By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss the recent attempts to silence Lebron James after the NBA superstar deleted a tweet calling for the officer who killed 16-year-old Ma’Kiah Bryant to be fired, why James is such a magnet for right-wing attacks, and recent legislation aimed at compensating college athletes for their unpaid labor.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Anish Radhakrishnan, a journalist with Peoples Dispatch and NewsClick based out of Delhi, India, to discuss the new signals from the Biden-Harris administration that they’ll support allowing intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines to be waived following weeks of public pressure from progressive factions, why the move won’t necessarily be enough to stem the tide of covid cases in India amid the failed response by the far-right government of Narendra Modi, and why the Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the recent slate of elections in the Indian state of Kerala by a landslide. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Pan-African News Wire editor Abayomi Azikiwe to discuss the suppression of mass protests in Chad by the ruling military junta, the efforts by Ugandan authorities to secure a $900 million loan from the International Monetary Fund as the coronavirus pandemic drags on, an

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon Jacquie Luqman are joined by Anish Radhakrishnan, a journalist with Peoples Dispatch and NewsClick based out of Delhi, India, to discuss the new signals from the Biden-Harris administration that they’ll support allowing intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines to be waived following weeks of public pressure from progressive factions, why the move won’t necessarily be enough to stem the tide of covid cases in India amid the failed response by the far-right government of Narendra Modi, and why the Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the recent slate of elections in the Indian state of Kerala by a landslide.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Pan-African News Wire editor Abayomi Azikiwe to discuss the suppression of mass protests in Chad by the ruling military junta, the efforts by Ugandan authorities to secure a $900 million loan from the International Monetary Fund as the coronavirus pandemic drags on, and why it appears the country’s political actors have outsourced their public relations to western lobbying companies.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by John Ross, the senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, to discuss Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s dubious claim that the US government isn’t working to “contain China,” why the agenda of his European tour seems to indicate otherwise, and why attempts by US authorities to lecture the developing world on human rights are increasingly falling flat.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ms. Charo Mina-Rojas, an Afro-Colombian human rights defender and a member of Black Communities’ Process and the Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network, to discuss the ongoing anti-neoliberal protests taking place all across Colombia, the brutal police crackdown being carried out by the US-backed regime, and why the country’s public health and economic crisis is felt so acutely among the country’s Black communities. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ms. Charo Mina-Rojas, an Afro-Colombian human rights defender and a member of Black Communities’ Process and the Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network, to discuss the ongoing anti-neoliberal protests taking place all across Colombia, the brutal police crackdown being carried out by the US-backed regime, and why the country’s public health and economic crisis is felt so acutely among the country’s Black communities.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jitu Sadiki and Leon Jordan of the Coalition to Free Ruchell “Cinque” Magee, to discuss the ongoing campaign to secure the release of the “longest-held political prisoner in the US,” the role of racism in the legal frame-ups which first saw him incarcerated at age 16 for having a relationship with a white girl, and his connection to the failed attempt to liberate George Jackson from the Marin County Civic Center in 1970.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by John Ross, the senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, to discuss Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s dubious claim that the US government isn’t working to “contain China,” why the agenda of his European tour seems to indicate otherwise, and why attempts by US authorities to lecture the developing world on human rights are increasingly falling flat.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by MOVE Family member Janine Africa to discuss the seizure, desecration, and disappearance of the remains of the MOVE family children murdered by the Philadelphia Police Department in 1985, the ‘apology’ issued the University of Pennsylvania after it was revealed the prestigious academic institution exploited the children’s bodies for decades, and why MOVE is continuing to demand the release of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by K.J. Noh, a longtime activist working on global justice issues, writer, teacher, and a member of Veterans for Peace, to discuss the aggressive anti-China posturing in Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s appearance on 60 Minutes, the crippling impact of the foreign sanctions on the Uyghur population which the US and EU purport to be protecting.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People,

