By Any Means Necessary

In this segmemt of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Joel Segal, National Director of Justice Action Mobilization Network to discuss Joe Manchin’s watering-down of the For The People Act, the absurdity of allowing him to be the arbiter of the fate of voting rights, and the implication of this watering-down on the 2022 midterm elections.

In this segment, of By Any Means Necessary It’s Friday so it’s time for another edition of our new weekly segment “The Red Spin Report,” where we discuss sports, politics and struggle with Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast to discuss the Malice in the Palace documentary released on Netflix, the selective editing and misleading coverage from sports news coverage casting the players, rather than fans, as instigators, and the spoiled and dehumanizing behavior of fans.

Remembering Heather Heyer and Charlottesville Four Years Later, Assange Loses Extradition Appeal, How Think Tanks Manufacture ConsentIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Founder & Executive Director of One People's Project to discuss the anniversary of the Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and the killing of Heather Heyer, the trajectory of the far-right white supremacists from Charlottesville to the Capitol insurrection and the mainstreaming of their ideas, and the necessity of fighting back against white supremacists.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Mohamed Elmaazi, journalist and editor of the Interregnum to discuss the recent ruling allowing the U.S. government to appeal the ruling on the extradition of Julian Assange, the persecution of Assange for doing journalism, and the threats and surveillance faced by Assange’s family.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dan C

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Founder & Executive Director of One People's Project to discuss the anniversary of the Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and the killing of Heather Heyer, the trajectory of the far-right white supremacists from Charlottesville to the Capitol insurrection and the mainstreaming of their ideas, and the necessity of fighting back against white supremacists.

In this segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Mohamed Elmaazi, journalist and editor of the Interregnum to discuss the recent ruling allowing the U.S. government to appeal the ruling on the extradition of Julian Assange, the persecution of Assange for doing journalism, and the threats and surveillance faced by Assange’s family.

In this segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dan Cohen, a journalist with Beyond the Headlines, to discuss the impact of think tanks on the media and government, the relationship between reporters at the New York Times and the Washington Post and a hawkish foreign policy think tank, and the role the media plays in manufacturing consent for imperialism.

The Political Consciousness of Hip-Hop, Biden’s Paltry Infrastructure Bill Leaves Workers Behind, Climate Catastrophe in GreeceIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman discuss Hip-Hop and its use of Hip-Hop for the sake of imperialism in Cuba, the importance of a cultural aspect to struggle, and the historical and contemporary political vibrancy of Hip-Hop.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by David Schulz, Professor of Political Science at Hamline University, to discuss the gutting of the infrastructure bill in the name of bipartisanship, the Democrats’ selling-out of working class interests in West Virginia, Arizona, and across the nation, and the potential of a political backlash spurred by the ineffectiveness of the Democratic Party.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Sputnik News Correspondent John Kiriakou to discuss raging wildfires in Greece, the role of corruption and inept governance in the poor response to the fires, and how

IPCC Report Warns of Impending Climate Disaster, Working Class People Used As Cannon Fodder in Afghanistan, Apple’s New Update Raises Serious Privacy Concerns In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Max Ajl, member of the Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran, and author new book, “A People’s Green New Deal,” to discuss the release of the IPCC report and its detailing of the severity of the climate situation, consciousness of climate change in the United States, and the challenges faced by the Global South as a result of the actions of the Global North.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Walter Smolarek, a Philadelphia-based journalist and activist, Globetrotter fellow and the editor of Liberation News to discuss the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, the economic draft and exploitation of the working class as cannon fodder, and the cynicism of the military-industrial complex.In the third segment, It’s Tuesday

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Max Ajl, member of the Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran, and author new book, “A People’s Green New Deal,” to discuss the release of the IPCC climate report and its detailing of the severity of the climate situation, consciousness of climate change in the United States, and the challenges faced by the Global South as a result of the actions of the Global North.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by technologist Chris Garaffa, the editor of TechforthePeople.org to discuss Apple’s new updates designed to combat child abuse and the privacy concerns that come with those updates and potential future changes, Zoom’s misleading claim that its services are end-to-end encrypted and sending of user information to Google and Facebook, and Google’s firing of employees for misuse of data.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran to discuss Israel’s war-mongering rhetoric toward Iran, Israel’s paradoxical opposition to the Iran Nuclear Deal, and the shifting balance of power in the Middle East and abroad.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kristine Hendrix, President to the University City School Board, Junior Bayard Rustin Fellow with the Fellowship for Reconciliation and contributor to the Truth-Telling Project and "We Stay Woke" podcast to discuss the anniversary of the killing of Mike Brown by officer Darren Wilson, reimagining what public safety and community can look like without an institution that has power over life and death, and the continuing need for organizing and struggle against police terror.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie discuss Biden’s recent extension of the freeze on federal student loan repa

