Not Your Cup Of Chai

Welcome to Not Your Cup of Chai, a podcast hosted by Kiran Opal and Bisha K. Ali where we discuss feminism, politics, war, and social and cultural news, from an intersectional, no-BS lens. Please support our work by pledging for us on Patreon. Your support and love are greatly appreciated! ☕️❤️☕️ Check out bonus episodes & rewards! www.patreon.com/notyourcupofchai   ______________________________________________ Episode 11 is a special episode to mark an historic week in US history - a week that starts with Martin Luther King day, and ends with the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. In this episode, I (Kiran) speak with Wendi Muse, a scholar in the field of racialized politics, authoritarian regimes, and leftist movements, about the history of racial politics, civil rights, and the intersections of those movements with anti-imperialist movements. We also discuss how race - and other identity categories - have been deployed lately in service of the imperialist wars of neoliberal capitalism.