By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are 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.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran to discuss Israel’s war-mongering rhetoric toward Iran, Israel’s paradoxical opposition to the Iran Nuclear Deal, and the shifting balance of power in the Middle East and abroad.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kristine Hendrix, President to the University City School Board, Junior Bayard Rustin Fellow with the Fellowship for Reconciliation and contributor to the Truth-Telling Project and "We Stay Woke" podcast to discuss the anniversary of the killing of Mike Brown by officer Darren Wilson, reimagining what public safety and community can look like without an institution that has power over life and death, and the continuing need for organizing and struggle against police terror.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie discuss Biden’s recent extension of the freeze on federal student loan repayment, the predatory nature of student loans and education, and the importance of organizing to counteract nihilism and build a better world.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brandon Sutton, host of The Discourse podcast to discuss the sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo and the culture of unaccountability among elected officials and the media, Rihanna’s ascent into billionaire status and the use of Black and women billionaires to promote a false image of progress and equality, celebrity culture, and Barack Obama’s use of celebrity worship during and after his presidency.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran to discuss Israel’s war-mongering rhetoric toward Iran, Israel’s paradoxical opposition to the Iran Nuclear Deal, and the shifting balance of power in the Middle East and abroad.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Stephen Gowans, author of “Traitors, Patriots, and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Fight for Freedom,” to discuss vaccine imperialism and the WHO’s ask that rich countries halt booster dose programs, how capitalism slows the production of vaccines and allows more variants of COVID-19 to develop, and the United States’s use of the pandemic as an opportunity to plunder poor countries and further its violence around the world.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie 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 targeting of Community Movement Builders by real estate developers and the city of Atlanta, Atlanta’s prioritization of policing to serve real estate interests and promote gentrification, and the surveillance and intimidation of community organizing by police.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Mike Sampson, co-host of the RedSpin Sports podcast and Miguel Garcia, host and creator of the Sports As A Weapon Podcast, to discuss Donald Trump’s attack on “wokeness” on the US Women’s National Soccer Team after they earned a bronze medal at the Olympics and the recent release of a photo by the accuser of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, who is under investigation for allegations of domestic violence.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Layla D. Brown-Vincent, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Africana Studies at Northeastern University to discuss the anti-people logic of the neoliberal U.S. state that manifests in sanctions designed to punish the people in the targets of imperialism and in its insufficient and callous response to the pandemic, and the stark contrast in the responses to the pandemic between capitalist and socialist governments in light of the eviction moratorium.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Stephen Gowans, author of “Traitors, Patriots, and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Fight for Freedom,” to discuss vaccine imperialism and the WHO’s ask that rich countries halt booster dose programs, how capitalism slows the production of vaccines and allows more variants of COVID-19 to develop, and the United States' use of the pandemic as an opportunity to plunder poor countries and further its violence around the world.

In this segment, 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 targeting of Community Movement Builders by real estate developers and the city of Atlanta, Atlanta’s prioritization of policing to serve real estate interests and promote gentrification, and the surveillance and intimidation of community organizing by police.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Don Debar, host of the Weekday World show on Radio Justice LA to discuss the sexual harassment allegations against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Cuomo’s shady political past, and how New York’s political landscape shapes the current situation

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Milton Allimadi, Chief Editor of Black Star News, producer/host of the Black Star News Show on WBAI in NY and author of “Manufacturing Hate: How Africa was Demonized in Western Media” to discuss the deployment of the militaries of Southern African countries to Mozambique, how the history of colonialism and expropriation in Mozambique and Cabo Delgado sets the stage for today’s conflict, how the Mozambican government disguises its complicity by painting rebels as Islamist, and the role of US imperialism in Mozambique.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Gnaka Lagoke, Assistant Professor of History and Pan-Africana Studies at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and a founding member of the Convention for Pan-Africanism and Progress to discuss the New Dawn project, a partnership to counter the hegemony of the West and highlight the relationship of Africa with BRICS countries, encouraging multipolarity, multilateralism, and alternatives to neoliberal austerity, and resistance to neoliberal colonization and exploitation of Africa.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Esther Iverem, artist, author and independent journalist, and host and producer of On The Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital on Pacifica Radio to discuss the Cori Bush’s demonstration at the Capitol and the ruling class’s prioritization of death and destruction rather than the necessities of life, Jim Clyburn’s vendetta against Nina Turner and the Congressional Black Caucus’ intervention in Turner’s primary election, and the converging crises of society and the critical importance of organizing a people’s movement to respond to these crises.

In this segment, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Gnaka Lagoke, Assistant Professor of History and Pan-Africana Studies at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and a founding member of the Convention for Pan-Africanism and Progress to discuss the New Dawn project, a partnership to counter the hegemony of the West and highlight the relationship of Africa with BRICS countries, encouraging multipolarity, multilateralism, and alternatives to neoliberal austerity, and resistance to neoliberal colonization and exploitation of Africa

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Nnamdi Lumumba, Ujima People’s Progress Party State Organizer, to discuss the new eviction moratorium ordered by the Biden administration, the excuses politicians make when they refuse to provide solutions for life-threatening problems and why they refuse to solve these problems, and the realities that such refusal creates.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Sheldon Williams, co-founder and President of the EDFU Foundation Inc. an international NGO with Consultative Status with the United Nations that works to address the issue of Black people throughout the diaspora, to discuss the establishment of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent at the United Nations, the pressing issues that concern people of African descent that will be discussed within the forum such as anti-Black racism and inequality, and how the forum will provide an avenue for transnational organizing and solidarity.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Atlanta-based organizer Monica Johnson, to discuss DaBaby and the homophobic comments he made at Rolling Loud, the ludicrous ‘apologies’ he made after the fact, and his misogynist disrespect of Megan Thee Stallion and alliance with Tory Lanez.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jaribu Hill, founder and executive director of the Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights to discuss the Biden administration’s ‘targeted’ eviction moratorium and its arbitrariness and systemic shortcomings, the Democratic establishment’s successful ploy to defeat Nina Turner in the Democratic Congressional primary in Ohio, and the Democratic Party’s exploitation of Black people and lack of the perspective of working class Black voices in halls of power.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Sheldon Williams, co-founder and President of the EDFU Foundation Inc. an international NGO with Consultative Status with the United Nations that works to address the issue of Black people throughout the diaspora, to discuss the establishment of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent at the United Nations, the pressing issues that concern people of African descent that will be discussed within the forum, such as anti-Black racism and inequality, and how the forum will provide an avenue for transnational organizing and solidarity.