Caminando con l@s Zapatistas: Chicanx Autonomous Organizing

In this episode, the Xicana Tiahui crew was joined by Dr. Pablo Gonzales, a distinguished continuing lecturer at UC Berkely in the Department of Ethnic Studies, to discuss Zapatismo and the Zapatista experience with its influence on the Chicana/o/x struggles at the turn of the twenty-first century. Pablo shares his personal history of his experiences seeing and practicing the bridges forming between Zapatista autonomous territory and the urban struggle in Los Angeles. He captures these moments as the spirit of autonomy and how Zapatismo translates into the classroom setting. Together we reflect on these radical genealogies of struggle that continue to shape our world-bridging practices today. Pablo continues to be an important interlocutor in this bridge-work toward dignity.