By Any Means Necessary

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by award-winning New York City–based journalist Amir Khafagy to discuss his recent article in The American Prospect, “Public Housing Is Going Private—and Residents Are Fighting Back,” how a minor government housing program ended up a huge, unaccountable federal project, and what the privatization wave means for those seeking government housing assistance.In the second segment, Sean is joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People.org, for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss a new exposé of the ways Amazon’s exploitative warehouse conditions worsened under the pandemic, growing anxiety over Microsoft’s facial recognition technology, and how Los Angeles police officers have been incentivized to sell Ring doorbell cameras.In the third segment, Sean is joined by Mikaela Nondo Erskog, Educator and Researcher at Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, to discuss the internationalist legacy of

In this second segment, Sean is joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People.org, for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss a new exposé of the ways Amazon’s exploitative warehouse conditions worsened under the pandemic, growing anxiety over Microsoft’s facial recognition technology, and how Los Angeles police officers have been incentivized to sell Ring doorbell cameras.

In this special segment, Sean is joined by Mikaela Nondo Erskog, Educator and Researcher at Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, to discuss the internationalist legacy of Zambia’s first post-colonial president, Kenneth Kaunda, the pivotal role Zambia came to play as a focal point for African liberation under his leadership, and how Kaunda’s love for working people and his concern for their well-being manifested on the ground.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by award-winning New York City–based journalist Amir Khafagy to discuss his recent article in The American Prospect, “Public Housing Is Going Private—and Residents Are Fighting Back,” how a minor government housing program ended up a huge, unaccountable federal project, and what the privatization wave means for those seeking government housing assistance.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Omar Ocampo, researcher for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, to discuss their recent report “Silver Spoon Oligarchs: How America’s 50 Largest Inherited-Wealth Dynasties Accelerate Inequality,” ways the ultra-wealthy utilize philanthropy to “warehouse wealth,” and the myth of self-made billionaires.In the second segment, Sean is joined by Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran, to discuss the recent presidential election in Iran, what the election of Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi means for the future of the nuclear deal and the country’s foreign policy, and what domestic priorities Iranians can expect from their new leader. In the third segment, Sean is joined by Peter Bolton, a DC-based journalist, activist and scholar, and a regular contributor to The Canary and CounterPunch, to discuss his recent article, “Here’s

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Peter Bolton, a DC-based journalist, activist and scholar, and a regular contributor to The Canary and CounterPunch, to discuss his recent article, “Here’s what the corporate-owned media won’t tell you about the arrests in Nicaragua,” how the US government has been propping up the opposition figures recently arrested by Nicaraguan authorities, and why similar forces seem to at play in the push to keep leftist President-elect Pedro Castillo from taking office in Peru.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran, to discuss the recent presidential election in Iran, what the election of Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi means for the future of the nuclear deal and the country’s foreign policy, and what domestic priorities Iranians can expect from their new leader.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Liberation News Editor Walter Smolarek to discuss his recent piece in Liberation News, “What does Biden’s summit spree tell us about the future of U.S. empire?,” the politicians and pundits pushing the US down a dangerous path of confrontation with China and Russia, and the growing resistance movement working to combat efforts to gin up a new Cold War with China.In the second segment, Sean is joined by Tina Landis, organizer and author of “Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism,” to discuss the dangerous drought currently scorching the western US coast, the water crisis affecting Lake Meade and the 25 million people whose water supply is drawn from it, and the new resolution introduced by Rep. Cori Bush proposing the democratization of public power.In the third segment, Sean is joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss Lebron James’ fierce cri

