By Any Means Necessary

Jacquie is joined by Dr. Jack Rasmus, economist, radio show host, & author of 'The Scourge of Neoliberalism,’ to discuss his new article in Counterpunch, “US First Quarter GDP: Recovery or Just Another Rebound,” why the 6.4% growth rate being widely reported is so misleading, and why the real rate of growth in the first quarter is actually below average.

Jacquie is joined by Lisa Snowden-McCray, Managing Editor at The Real News Network, to discuss the move by supposedly-progressive Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott to increase the budget of the city’s police department, and why an increasing number of Baltimore residents support defunding the police.

On this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by journalist and By Any Means Necessary Producer, Wyatt Reed for an on-the-ground update with ongoing protests in Colombia, how strikes are planned to resume and the historical role of US President Joe Biden in ‘Plan Colombia’ and the deep militarization of the country.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dan Cohen, filmmaker and journalist with Behind the Headlines to discuss Israel bombing Gaza amidst ongoing pogroms against Palestinians. Cohen also explains how the politics of fascist rabbi Meir Kahane influence Israel’s far-right government and how US support for Israel facilitates this racist violence.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Garaffa of Tech For the People to discuss the recent cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline, how it exposes the weakness of US cyber infrastructure, how large pharmaceutical companies are partnering with Facebook to find customers and the Pentagon flirting with weapons guided by artificial intelligence


Later in the show Jacquie and Sean are joined by social and civic innovation expert Kendrick Jackson to discuss Israel’s ongoing settler colonial violence against Palestinians; how we are all complicit on some level of the violence against Palestine escalating to this point; how Israel is supported by the US mainly because of its willingness to carry out US imperialist politics in the Middle East; and the need to continue to point out the similarities between US settler colonialism and Israel’s and center the struggle of Palestinian people as their fight for liberation mirrors all of ours.

Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by journalist and By Any Means Necessary Producer, Wyatt Reed for an on-the-ground update with ongoing protests in Colombia, how strikes are planned to resume and the historical role of US President Joe Biden in ‘Plan Colombia’ and the deep militarization of the country.

Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Garaffa of Tech For the People to discuss the recent cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline, how it exposes the weakness of US cyber infrastructure, how large pharmaceutical companies are partnering with Facebook to find customers and the Pentagon flirting with weapons guided by artificial intelligence

Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dan Cohen, filmmaker and journalist with Behind the Headlines to discuss Israel bombing Gaza amidst ongoing pogroms against Palestinians. Cohen also explains how the politics of fascist rabbi Meir Kahane influence Israel’s far-right government and how US support for Israel facilitates this racist violence.

On this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ted Rall, award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist, and author of the new graphic novel, "The Stringer," to talk about the so-called “ worker shortage” in the US following the release of job numbers, how right-wingers are using this as an excuse to cut unemployment assistance, and how all of this emerges from the US government’s refusal to support workers during the coronavirus pandemic.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Mike Sampson, National Desk Coordinator with the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression and organizer with the Jacksonville Community Action Committee, to discuss Florida Gov. Ron Desantis’ restrictive new voting access bill, how it clearly targets poor, working-class, Black people and people of color in the state, and Desantis’ assault on Florida’s people’s movement, ‘from the ballot box to the streets.’


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Manolo De Los Santos, researcher for the Tri-Continental Institute and co-author of “Viviremos: Venezuela vs. Hybrid War” to discuss the Syringes for Cuba campaign, how the US embargo against continues to cause suffering for the Cuban people under the coronavirus pandemic, Cuba’s historic and contemporary contributions to humanity and how the campaign functions as a part of anti-imperialist struggle.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Norton, journalist, Assistant Editor of the Grayzone, and the Producer and Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, the escalating police violence against the working class and poor in Colombia as protests continue; the similarities between US imperialist involvement in the narco regime in Colombia and its involvement in the Contra counterinsurgency force in El Salvador; why Colombia is considered the Israel of Latin America; and how the biased reporting by US media of the Israeli violence against Palestinians in the recent Al Aqsa mosque attacks show that corporate media are stenographers for the ruling class, and why international solidarity is critical to fighting the entire system.

In this segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Manolo De Los Santos, researcher for the Tri Continental Institute and co-author of “Viviremos: Venezuela vs. Hybrid War” to discuss the Syringes for Cuba campaign, how the US embargo against continues to cause suffering for the Cuban people under the coronavirus pandemic, Cuba’s historic and contemporary contributions to humanity and how the campaign functions as a part of anti-imperialist struggle.

In this segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Mike Sampson, National Desk Coordinator with the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression and organizer with the Jacksonville Community Action Committee, to discuss Florida Gov. Ron Desantis’ restrictive new voting access bill, how it clearly targets poor, working class, Black people and people of color in the state, and Desantis’ assault on Florida’s people’s movement, ‘from the ballot box to the streets.’

In this episode 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 wave of violent home seizures by Israeli settlers in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, the corresponding brutalization of Palestinian residents by the Israeli Defense Forces, and how Palestinians critical of the forcible theft of their ancestral homes are being censored.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace, to discuss her recent action to interrupt the annual meeting of high-profile weapons manufacturer General Dynamics, the response from CEO Phebe Novakovic, and the revolving door of lobbyists rotating between the upper echelons of the US military and the billion-dollar arms industry.


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 recent attempts to silence Lebron James after the NBA superstar deleted a tweet calling for the officer who killed 16-year-old Ma’Kiah Bryant to be fired, why James is such a magnet for right-wing attacks, and recent legislation aimed at compensating college athletes.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Abdushshahid Luqman, Co-founder of Luqman Nation Media, to discuss the indictment of the four officers involved in the infamous police killing of George Floyd, news that Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms isn’t seeking a second term, and why Black electoral representation has consistently failed to translate to an end to systemic racism.