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 how the Netflix series Spycraft whitewashes the bloody history of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Facebook panel set to determine whether former President Donald Trump can access the social media platform, and why the New York Police Department is ending its usage of Boston Dynamic’s digital surveillance dog.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by MOVE Family member Janine Africa to discuss the seizure, desecration, and disappearance of the remains of the MOVE family children murdered by the Philadelphia Police Department in 1985, the ‘apology’ issued the University of Pennsylvania after it was revealed the prestigious academic institution exploited the children’s bodies for decades, and why MOVE is continuing to demand the release of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by K.J. Noh, a longtime activist working on global justice issues, writer, teacher, a member of Veterans for Peace, and a journalist with Flashpoints on KPFA, to discuss the aggressive anti-China posturing in Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s appearance on 60 Minutes, as well as the crippling impact of the foreign sanctions on the Uyghur population which the US and EU purport to be protecting.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Liberation News Editor Walter Smolarek to discuss the Biden administration’s statement proclaiming May 1st to be “Loyalty Day,” the long tradition of US presidents using the date to obscure working-class celebration of International Workers’ Day, and the links between “Loyalty Day” and the anti-communism latent in the US capitalist system.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Sonia Umanzor, a Salvadoran community activist who’s lived in the US as a political refugee since 1981, to discuss the recent move by President Nayib Bukele to dismiss El Salvador’s Supreme Court and Attorney General, why so many international observers are condemning the apparent attempt to eliminate any remaining judicial independence, and the US government’s well-documented history of propping up brutal right-wing regimes in El Salvador and beyond.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kambale Musavuli with the

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Liberation News Editor Walter Smolarek to discuss the Biden administration’s statement proclaiming May 1st to be “Loyalty Day,” the long tradition of US presidents using the date to obscure working-class celebration of International Workers’ Day, and the links between “Loyalty Day” and the anti-communism latent in the US capitalist system.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kambale Musavuli with the Centre for Research on the Congo, to discuss the move by The Democratic Republic of Congo to re-deploy over a million vaccines to neighboring countries before they expire, how the hoarding of vaccine supplies by nations in the Global North is leading to medical ‘apartheid’ in Africa and beyond, and the role of the African Union in efforts to provide a coordinated response to the covid pandemic on the continent.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by David Schultz, Professor of Political Science at Hamline University, to discuss the American Families Plan recently proposed by the Biden-Harris administration, the correlating capital gains tax hike ostensibly designed to fund the bill, and why Working Families Party Congressman Jamaal Bowman says “we need to think bigger."In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Netfa Freeman, a Coordinating Committee member of the Black Alliance for Peace, to discuss the revolutionary legacy of International Workers’ Day, why May 1st goes relatively unappreciated in the US while being widely celebrated across the globe, and the statement which the Black Alliance for Peace has published in solidarity with working people demanding liberation in Haiti and beyond.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our weekly segment “The Red Spin

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by David Schultz, Professor of Political Science at Hamline University, to discuss the American Families Plan recently proposed by the Biden-Harris administration, the correlating capital gains tax hike ostensibly designed to fund the bill, and why Working Families Party Congressman Jamaal Bowman says “we need to think bigger."

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Netfa Freeman, a Coordinating Committee member of the Black Alliance for Peace, to discuss the revolutionary legacy of International Workers’ Day, why May 1st goes relatively unappreciated in the US while being widely celebrated across the globe, and the statement which the Black Alliance for Peace has published in solidarity with working people demanding liberation in Haiti and beyond.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss the defeat of the European Super League by predominantly working-class soccer fans in Europe, as well as the racial and class dynamics playing out at this year’s NFL draft.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Mitchell Plitnick, political analyst and co-author of the new book “Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics,” to discuss President Joe Biden’s address before a joint session of Congress, the fawning response to the speech by mainstream media, and why Biden’s proposals appear aimed towards countering China rather than improving the lives of working people in the US.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jon Jeter, award-winning journalist and foreign correspondent, radio and television producer, Bluesologist and Decolonizer, and author of the book “Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People,” to continue to discuss President Biden’s speech as well as Biden’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric towards both the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Atlanta-based activist Monica Johnson to dis