow on Latinx People and the Law at UCLA Law, Evelyn Rangel-Medina, Associate Professor at Temple Law, Raquel Aldana, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis, Bamby Salcedo, CEO of the Trans Latin@…
Yvette Borja entrevista al vocero de la organización MOVIR, Samuel Ramírez. Borja y Ramírez hablan de los efectos del régimen de excepción de Bukele y la nueva ley de agentes extranjeros en la sociedad Salvadoreña, Ramírez comparte como el régimen es fortalecido por el miedo del pueblo y como Bukele usa el régimen como una herramienta contra disidentes. Apoyen el podcast en Patreon:…
To hear the rest of this episode, join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Yvette Borja and Ronnie Wollenzier discuss the article "Excommunicate Me From the Church of Social Justice," why unhealthy/toxic dynamics within leftist/progressive spaces exist, why conflict resolution skills are…
