By Any Means Necessary

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kamau Franklin, Founder and Board President of Community Movement Builders in Atlanta and co-host of the Renegade Culture podcast, to discuss the comment by former US President Barack Obama that politicians lose support when using “snappy” slogans like “defund the police," how Obama has historically served as a bulwark against progressive aspirations and policy demands, and why it seems the former president 'studied blackness rather than living it.'In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign, to discuss the significance of this weekend's Venezuelan parliamentary elections, the latest signs that Juan Guaido has lost his control over the country's opposition forces, and why the country's ability to hold elections despite continuing imperialist aggression represents a victory for Venezuela's democr