By Any Means Necessary

In this segment 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 this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Brian Becker, host of the Socialist Program, to discuss Cori Bush’s sit-in at the Capitol in protest of the inaction of Congress and the Biden administration on the federal eviction moratorium, the prioritization of war, death, and destruction over the needs of people, and the chance to galvanize broad sectors of society to build a mass movement and effect real change to meet people’s needs.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Frederick Mills, Professor of Philosophy at Bowie State University and Co-Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, to discuss the push for an autonomous regional organization in Latin America, the continued brutal and hardline Latin American policy of the Biden administration, and the role of indigenous movements in the decolonial push for sovereignty in Latin America.In the third segment, It’s Tuesday which means we’re doing our weekly segment Tech For the People, whe

In this segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Frederick Mills, Professor of Philosophy at Bowie State University and Co-Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, to discuss the push for an autonomous regional organization in Latin America, the continued brutal and hardline Latin American policy of the Biden administration, and the role of indigenous movements in the decolonial push for sovereignty in Latin America.

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 the NLRB officer’s finding against Amazon’s interference in the Bessemer union drive and recommendation for a new election, the frat boy workplace culture of Activision Blizzard executives, harassment of women workers at the company, and its hiring of a union busting law firm.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Brian Becker, host of the Socialist Program, to discuss Cori Bush’s sit-in at the Capitol in protest of the inaction of Congress and the Biden administration on the federal eviction moratorium, the prioritization of war, death, and destruction over the needs of people, and the chance to galvanize broad sectors of society to build a mass movement and effect real change to meet people’s needs.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Amir Khafagy, an award-winning journalist based out of New York City who you can follow on Twitter @AmirKhafagy91, to discuss the expiration of the federal eviction moratorium, the refusal of politicians to keep people housed and prevent its expiration, and what people can do to organize for a real resolution to serious economic issues. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kym Smith, co-founder of Soda City Bail Fund and an outside liaison for Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, to discuss the transition from chattel slavery to the penal labor system allowed the planter class to continue to exploit Black workers, and how activists can get involved in the fight against the prison-industrial complex.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jalil Muntaqim, an activist, former political prisoner and Black Panther and author of ‘We Are Our Own Liberators’, to discuss the history of Black August, ongoi

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kym Smith, co-founder of Soda City Bail Fund and an outside liaison for Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, to discuss how the transition from chattel slavery to the penal labor system allowed the planter class to continue to exploit Black workers, and how activists can get involved in the fight against the prison-industrial complex.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jalil Muntaqim, an activist, former political prisoner and Black Panther and author of ‘We Are Our Own Liberators’, to discuss the history of Black August, ongoing efforts of prison organizing, and the importance of commemorating prison struggles in today’s era of mass incarceration and international struggles for human rights and liberation.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Amir Khafagy, an award-winning journalist based out of New York City who you can follow on Twitter @AmirKhafagy91, to discuss the expiration of the federal eviction moratorium, the refusal of politicians to keep people housed and prevent its expiration, and what people can do to organize for a real resolution to serious economic issues.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Linwood Tauheed, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, to discuss the bipartisan $550b infrastructure bill negotiated by Congress, why the agreed-upon package is so much smaller than the $2.6 trillion proposed by the Biden administration just months ago, and how environmental racism intersects with the underdevelopment of racially oppressed communities.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Camila Escalante, reporter and founding editor of Kawsachun News, to discuss the significance of the indigenous swear-in ceremony taken by new Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, why it appears Latin America is headed towards a revitalized ‘pink tide’ movement, and suggestions by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obredor that the region needs a ‘truly autonomous’ OAS-style international organization. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Mike Sampson, co-

