By Any Means Necessary

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, and author of the new book “The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering, and the Political Economy of Boxing,” to discuss President-elect Joe Biden's reported pick of Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense, the significance of Austin's seat on the Board of Directors of Raytheon, and where Biden's selection of the man who would be the first Black Pentagon chief fits into the broader trend of weaponizing identity in service of neoliberalism and imperialism.