Yescka is a painter and printmaker from Oaxaca, Mexico.

He is an iconic artist whose works can be found from the streets to galleries in Mexico, the United States, and Germany.

We discuss how the 2006 resistance, Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), was the catalyst for his transition from his studies in traditional folkloric art to socio-politico imagery. Yescka is the voice of the people, using his art to amplify the reality of governmental and institutionalized oppression from Oaxaca and beyond.

As of this episode release, the resistance in Oaxaca is ongoing with humanitarian violations that include death squads, summary executions, disappeared people, and violations of the Geneva conventions.

This interview is not all heavy because Misa spent two weeks in Oaxaca with Christina (BeatsWithin Producer) traver ...