By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gloria La Riva of the ANSWER Coalition to discuss her recent solidarity mission to Cuba, how the socialist island nation manufactured their own vaccines despite the US government’s ongoing deadly economic blockade, and the international campaign to help Cubans import the 20 million syringes needed to administer the doses.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Asa Winstanley, investigative journalist and Associate editor with The Electronic Intifada, to discuss the swearing-in of new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Bennett’s history of bragging about killing Arab people, and why the inclusion of an Arab party in the new coalition seems to have been driven mainly by political expediency.

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 meeting of G7 nations currently taking place in the UK, the group’s endorsement of a 15% global minimum corporate tax, and doubts among the European countries about the viability of US global leadership.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by John Perry, a writer for Council on Hemispheric Affairs, to discuss his recent article, “The US stake in Nicaragua and Honduras’s 2021 elections,” as well as the recent bipartisan push by the the US to sanction the Nicaraguan government.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast for another edition of our weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss the Navy's refusal to let cornerback Cameron Kinley pursue an NFL career and the revelation that legendary University of Michigan coach Bo Schembechler overlooked the long-term sexual abuse of players—including his own son—by the team’s physician.


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 successful push by the far-right to ban Critical Race Theory in Florida, splits evident at the G7 among the ‘pan-European project,’ and the recent boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul.

In this segment 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 meeting of G7 nations currently taking place in the UK, the group’s endorsement of a 15% global minimum corporate tax, and doubts among the European nations about the viability of US global leadership.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss the Navy's refusal to let cornerback Cameron Kinley pursue an NFL career and the revelation that legendary University of Michigan coach Bo Schembechler overlooked the long-term sexual abuse of players—including his own son—by the team’s physician.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Sabina Wildman, National Organizing Director for United Students Against Sweatshops, to discuss the successful efforts to block an Israeli shipping freighter from docking at the port of Oakland, how the action by a broad coalition of pro-Peace and Palestinian solidarity groups came to fruition, and the significance of international solidarity in the struggle for Palestinian liberation.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brian Becker, host of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, to discuss his first-hand experience with the anti-war activism of Muhammad Ali on a delegation to Iraq in 1990, why Ali wasn’t surprised by efforts by the corporate media to paint him as an unwitting dupe of pro-peace organizers, and the enduring significance of the legendary boxer on the fifth anniversary of his death.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Leonida Odingo, Kenyan human rights activist, trainer, writer, social justice enthusiast, to discuss how corporate behemoths are monopolizing the seed market, and how advocates of agroecology are fighting back.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Abdushshahid Luqman, Co-Founder of Luqman Nation Media, to discuss the latest efforts by corporate media to humanize the Bidens, the Israel lobby’s attacks on Ilhan Omar following the Representative’s denunciation of war crimes, and efforts by the ruling class to defang the radical legacy of Muhammad Ali.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Leonida Odingo, Kenyan human rights activist, trainer, writer, social justice enthusiast, to discuss how corporate behemoths are monopolizing the seed market, and how advocates of agroecology are fighting back.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Brian Becker, host of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, to discuss his first-hand experience with the anti-war activism of Muhammad Ali on a delegation to Iraq in 1990, why Ali wasn’t surprised by efforts by the corporate media to paint him as an unwitting dupe of pro-peace organizers, and the enduring significance of the legendary boxer on the fifth anniversary of his death.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Sabina Wildman, National Organizing Director for United Students Against Sweatshops, to discuss the successful efforts to block an Israeli shipping freighter from docking at the port of Oakland, how the action by a broad coalition of pro-Peace and Palestinian solidarity groups came to fruition, and the significance of international solidarity in the struggle for Palestinian liberation.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Leo Flores, Latin America Campaign Coordinator at CODEPINK, to discuss the victory in Peru’s presidential claimed by union organizer Pedro Castillo last night, efforts by neoliberal candidate Keiko Fujimori to sow doubt on the certainty of Castillo’s election, and the kind of response Peruvians can expect from the US government and the transnational ruling class.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kim Ives, editor of the English Section of Haiti Liberte, to discuss the indefinite postponement of a Jun. 27 constitutional referendum by de facto Haitian president Jovenel Moïse and more.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Zoe Pepper-Cunningham, a journalist with People’s Dispatch, to discuss the demand by Vice President Kamala Harris that Central American migrants seeking refuge in the United States “do not come,” and the role of the US government in creating the hellish conditions from which millions in the Northern Triangle seek to escape.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ted Rall, award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist, and author of the new graphic novel, "The Stringer," to discuss Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s continued refusal to support filibuster reform even after meeting with civil rights leaders, the internal federal investigation which determined that the June 1st attack on protesters by US Park Police and other police agencies was not carried out in preparation for that Pres. Donald Trump’s photo-op, and how the lack of internet connectivity in rural areas is impeding educational and economic growth.