By Any Means Necessary

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 podcast to discuss the Malice in the Palace documentary released on Netflix, the selective editing and misleading coverage from sports news coverage casting the players, rather than fans, as instigators, and the spoiled and dehumanizing behavior of fans.

In this segmemt 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 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.

Remembering Heather Heyer and Charlottesville Four Years Later, Assange Loses Extradition Appeal, How Think Tanks Manufacture Consent

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Founder & Executive Director of One People's Project to discuss the anniversary of the Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and the killing of Heather Heyer, the trajectory of the far-right white supremacists from Charlottesville to the Capitol insurrection and the mainstreaming of their ideas, and the necessity of fighting back against white supremacists.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Mohamed Elmaazi, journalist and editor of the Interregnum to discuss the recent ruling allowing the U.S. government to appeal the ruling on the extradition of Julian Assange, the persecution of Assange for doing journalism, and the threats and surveillance faced by Assange’s family.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dan Cohen, a journalist with Beyond the Headlines, to discuss the impact of think tanks on the media and government, the relationship between reporters at the New York Times and the Washington Post and a hawkish foreign policy think tank, and the role the media plays in manufacturing consent for imperialism.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Marshall Eddie Conway former Black Panther, political prisoner, and Executive Producer of The Real News Network to discuss the use of prison labor and the exception to slavery in the 13th amendment, how slavery and incarceration contributes to problems of drugs and violence, the selling-out of working people in the infrastructure bill, and the importance of remembering George Jackson during Black August and in the wake of uprisings against racist police terror.

In this segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dan Cohen, a journalist with Beyond the Headlines, to discuss the impact of think tanks on the media and government, the relationship between reporters at the New York Times and the Washington Post and a hawkish foreign policy think tank, and the role the media plays in manufacturing consent for imperialism.

In this segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Mohamed Elmaazi, journalist and editor of the Interregnum to discuss the recent ruling allowing the U.S. government to appeal the ruling on the extradition of Julian Assange, the persecution of Assange for doing journalism, and the threats and surveillance faced by Assange’s family.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Founder & Executive Director of One People's Project to discuss the anniversary of the Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and the killing of Heather Heyer, the trajectory of the far-right white supremacists from Charlottesville to the Capitol insurrection and the mainstreaming of their ideas, and the necessity of fighting back against white supremacists.

The Political Consciousness of Hip-Hop, Biden’s Paltry Infrastructure Bill Leaves Workers Behind, Climate Catastrophe in Greece

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman discuss Hip-Hop and its use of Hip-Hop for the sake of imperialism in Cuba, the importance of a cultural aspect to struggle, and the historical and contemporary political vibrancy of Hip-Hop.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by David Schulz, Professor of Political Science at Hamline University, to discuss the gutting of the infrastructure bill in the name of bipartisanship, the Democrats’ selling-out of working class interests in West Virginia, Arizona, and across the nation, and the potential of a political backlash spurred by the ineffectiveness of the Democratic Party.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Sputnik News Correspondent John Kiriakou to discuss raging wildfires in Greece, the role of corruption and inept governance in the poor response to the fires, and how climate change is a factor in the severity of the fires.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Netfa Freeman, Coordinating Committee member with the Black Alliance for Peace, and host of Voices with Vision on WPFW 89.3 FM, to discuss Cory Booker’s bizarre rant on defunding the police on the Senate floor and the unity of both political parties against demands of reform, a recent delegation to Nicaragua and the reality of the political situation there, and the appropriation of movements for Black liberation for the purpose of imperialism.

IPCC Report Warns of Impending Climate Disaster, Working Class People Used As Cannon Fodder in Afghanistan, Apple’s New Update Raises Serious Privacy Concerns

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Max Ajl, member of the Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran, and author new book, “A People’s Green New Deal,” to discuss the release of the IPCC report and its detailing of the severity of the climate situation, consciousness of climate change in the United States, and the challenges faced by the Global South as a result of the actions of the Global North.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Walter Smolarek, a Philadelphia-based journalist and activist, Globetrotter fellow and the editor of Liberation News to discuss the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, the economic draft and exploitation of the working class as cannon fodder, and the cynicism of the military-industrial complex.

In the third segment, It’s Tuesday which means we’re doing our weekly segment Tech For the People, where we’re joined by technologist Chris Garaffa, the editor of TechforthePeople.org to discuss Apple’s new updates designed to combat child abuse and the privacy concerns that come with those updates and potential future changes, Zoom’s misleading claim that its services are end-to-end encrypted and sending of user information to Google and Facebook, and Google’s firing of employees for misuse of data.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jon Jeter, award-winning journalist and foreign correspondent, radio and television producer, Bluesologist and Decolonizer, and author of the book “Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People” to discuss the resignation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the paltry and insufficient infrastructure bill passed in the Senate, Chicago police officers turning their backs on Mayor Lori Lightfoot despite her support of the police, the role of police in a white supremacist and capitalist system, and the celebritization and sexualization of politicians and American society.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Max Ajl, member of the Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran, and author new book, “A People’s Green New Deal,” to discuss the release of the IPCC climate report and its detailing of the severity of the climate situation, consciousness of climate change in the United States, and the challenges faced by the Global South as a result of the actions of the Global North.