By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Jack Rasmus, economist, radio show host, & author of 'The Scourge of Neoliberalism' to discuss the reasons behind the stalling economic recovery, the realities behind the slow return to work and the ending of unemployment benefits in the middle of a pandemic, the converging crises that threaten the working class, and how the political system refuses to provide any relief for working and poor people while serving the interests of capital.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by technologist Chris Garaffa, the editor of TechforthePeople.org to discuss the harsh environmental impact of Bitcoin and its continuation of the impact of the capitalist death drive, the myth of egalitarian access to Bitcoin, Facebook’s racist labeling of a video of Black men as “primates” and the racism encoded into artificial intelligence services that such processes rely on.

Philly Organizers Create Housing Solutions, Atlanta Fights Back Against Cop City, The Bizarre Situation with Bishop Sycamore

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Cheri Honkala, National Coordinator for the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign to discuss the Philadelphia and federal governments’ failure to house people, the lawsuit filed by the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign against the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the occupation of abandoned houses to meet people’s needs, and the importance of a people-focused human rights movement that embraces international solidarity.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jasmine, organizer with Community Movement Builders to discuss the struggle against plans to build a new police urban warfare training facility on public land in Atlanta, the city’s shady and undemocratic practices in the face of widespread public opposition to the facility, and what people actually want to see built and developed (spoiler alert: it’s not militarized police).

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Miguel Garcia, host and creator of the Sports As A Weapon Podcast to discuss the racial aspects of cutting of Cam Newton from the Patriots and starting rookie Mac Jones and the bizarre situation surrounding the airing of a football game on ESPN featuring Bishop Sycamore, an evidently fake high school.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of the Punch Out podcast on Breakthrough News and author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America to discuss the disproportionate impact of climate change on working and poor people as demonstrated by Hurricane Ida, the normalization of traumatic experiences in our day-to-day lives that are caused by capitalism, and how the movement must combat cynicism in the face of the horrors of capitalism.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Cheri Honkala, National Coordinator for the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign to discuss the Philadelphia and federal governments’ failure to house people, the lawsuit filed by the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign against the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the occupation of abandoned houses to meet people’s needs, and the importance of a people-focused human rights movement that embraces international solidarity.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jasmine, organizer with Community Movement Builders to discuss the struggle against plans to build a new police urban warfare training facility on public land in Atlanta, the city’s shady and undemocratic practices in the face of widespread public opposition to the facility, and what people actually want to see built and developed (spoiler alert: it’s not militarized police).

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ana Santoyo, a writer for Breaking the Chains Magazine, check it out at www.breakingthechainsmag.org to discuss SB 8 in Texas, which functionally overturns Roe v. Wade and bans abortion, how this and other attacks on reproductive justice factors into the broader oppression of women under capitalism, and the importance of class consciousness in a movement for reproductive justice.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist and co-author of “The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis: From CIA Coup to the Brink of War” to discuss the corporate media’s narrative against the Afghanistan withdrawal, facts that the media conveniently forgets, and what interests drive the media to support such narratives.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Erica, Senior Political Science Major at Howard University to discuss the housing crisis at Howard University that has left many students scrambling to find housing in the expensive Washington, DC area, how Howard’s pursuit of profit has contributed to this crisis, and how students are applying pressure on the university to provide solutions.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dan Kovalik, author of “No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using 'Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests” to discuss the fatal floods in the New York and New Jersey area and how the capitalist system contributed to death and destruction, the exploitation of and false concern about women in service of empire, and the dangerous economic situation in Lebanon and the imperialist exploitation of the situation.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ana Santoyo, a writer for Breaking the Chains Magazine, check it out at www.breakingthechainsmag.org, to discuss SB 8 in Texas, which functionally overturns Roe v. Wade and bans abortion, how this and other attacks on reproductive justice factors into the broader oppression of women under capitalism, and the importance of class consciousness in a movement for reproductive justice.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Erica, Senior Political Science major at Howard University to discuss the housing crisis at Howard University that has left many students scrambling to find housing in the expensive Washington, DC area, how Howard’s pursuit of profit has contributed to this crisis, and how students are applying pressure on the university to provide solutions.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist and co-author of “The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis: From CIA Coup to the Brink of War” to discuss the corporate media’s narrative against the Afghanistan withdrawal, facts that the media conveniently forgets, and what interests drive the media to support such narratives.

US Massacres Family in Afghanistan, Hurricane Ida Exacerbated by Capitalism, Energy Company Tries to Get Around Using Union Labor

Text: In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by David Swanson, activist, journalist, radio host, Executive Director of World Beyond War and author of the new book “Leaving World War II Behind” to discuss the US drone strike that killed an Afghan family, the US role in destabilizing Afghanistan, and the high costs paid by the Afghan people for US imperialism.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Tina Landis, organizer and author of the book, ‘Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism’ to discuss the destruction left behind by Hurricane Ida and how capitalism makes such destruction much more devastating, the inhumanity of capitalism and why the ruling class won’t do anything to mitigate the suffering endured by poor and working people, and the need for a people’s movement that forces systemic change and climate action.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Taft Mangas, organizer with Laborers local 329 in Lima, Ohio to discuss the replacement of union labor with non-unionized workers at the Cenovus energy refinery in Lima, how Cenovus is pitting workers against workers and its attempts at union-busting, and the implications of this move on the broader Lima community.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by James Early, Former Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution and board member of the Institute for Policy Studies to discuss the converging crises of capitalism and what it means for the US empire and the working class, how faith has historically played into the drive for empire, and the need to reclaim faith to build a working class movement.