By Any Means Necessary

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Jacquie Luqman and producer Wyatt Reed are joined by Ben Becker, Editor at Breakthrough News, to discuss the $900B COVID-19 relief package set to pass Congress, the stark differences in how the working and owning classes have fared amid the pandemic, and how anti-China and anti-Russia mainstream media narratives are hindering the global response to COVID-19.In the second segment, Jacquie and Wyatt are joined by Joe Lauria, editor of Consortium News, to discuss the recent cyberattacks alleged to have been carried out by Russia, the history of mainstream media taking US intelligence claims at face value, how the US political class and the cyberwarfare segment of the military-industrial complex stand to gain from the developments, and why he thinks it's an attempt by hawks and hardliners to box in Biden on diplomacy before he enters office.In the third segment, Jacquie and Wyatt are joined by Johanna Fernandez, assistant professor of history at Baruch College of th