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Linwood Tauheed, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, to discuss the bipartisan $550b infrastructure bill negotiated by Congress, why the agreed-upon package is so much smaller than the $2.6 trillion proposed by the Biden administration just months ago, and how environmental racism intersects with the underdevelopment of racially oppressed communities.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Mike Sampson, co-host of the RedSpin Sports podcast, and Miguel Garcia, host and creator of the Sports As A Weapon Podcast, to discuss the serious double standards in how the corporate media portrays the Chinese athletic system and the American, as well as ongoing discussions surrounding Simone Biles’ decision not to compete in two Olympic contests.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Camila Escalante, reporter and founding editor of Kawsachun News, to discuss the significance of the indigenous swear-in ceremony taken by new Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, why it appears Latin America is headed towards a revitalized ‘pink tide’ movement, and suggestions by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obredor that the region needs a ‘truly autonomous’ OAS-style international organization.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jason Dzubow, an immigration attorney, partner at Dzubow & Pilcher, PLLC and blogger at www.asylumist.com, and author of “Asylumist: How to Seek Asylum in the United States and Keep Your Sanity.” They discuss the Biden-Harris administration’s supposed new strategy to address the “root causes” of immigration in Latin America, the real-life consequences of the geopolitical “games” played by Washington in a region US lawmakers have long seen as their backyard, and Biden’s embrace of the widely-condemned “expedited removal” process for removing asylum seekers.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by David Swanson, activist, journalist, radio host, Executive Director of World Beyond War and author of the new book “Leaving World War II Behind,” to discuss reports that the US is only withdrawing from Iraq “on paper,” suggestions by the top American general in Afghanistan that the US military may continue

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear, to discuss the French government’s acknowledgement of the deadly impacts of its 30-year nuclear testing campaign in Polynesia, President Emmanuelle Macron’s admission the country owes Polynesia an unspecified “debt” while refusing to apologize for the generational trauma wrought by the blasts, and dangers posed by nuclear weapons to all living creatures on the planet.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jason Dzubow, an immigration attorney, partner at Dzubow & Pilcher, PLLC and blogger at www.asylumist.com, and author of “Asylumist: How to Seek Asylum in the United States and Keep Your Sanity.” They discuss the Biden-Harris administration’s supposed new strategy to address the “root causes” of immigration in Latin America, the real-life consequences of the geopolitical “games” played by Washington in a region US lawmakers have long seen as their backyard, and Biden’s embrace of the widely-condemned “expedited removal” process for removing asylum seekers.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kevin Gosztola, Managing Editor of Shadowproof, Co-host of the Unauthorized Disclosure podcast, to discuss the 45-month prison sentence handed down recently to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency whistleblower Daniel Hale, the ways that Hale’s revelations regarding the US drone warfare program “challenged the nature of 21st century warfare,” why Hale believed 80-90% of those being killed by US drone attacks were not suspected terrorists, and why the case seems to reveal that “if you reveal the dirty secrets of the US empire, then you’ll get a target on your back.”In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Cathy Rojas, a Queens native, teacher, and organizer running for Mayor of New York City with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, to discuss reports that half a million New York households are behind a total of $2.2 billion in rent payments as eviction moratoriums are set to expire, and why gentr

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kevin Gosztola, Managing Editor of Shadowproof, Co-host of the Unauthorized Disclosure podcast, to discuss the 45-month prison sentence handed down recently to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency whistleblower Daniel Hale, the ways that Hale’s revelations regarding the US drone warfare program “challenged the nature of 21st century warfare,” why Hale believed 80-90% of those being killed by US drone attacks were not suspected terrorists, and why the case seems to reveal that “if you reveal the dirty secrets of the US empire, then you’ll get a target on your back.”

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by New Africa Institute executive director Simon Tesfamariam to discuss the efforts by imperial powers and corporate media to manufacture consent for regime change in Ethiopia, how the US government has historically counted on the so-called Tigray People’s Liberation Front to keep the country under its thumb, and why regional cooperation within the Horn of Africa undercuts US efforts to maintain “full-spectrum dominance” in the geopolitically strategic area.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Cathy Rojas, a Queens native, teacher, and organizer running for Mayor of New York City with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, to discuss reports that half a million New York households are behind a total of $2.2 billion in rent payments as eviction moratoriums are set to expire and how gentrification and longstanding systemic factors have long caused many New Yorkers to struggle to pay the rent.