By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Lillian House, writer for Breaking the Chains magazine and organizer with the ANSWER Coalition in Colorado to discuss the false concern for women that the US ruling class uses to advance its interests abroad, the role the US plays in depriving women and children of basic necessities both abroad and domestically, and the broader use of progressive sentiments by the US government and corporate media to manufacture consent.

In the this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by technologist Chris Garaffa, the editor of TechforthePeople.org to discuss OnlyFans move to prohibit sexually explicit conduct at the behest of credit card companies, Google’s concerning releases of consumer location data to police, and the use of facial recognition technology by the US military.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman discuss the anniversary of the killing of George Jackson and the true nature of prison under the white supremacist criminal-legal system.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Adjoa A. Aiyetoro, Professor of Law Emerita University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and organizer with the Black and Brown Activism Defense Collective to discuss the Biden administration’s prosecution of Black Lives Matter activists with federal crimes, the historical targeting of Black activists under so-called counterterrorism measures, and how the Black liberation struggle has been painted as a national security threat.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brian Becker, host of the Socialist Program to discuss the FBI ludicrously concluding that there was no coordination of the January 6th insurrection on the Capitol, the refusal to levy charges of seditious conspiracy despite the copious eviden

How Imperialism Could Have Contributed To The Opioid Crisis, Inconsistencies in Charges Brought Against Meng Wanzhou, Minor Leaguers Continue To Be ExploitedIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Zach Kerner, Member of the Afghanistan Committee of Black Alliance for Peace’s Solidarity Network to discuss opium production in Afghanistan and the US role in it, the growing problem of addiction in both Afghanistan and the US, and how imperialism has encouraged both production and addiction.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by K.J. Noh, a geopolitical analyst, a member of Veterans for Peace, and senior correspondent with Flashpoints on KPFA, to discuss the inconsistencies in charges brought against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou by the US Department of Justice in her extradition trial in Canada, the clear political interests of the US in prosecuting Meng, and why the US wants to take down Huawei.In the third segment, It’s FRIDAY so it’s time for a

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Zach Kerner, Member of the Afghanistan Committee of Black Alliance for Peace’s Solidarity Network, to discuss opium production in Afghanistan and the US role in it, the growing problem of addiction in both Afghanistan and the US, and how imperialism has encouraged both production and addiction.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by K.J. Noh, a geopolitical analyst, a member of Veterans for Peace, and senior correspondent with Flashpoints on KPFA, to discuss the inconsistencies in charges brought against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou by the US Department of Justice in her extradition trial in Canada, the clear political interests of the US in prosecuting Meng, and why the US wants to take down Huawei.

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 to discuss the severe exploitation of the athletic labor of Minor League Baseball players by Major League Baseball, the sickening new lottery system that can further exploit the destitution of Minor League players, and Brett Favre’s recent comments on preventing the development of CTE in children.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Anoa Changa, movement journalist, to discuss a potential takeover of Fulton County elections by the Republican-controlled State Elections Board, the stakes of the potential takeover on both federal and local levels, and the idolization of politicians for doing the bare minimum despite their records In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s vision for a united Latin America and regional integration without the United States, Canada and the Organization of American States, the challenges that pro-US governments in Latin America pose to this idea, and the importance of Cuba to the idea of a sovereign Latin America.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kim Ives, editor of the English Section of Haiti Liberte to discuss the political realities that prevent Haiti from respon

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Anoa Changa, movement journalist to discuss a potential takeover of Fulton County elections by the Republican-controlled State Elections Board, the stakes of the potential takeover on both federal and local levels, and the idolization of politicians for doing the bare minimum despite their records.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s vision for a united Latin America and regional integration without the United States, Canada and the Organization of American States, the challenges that pro-US governments in Latin America pose to this idea, and the importance of Cuba to the idea of a sovereign Latin America.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Mike Pappas, a family medicine physician, activist, and frequent contributor to LeftVoice.org to discuss the Biden administration’s recommendation of a booster shot for the COVID-19 and whether these vaccines are effective against variants, the extreme disparity in vaccine availability between rich and poor countries, why public health systems are so dependent on vaccination, and how the gutting of public health systems and capitalist neoliberal regimes have exacerbated the COVID-19 crisis.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by John Ross, the senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China and author of the new book, “China's Great Road: Lessons for Marxist Theory and Socialist Practices” to discuss China’s recent push for redistribution of wealth, the gulf in responses between US and Chinese economic elite to income inequality, and the development