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran to discuss Israel’s war-mongering rhetoric toward Iran, Israel’s paradoxical opposition to the Iran Nuclear Deal, and the shifting balance of power in the Middle East and abroad.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Stephen Gowans, author of “Traitors, Patriots, and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Fight for Freedom,” to discuss vaccine imperialism and the WHO’s ask that rich countries halt booster dose programs, how capitalism slows the production of vaccines and allows more variants of COVID-19 to develop, and the United States’s use of the pandemic as an opportunity to plunder poor countries and further its violence around the world.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kamau Franklin, Founder and Board President of Community Movement Builders in Atlanta and Co-host of the Renegade Culture podcast to discuss the targeting of Community Movement Builders by real estate developers and the city of Atlanta, Atlanta’s prioritization of policing to serve real estate interests and promote gentrification, and the surveillance and intimidation of community organizing by police.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are j

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Stephen Gowans, author of “Traitors, Patriots, and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Fight for Freedom,” to discuss vaccine imperialism and the WHO’s ask that rich countries halt booster dose programs, how capitalism slows the production of vaccines and allows more variants of COVID-19 to develop, and the United States' use of the pandemic as an opportunity to plunder poor countries and further its violence around the world.

In this segment, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kamau Franklin, Founder and Board President of Community Movement Builders in Atlanta and Co-host of the Renegade Culture podcast to discuss the targeting of Community Movement Builders by real estate developers and the city of Atlanta, Atlanta’s prioritization of policing to serve real estate interests and promote gentrification, and the surveillance and intimidation of community organizing by police.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Don Debar, host of the Weekday World show on Radio Justice LA to discuss the sexual harassment allegations against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Cuomo’s shady political past, and how New York’s political landscape shapes the current situationIn the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Milton Allimadi, Chief Editor of Black Star News, producer/host of the Black Star News Show on WBAI in NY and author of “Manufacturing Hate: How Africa was Demonized in Western Media” to discuss the deployment of the militaries of Southern African countries to Mozambique, how the history of colonialism and expropriation in Mozambique and Cabo Delgado sets the stage for today’s conflict, how the Mozambican government disguises its complicity by painting rebels as Islamist, and the role of US imperialism in Mozambique.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Gnaka Lagoke, Assistant Professor of History and P

In this segment, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Gnaka Lagoke, Assistant Professor of History and Pan-Africana Studies at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and a founding member of the Convention for Pan-Africanism and Progress to discuss the New Dawn project, a partnership to counter the hegemony of the West and highlight the relationship of Africa with BRICS countries, encouraging multipolarity, multilateralism, and alternatives to neoliberal austerity, and resistance to neoliberal colonization and exploitation of Africa

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Nnamdi Lumumba, Ujima People’s Progress Party State Organizer, to discuss the new eviction moratorium ordered by the Biden administration, the excuses politicians make when they refuse to provide solutions for life-threatening problems and why they refuse to solve these problems, and the realities that such refusal creates.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Sheldon Williams, co-founder and President of the EDFU Foundation Inc. an international NGO with Consultative Status with the United Nations that works to address the issue of Black people throughout the diaspora, to discuss the establishment of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent at the United Nations, the pressing issues that concern people of African descent that will be discussed within the forum such as anti-Black racism and inequality, and how the forum will provide an avenue for transnational organizing and solidarity.In th

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Sheldon Williams, co-founder and President of the EDFU Foundation Inc. an international NGO with Consultative Status with the United Nations that works to address the issue of Black people throughout the diaspora, to discuss the establishment of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent at the United Nations, the pressing issues that concern people of African descent that will be discussed within the forum, such as anti-Black racism and inequality, and how the forum will provide an avenue for transnational organizing and solidarity.

In this segment of By any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Atlanta-based organizer Monica Johnson to discuss DaBaby and the homophobic comments he made at Rolling Loud, the ludicrous ‘apologies’ he made after the fact, and his misogynist disrespect of Megan Thee Stallion and alliance with Tory Lanez.