By Any Means Necessary

Misogynoir rears its ugly head in sports; Protests continue in Swaziland; Ransomware attack and more; Bill Cosby released due to loophole

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room to discuss the recent apology issued by ESPN broadcaster Rachel Nichols to fellow anchor Maria Taylor over Nichols allegation that Taylor was promoted over her as a result of pressure to address the network’s lack of diversity, the racist and transphobic history behind disqualification of Olympic women runners due to “naturally high testosterone” levels, as Nambian sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi are kept from competing in the Tokyo Olympics, and other controversial Olympic rules that are being challenged as biased, such as the ban on the Soul Cap designed specifically for Black women swimmers’ hair.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Thokazane Kenneth Kuene, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Swaziland to discuss the uprising in the small African nation against the only remaining absolute monarch on the continent, King Mswati III in Swaziland or Eswatini, the repression of the king’s regime and his hoarding of resources while the Eswatini people struggle in poverty, how the legacy of British colonialism persists in the governance of the small country, the brutal repression being carried out against the people demanding and end to Mswati III’s reign and colonial-era monarchal rule, and the continuing calls for the youth to continue to protest to recapture the streets.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of TechForThePeople.Org to discuss a serious ransomware attack by criminal group REvil, how robocalls are being addressed and won’t be going ending any time soon and how a new platform helps map the victims of spyware.

Later in the show, 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 Joe Biden’s Fourth of July celebration, Bill Cosby being released because of a legal loophole, how to reconcile the contradictions of patriarchy and white supremacy and how we can’t allow ‘nuance’ to mean de facto support of predators

In this segment Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, contributor to @Outsports and host of the TransSporter Room to discuss the recent apology issued by ESPN broadcaster Rachel Nichols to fellow anchor Maria Taylor over Nichols allegation that Taylor was promoted over her as a result of pressure to address the network’s lack of diversity, the racist and transphobic history behind disqualification of Olympic women runners due to “naturally high testosterone” levels, as Nambian sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi are kept from competing in the Tokyo Olympics, and other controversial Olympic rules that are being challenged as biased, such as the ban on the Soul Cap designed specifically for Black women swimmers’ hair.

In this segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of TechForThePeople.Org to discuss a serious ransomware attack by criminal group REvil, how robocalls are being addressed and won’t be going ending any time soon and how a new platform helps map the victims of spyware.

In this segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Thokozane Kenneth Kunene, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Swaziland, to discuss the uprising in the small African nation against the only remaining absolute monarch on the continent, King Mswati III in Swaziland or Eswatini, the repression of the king’s regime and his hoarding of resources while the Eswatini people struggle in poverty, how the legacy of British colonialism persists in the governance of the small country, the brutal repression being carried out against the people demanding and end to Mswati III’s reign and colonial-era monarchal rule, and the continuing calls for the youth to continue to protest to recapture the streets.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Jordan Renee, a Free Assange activist and co-founder of the DCMetro4Assange group, to discuss the admission by the convicted child predator used as the key witness against Julian Assange that his testimony was manufactured and offered to prosecutors in exchange for immunity, the recent rally outside the Department of Justice demanding an end to the prosecution of Assange, and the ruling class motivations for silencing the persecuted Australian journalist.

In the second segment, Sean is joined by Netfa Freeman, Coordinating Committee member of the Black Alliance for Peace, to discuss the withdrawal of Ethiopian military forces from the Tigray region of the country, the similarities in the media coverage of the situation there and the run-up to the NATO invasion of Libya, and the economic interests of the US and European ruling class in the Horn of Africa.

In the third segment, Sean is joined by Michelle Witte, co-host of Political Misfits on Radio Sputnik, to discuss the flood of embarrassing leaks coming from within the office Vice President Kamala Harris, allegations of widespread dysfunction in the office of Senator Kyrsten Sinema, and corporate media portrayals of important public positions as ‘internships’ for unpopular officials hand-chosen by Democratic Party leadership.

Later in the show, Sean is joined by Ted Rall, award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist, and author of the new graphic novel, "The Stringer," emerging divisions within the ruling class exposed by the fight over the future of infrastructure, the erasure of workers' struggle from collective cultural memory in the US, and how corporate control of virtually all major media outlets keeps Americans in the dark about what the government is doing in their name.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Jordan Renee, a Free Assange activist and co-founder of the DCMetro4Assange group, to discuss the admission by the convicted child predator used as the key witness against Julian Assange that his testimony was manufactured and offered to prosecutors in exchange for immunity, the recent rally outside the Department of Justice demanding an end to the prosecution of Assange, and the ruling class motivations for silencing the persecuted Australian journalist.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Netfa Freeman, Coordinating Committee member of the Black Alliance for Peace, to discuss the withdrawal of Ethiopian military forces from the Tigray region of the country, the similarities in the media coverage of the situation there and the run-up to the NATO invasion of Libya, and the economic interests of the US and European ruling class in the Horn of Africa.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by comedian and activist Lee Camp, host and head writer of Redacted Tonight and author of “Bullet Points and Punch Lines,” to discuss the death of former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the accused war criminal’s role in dismembering Iraq and other Middle Eastern states, and the glowing corporate media coverage of Rumsfeld in light of his dying.


In the second segment, Sean is joined by Cathy Rojas, a Queens native, teacher, organizer, running for to be the Mayor of New York City with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, to discuss why she ran for the city’s highest office, the progressive political platform her party is offering working-class New Yorkers, and the perverse logic of the city pleading for residents to reduce electrical usage during a heat wave while continuing to power Time Square.


In the third segment, Sean is joined by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, to discuss the “unprecedented” uprising in Swaziland as the pro-democracy movement continues to stand in defiance of the country’s absolute monarchy, the leading role of the Communist Party of Swaziland in the movement, how US imperialism uses salafist-jihadist forces to destabilize the countries and organizations which comprise the ‘axis of resistance’ in West Asia and North Africa.


Later in the show, Sean is joined by Maurice Cook, founder of Serve Your City, to discuss the myriad health issues which disproportionately affect Black people under capitalism in the US, how “inequalities are literally built into the transportation infrastructure” in DC and across the country, and the "power positioning" exposed by centrist Democrats' ongoing efforts to marginalize progressive candidates within the party.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by comedian and activist Lee Camp, host and head writer of Redacted Tonight and author of “Bullet Points and Punch Lines,” to discuss the death of former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the accused war criminal’s role in dismembering Iraq and other Middle Eastern states, and the glowing corporate media coverage of the deceased Iraq War architect.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, to discuss the “unprecedented” uprising in Swaziland as the pro-democracy movement continues to stand in defiance of the country’s absolute monarchy, the leading role of the Communist Party of Swaziland in the movement, how US imperialism uses salafist-jihadist forces to destabilize the countries and organizations which comprise the ‘axis of resistance’ in West Asia and North Africa.