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Liberation News Editor Walter Smolarek to discuss his recent piece in Liberation News, “What does Biden’s summit spree tell us about the future of U.S. empire?,” the politicians and pundits pushing the US down a dangerous path of confrontation with China and Russia, and the growing resistance movement working to combat efforts to gin up a new Cold War with China.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Tina Landis, organizer and author of “Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism,” to discuss the dangerous drought currently scorching the western US coast, the water crisis affecting Lake Meade and the 25 million people whose water supply is drawn from it, and the new resolution introduced by Rep. Cori Bush proposing the democratization of public power.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss Lebron James’ fierce criticism of the NBA’s handling of the covid pandemic, why tennis champ Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from Wimbledon may signal a sea change in player empowerment in professional sports, and why some suspect the push to ban “sticky stuff” from Major League Baseball may be an effort by owners to divide players before key union negotiations.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by David Swanson, activist, journalist, radio host, Executive Director of World Beyond War and author of “Leaving World War II Behind,” to discuss his recent article, “Beware Atlantic Charters,” efforts by corporate media to perpetuate divisions between Russia and the US, and the worrying moves by both the Trump and administration to militarize outer space.In the second segment, Sean is joined by Joe Catron, US Coordinator of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, to discuss the airstrikes by the Israeli military against the Gaza Strip in violation of the recent ceasefire with Hamas, the latest wave of Israeli mobs chanting “death to Arabs” through the streets of Jerusalem, and the controversial recent comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar comparing armed resistance in Gaza to the war crimes of the apartheid Israeli regime.In the third segment, Sean is joined by Jason Dzubow, an immigration attorney, partner at Dzubow & Pilcher,

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Joe Catron, US Coordinator of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, to discuss the airstrikes by the Israeli military against the Gaza Strip in violation of the recent ceasefire with Hamas, the latest wave of Israeli mobs chanting “death to Arabs” through the streets of Jerusalem, and the controversial recent comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar comparing armed resistance in Gaza to the war crimes of the apartheid Israeli regime.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon and producer Wyatt Reed are joined by Jamarl Thomas, co-host of Fault Lines on Radio Sputnik, to discuss the much-anticipated summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden, the areas in which the leaders could potentially work constructively going forward, and the impact of anti-Russian narratives in corporate media on efforts to shore up relations between the two nations.In the second segment, Sean is joined by Dr. Richard Wolff, Economist and Professor at the New School University and author of the new book “The Sickness Is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics Or Itself,” to discuss the recent meeting of G7 nations, the economic ramifications of the rise in inflation in the US to its highest level in 13 years, and the ProPublica exposé showing how some of the wealthiest Americans get away with paying no income tax whatsoever.In the third segment, Sean is joined by Fiona Edwards, member of the or

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Dr. Richard Wolff, Economist and Professor at the New School University and author of the new book “The Sickness Is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics Or Itself,” to discuss the challenges facing working people in the US as American economic hegemony wanes, the economic ramifications of the rise in inflation in the US to its highest level in 13 years, and the ProPublica exposé showing how some of the wealthiest Americans get away with paying no income tax whatsoever.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jamarl Thomas, co-host of Fault Lines on Radio Sputnik, to discuss the upcoming summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden in Geneva, the ongoing impacts of anti-Russian “hysteria” in the US on diplomatic relations between the two nations, and the aggressive statements issued by NATO following the military alliance’s summit in Brussels yesterday.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss efforts by the apparent loser of the recent presidential race in Peru to overturn the results of the vote, the Organization of American States’ rejection of three-time failed neoliberal candidate Keiko Fujimori’s claims of electoral fraud, and the latest in the fight back against the would-be coup in country.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People for another

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss efforts by the apparent loser of the recent presidential race in Peru to overturn the results of the vote, the Organization of American States’ rejection of three-time failed neoliberal candidate Keiko Fujimori’s claims of electoral fraud, and the latest in the fight back against the would-be coup in country.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss CDC’s renewal of its partnership with data analytics behemoth Palantir and how the growing power of the surveillance state made it so easy for the Trump administration to obtain the records of critical journalists and Democrats.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by journalist and author Daniel Lazare to discuss the meeting of NATO nations taking place in Brussels, US President Joe Biden’s insistence that the US has a “sacred obligation” to go to war on behalf of Europe, Turkey and Canada, and the new NATO statement labeling China a "systemic challenge” to the military alliance.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Asa Winstanley, investigative journalist and Associate editor with The Electronic Intifada, to discuss the swearing-in of new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Bennett’s history of bragging about killing Arab people, and why the inclusion of an Arab party in the new coalition seems to have been driven mainly by political expediency.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gloria La Riva of the ANSWER Coalition to discuss her recent solidarity mission to Cuba, how the socialist island nation manufactured their own vaccines despite th

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Asa Winstanley, investigative journalist and Associate editor with The Electronic Intifada, to discuss the swearing-in of new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Bennett’s history of bragging about killing Arab people, and why the inclusion of an Arab party in the new coalition seems to have been driven mainly by political expediency.