By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Ben Becker, Editor in Chief of Breakthrough News, to discuss the apparent victory by Eric Adams in the Democratic primary for New York City’s mayoral race and the socialist candidate looking to take him on in the general election.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by award-winning New York City–based journalist Amir Khafagy to discuss his recent article in The American Prospect, “Public Housing Is Going Private—and Residents Are Fighting Back,” how a minor government housing program ended up a huge, unaccountable federal project, and what the privatization wave means for those seeking government housing assistance.


In the second segment, Sean is joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People.org, for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss a new exposé of the ways Amazon’s exploitative warehouse conditions worsened under the pandemic, growing anxiety over Microsoft’s facial recognition technology, and how Los Angeles police officers have been incentivized to sell Ring doorbell cameras.


In the third segment, Sean is joined by Mikaela Nondo Erskog, Educator and Researcher at Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, to discuss the internationalist legacy of Zambia’s first post-colonial president, Kenneth Kaunda, the pivotal role Zambia came to play as a focal point for African liberation under his leadership, and how Kaunda’s love for working people and his concern for their well-being manifested on the ground.


Later in the show, Sean is joined by Brandon Sutton, host of The Discourse podcast, to discuss the US Department of Justice’s seizure of the PressTV website, New York City Mayoral race, how capitulation by the Democratic Party on crucial issues like voting rights leads to disillusionment, the historic roots of tensions between Black and Asian communities in the US, whether Jay-Z deserves the title of "greatest rapper alive" and why T-Pain is a national treasure.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by award-winning New York City–based journalist Amir Khafagy to discuss his recent article in The American Prospect, “Public Housing Is Going Private—and Residents Are Fighting Back,” how a minor government housing program ended up a huge, unaccountable federal project, and what the privatization wave means for those seeking government housing assistance.

In this special segment, Sean is joined by Mikaela Nondo Erskog, Educator and Researcher at Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, to discuss the internationalist legacy of Zambia’s first post-colonial president, Kenneth Kaunda, the pivotal role Zambia came to play as a focal point for African liberation under his leadership, and how Kaunda’s love for working people and his concern for their well-being manifested on the ground.

In this second segment, Sean is joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People.org, for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss a new exposé of the ways Amazon’s exploitative warehouse conditions worsened under the pandemic, growing anxiety over Microsoft’s facial recognition technology, and how Los Angeles police officers have been incentivized to sell Ring doorbell cameras.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Omar Ocampo, researcher for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, to discuss their recent report “Silver Spoon Oligarchs: How America’s 50 Largest Inherited-Wealth Dynasties Accelerate Inequality,” ways the ultra-wealthy utilize philanthropy to “warehouse wealth,” and the myth of self-made billionaires.


In the second segment, Sean is joined by Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran, to discuss the recent presidential election in Iran, what the election of Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi means for the future of the nuclear deal and the country’s foreign policy, and what domestic priorities Iranians can expect from their new leader.


In the third segment, Sean is joined by Peter Bolton, a DC-based journalist, activist and scholar, and a regular contributor to The Canary and CounterPunch, to discuss his recent article, “Here’s what the corporate-owned media won’t tell you about the arrests in Nicaragua,” how the US government has been propping up the opposition figures recently arrested by Nicaraguan authorities, and why similar forces seem to at play in the push to keep leftist President-elect Pedro Castillo from taking office in Peru.


Later in the show, Sean is joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, and author of the book “The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean,” to discuss the ramifications of the successful bipartisan push to enshrine Juneteenth as a federal holiday, why organizers shouldn’t “let perfect be the enemy of good” in terms of how they analyze the development, and the complex history undergirding the deadly conflict in Ethiopia.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran, to discuss the recent presidential election in Iran, what the election of Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi means for the future of the nuclear deal and the country’s foreign policy, and what domestic priorities Iranians can expect from their new leader.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Peter Bolton, a DC-based journalist, activist and scholar, and a regular contributor to The Canary and CounterPunch, to discuss his recent article, “Here’s what the corporate-owned media won’t tell you about the arrests in Nicaragua,” how the US government has been propping up the opposition figures recently arrested by Nicaraguan authorities, and why similar forces seem to at play in the push to keep leftist President-elect Pedro Castillo from taking office in Peru.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Liberation News Editor Walter Smolarek to discuss his recent piece in Liberation News, “What does Biden’s summit spree tell us about the future of U.S. empire?,” the politicians and pundits pushing the US down a dangerous path of confrontation with China and Russia, and the growing resistance movement working to combat efforts to gin up a new Cold War with China.


In the second segment, Sean is joined by Tina Landis, organizer and author of “Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism,” to discuss the dangerous drought currently scorching the western US coast, the water crisis affecting Lake Meade and the 25 million people whose water supply is drawn from it, and the new resolution introduced by Rep. Cori Bush proposing the democratization of public power.


In the third segment, Sean is joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss Lebron James’ fierce criticism of the NBA’s handling of the covid pandemic, why tennis champ Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from Wimbledon may signal a sea change in player empowerment in professional sports, and why some suspect the push to ban “sticky stuff” from Major League Baseball may be an effort by owners to divide players before key union negotiations.


Later in the show, Sean is joined by Jamal "DJ One Luv" Muhammad, host of the Luv Lounge Radio Show, to discuss the federal recognition of Juneteenth as a national holiday, how “critical race theory” became the new favored bogeyman of the right-wing, and why American capitalism’s enduring dependence on the exploitation of unpaid Black labor makes achieving reparations so unlikely under the current economic system.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss Lebron James’ fierce criticism of the NBA’s handling of the covid pandemic, why tennis champ Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from Wimbledon may signal a sea change in player empowerment in professional sports, and why some suspect the push to ban “sticky stuff” from Major League Baseball may be an effort by owners to divide players before key union negotiations.