By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jason Dzubow, an immigration attorney, partner at Dzubow & Pilcher, PLLC and blogger at www.asylumist.com, to discuss his new book, “Asylumist: How to Seek Asylum in the United States and Keep Your Sanity,” the emerging gap between the purported values of the US government and the reality facing those who seek refuge here, and why the process of navigating the country’s asylum system has become increasingly burdensome.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by international affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda to discuss the fallout of the arrest of Belarusian “regime change asset” Roman Protasevich, disturbing new revelations about the apparent neo-nazi background of the so-called ‘political prisoner,’ and the double standards of corporate media.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by community organizer Nnenna Amuchie to discuss what’s changed—and what hasn’t—in the year since the murder of George Floyd by then-officer Derek Chauvin, the recent meeting of family members of high-profile victims of police killings, and the future of the movement.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear, to discuss new revelations about the threat of mutual nuclear destruction during the Cold War and some of the numerous instances in which such nuclear warfare was narrowly avoided.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Tech for the People editor Chris Garaffa for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss the outcry over Facebook’s planned “Instagram for kids” expansion, the new cloud services deal between Israel, Amazon, and Google, and the Jewish employees of Google demanding the company stop favoring the Israeli regime at the expense of Palestinians.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie discuss the equivalence drawn by GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene between covid vaccines and the Holocaust, the recent anti-Asian hate crime legislation, and the colonial origins of Zionism.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by community organizer Nnenna Amuchie to discuss what’s changed—and what hasn’t—in the year since the murder of George Floyd by then-officer Derek Chauvin, the recent meeting of family members of high-profile victims of police killings, and the future of the movement.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Tech for the People editor Chris Garaffa for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss the outcry over Facebook’s planned “Instagram for kids” expansion, the new cloud services deal between Israel, Amazon, and Google, and the Jewish employees at Google demanding the company stop favoring the Israeli regime at the expense of Palestinians.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Liberation News Editor Walter Smolarek to discuss the new divisions exposed in the Democratic Party amid Israel’s latest siege of Gaza, as well as the Supreme Court case regarding Mississippi’s draconian abortion ban law which could potentially upend Roe v. Wade.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Zoe Pepper-Cunningham, a journalist with People’s Dispatch, to discuss the latest in the anti-neoliberal protests continuing across Colombia, the demands of the hundreds of thousands who’ve taken to the streets since the National Strike began on April 28th, and why many are skeptical about the filing of charges against a lone Colombian police officer after dozens of protesters were killed at the hands of state security forces.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Black Alliance for Peace Coordinating Committee member Netfa Freeman to discuss the enduring significance of African Liberation Day and why the struggles for liberation among racially and economically oppressed communities across the globe are “inextricable.”


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, and author of the books “The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering and the Political Economy of Boxing” to discuss the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, whether we’ve “reached a point of diminishing returns” in terms of fictional depictions of the “grotesque savagery inflicted on Black people” by Hollywood, and the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ariel Gold, national co-director of CODEPINK, to discuss the recently-announced ceasefire in the deadly 11-day siege of the Gaza Strip by Israel, whether subsequent efforts by extremist settlers to storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque and escalate tensions could endanger the fragile peace now taking hold, and US President Biden’s promise to replenish Israel’s missile supply.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Rachel Hu, co-host of the podcast It’s Not You, It’s Capitalism, to discuss the new anti-Asian hate crimes bill signed into law by President Biden, and why Biden’s support for a new Cold War on China and past statements blaming China for the coronavirus pandemic undermine his supposed concern for the rise in violence against people of Asian descent.


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 NBA players like Kyrie Irving speaking out against attacks on Palestinians, and why it seems there’s been a fundamental change in the Israel lobby’s ability to silence all its critics.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Margaret Kimberley, editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report and author of "Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents,” to discuss the choice by the Associated Press to “cave in to the attack” by right-wing forces and fire their reporter Emily Wilder seemingly due to her prior participation in Students for Justice in Palestine, the significance of the wave of progressive Democratic Congress members now publicly condemning Israeli apartheid, and the racist notion that Black people are the “nerve center” of anti-Semitism in the US.

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 NBA players like Kyrie Irving speaking out against attacks on Palestinians, and why it seems there’s been a fundamental change in the Israel lobby’s ability to silence all its critics.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ariel Gold, national co-director of CODEPINK, to discuss the recently-announced ceasefire in the deadly 11-day siege of the Gaza Strip by Israel, whether subsequent efforts by extremist settlers to storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque and escalate tensions could endanger the fragile peace now taking hold, and US President Biden’s promise to replenish Israel’s missile supply.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Basem Naim, former Health Minister of Gaza and head of the Hamas International Relations Office, to discuss the latest casualties in the Israeli siege of Gaza, their conditions for a ceasefire and its current prospects, and corporate media's tendency to ‘adopt the Israeli narrative.’


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Founder & Executive Director of One People's Project to discuss the shrinking prospects of a January 6 Commission passing the Senate, Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s opposition to the plan, and the aftermath of the right-wing riot in the Capitol building earlier this year.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Albert Saint Jean, grassroots organizer, freelance writer, and contributor to Haiti Liberte, to discuss why thousands of Haitians are once again taking to the streets in Port-Au-Prince and across the country, as well as the role of the US government in propping up the widely-loathed neoliberal regime in Haiti and beyond.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by James Early, Former Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution and board member of the Institute for Policy Studies, to discuss the need for alternative media as corporate media fails to convert the breadth of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli siege, the links between the violence in Palestine and the repression of popular forces in Colombia, and the move by the Biden administration to remove sanctions against the Nordstream 2 pipeline.