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, 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 and author of the new book, “China's Great Road: Lessons for Marxist Theory and Socialist Practices” to discuss China’s recent push for redistribution of wealth, the gulf in responses between US and Chinese economic elite to income inequality, and the development of common prosperity in China and how China’s socialist system can facilitate that.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Anthony Rogers Wright, Director of Environmental Justice with New York Lawyers for the Public Interest to discuss the legacy of white supremacy in environmentalism and its manifestation at the Sierra Club, how anglocentrism obfuscates the culpability of the Global North in the climate crisis, and how white-led environmental activism tends to only target the symptoms, rather than the root structural causes, of climate change.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Mike Pappas, a family medicine physician, activist, and frequent contributor to LeftVoice.org to discuss the recommendation of a booster shot for the COVID-19 vaccine and whether these vaccines are effective against variants, the extreme disparity in vaccine availability between rich and poor countries, why public health systems are so dependent on vaccination, and how the gutting of public health systems and capitalist neoliberal regimes have exacerbated the COVID-19 crisis.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace to discuss President Biden’s blame game in his remarks on the rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, how the withdrawal from Afghanistan plays into the broader U.S. military strategy of major power conflict with China and Russia, and a recent report detailing gross incompetence and inefficiency in reconstruction efforts.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Miko Peled, human rights activist and author of “The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine,” and “Injustice, the Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five.” to discuss the absurdity of the recent Human Rights Watch report accusing Hamas of war crimes during fighting with Israel in May, the false moral equivalence posed by the report, and the historical and contemporary pro-Israel bias demonstrated by Human Rights Watch.In the third segment, It’s Tuesday which means we’re doin

U.S. Flees Afghanistan Amid Taliban Takeover, The Future of Voting Rights, Earthquake in Haiti Lays Effects of Imperialism BareIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Sohrob Aslamy, a doctoral candidate at Syracuse University in the department of Geography and the environment to discuss the embarrassment of the evacuation of Kabul after trillions of dollars spent on the occupation, why the Taliban took over Afghanistan with shocking speed after almost two decades of military occupation, and how today’s conditions cloud the future of Afghanistan.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Greg Palast, investigative reporter and author of several New York Times bestsellers including The Best Democracy Money Can Buy to discuss Joe Manchin’s gutting of the For The People Act in the interest of hs donors, the inadequacies of the For The People Act in addressing voter suppression, the implications that the recently released census results have on Hou

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Tunde Osazua, the Coordinator of the U.S. Out of Africa Network, a project of the Black Alliance for Peace to discuss rescue and relief efforts in Haiti after its 7.2 magnitude earthquake, the role that economic exploitation and imperialism by the U.S. and other western nations has played in Haiti’s inability to develop its infrastructure and defend itself from natural disaster, and how so-called humanitarian NGOs and aid have historically contributed to the exploitation of Haiti.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Sohrob Aslamy, a doctoral candidate at Syracuse University in the department of Geography and the environment to discuss the embarrassment of the evacuation of Kabul after trillions of dollars spent on occupation, why the Taliban took over Afghanistan with shocking speed after almost two decades of military occupation, and how today’s conditions cloud the future of Afghanistan.

Joe Manchin Guts For The People Act, US Sending Troops To Afghanistan To Evacuate Officials, New Documentary Reveals The Real Story of The Malice At The PalaceIn this episode 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 the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Radhika Desai, a Professor at the University of Manitoba and Director of Geopolitical Economy Research Group to discuss the deployment of thousands of US troops to Afghanistan, the parallels between the situation in Afghanistan and the end of the Vietnam war, and the ridiculous ‘defense’ spending inflated by military contractors and the military-industrial complex.In the third segment, It’s Friday so it’s time for another

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Radhika Desai, a Professor at the University of Manitoba and Director of Geopolitical Economy Research Group to discuss the deployment of thousands of US troops to Afghanistan, the parallels between the situation in Afghanistan and the end of the Vietnam war, and the ridiculous ‘defense’ spending inflated by military contractors and the military-industrial complex.