By Any Means Necessary

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Mitchell Plitnick, political analyst and co-author of the new book “Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics,” to discuss President Joe Biden’s address before a joint session of Congress, the fawning response to the speech by mainstream media, and why Biden’s proposals appear aimed towards countering China rather than improving the lives of working people in the US.


In the second segment, 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 continue to discuss President Biden’s speech as well as Biden’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric towards both the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Atlanta-based activist Monica Johnson to discuss the hate crimes and murder charges filed against the men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, the historical significance of the apparent vigilante slaying which preceded the police murder of George Floyd, and the latest wave of police killings being denounced by protesters across the country.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brandon Sutton, host of The Discourse podcast, to discuss the release of the long-awaited Mortal Kombat movie, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott’s insistence that “America is not a racist country,” and why the Democratic and Republican parties actually ‘complement’ one another.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Atlanta-based activist Monica Johnson to discuss the hate crimes and murder charges filed against the men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, the historical significance of the apparent vigilante slaying which preceded the police murder of George Floyd, and the latest wave of police killings which protesters across the country are denouncing.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Monica Cruz, host of the new podcast “On the Picket Line” on Breakthrough News, to discuss the lessons learned from the Amazon unionization drive in Alabama, why much of the media commentary following the loss was so pessimistic, and how their new podcast works to highlight the ongoing labor struggles playing out across the US.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Leo Flores, Latin America Campaign Coordinator at CODEPINK and a fellow at Globetrotter, to discuss his recent article, “How Venezuela is Rebuilding its Industrial Base, One Volunteer at a Time,” and why the 2,000+ member Productive Workers Army is taking the fight to restore Venezuelan economic production into their own hands.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by writer and historian Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs, to discuss the recent television miniseries “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” how the series subverts long-standing racial comic book tropes, and the role of US military money in the Marvel universe.


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 move by the Idaho legislature to ban critical race theory from public school campuses, why corporate media is ramping up anti-China propaganda to levels unseen since before Nixon-era rapprochement, and the need to confront the Biden-Harris administration on the issue of Palestine.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Monica Cruz, host of the new podcast “On the Picket Line” on Breakthrough News, to discuss the lessons learned from the Amazon unionization drive in Alabama, why much of the media commentary following the loss was so pessimistic, and how their new podcast works to highlight the ongoing labor struggles playing out across the US.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Leo Flores, Latin America Campaign Coordinator at CODEPINK and a fellow at Globetrotter, to discuss his recent article, “How Venezuela is Rebuilding its Industrial Base, One Volunteer at a Time,” and why the 2,000+ member Productive Workers Army is taking the fight to restore Venezuelan economic production into their own hands.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by writer and historian Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs to discuss the recent television miniseries “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” how the series subverts long-standing racial comic book tropes, and the role of US military money in the Marvel universe.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jeff Cohen, Founder Emeritus of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), to discuss his recent article in Common Dreams, “Media Evasions on Racism and the Role of Derek Chauvin,” why racial justice rhetoric recently adopted by Democrats and corporate media rings hollow, and efforts to use the conviction of Derek Chauvin to portray the crisis of racist police killing as the work of “a few bad apples.”


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Christian Djimra Koumtog, Chad-born Poet, author and contributor to Face2Face Africa, to discuss the civil society groups calling for the dissolution of the newly-formed junta which took power after the death of longtime Chad President Idriss Déby, why he views France as responsible the imposition of his son, Mahamat Déby, and why so many are insisting Mahamat must step down within 90 days.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss the recent passing of influential information security researcher Dan Kaminsky, the revelation that the US Postal Service has been quietly running a “covert operations program” aimed at monitoring Americans’ social media activity, and a study which found the “remarkable quantity” of personally identifiable information available on accused and convicted people on government websites constitute a form of “digital punishment.”


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eleanor Goldfield, a creative activist, journalist, and co-host of the Common Censored podcast with Lee Camp, to discuss the international inquiry which found the government’s treatment of Black people in the US amounts to crimes against humanity, the $1.6 million settlement the District of Columbia reached with the victims of its mass arrests and constitutional violations during the inauguration of Donald Trump in January 2017, and how the Democratic party weaponizes identity in the service of imperialism.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Christian Djimra Koumtog, Chad-born Poet, author and contributor to Face2Face Africa, to discuss the civil society groups calling for the dissolution of the newly-formed junta which took power after the death of longtime Chad President Idriss Déby, why he views France as responsible the imposition of his son, Mahamat Déby, and why so many are insisting Mahamat step down within 90 days.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss the recent passing of influential information security researcher Dan Kaminsky, the revelation that the US Postal Service has been quietly running a “covert operations program” aimed at monitoring Americans’ social media activity, and a study which found the “remarkable quantity” of personally identifiable information available on accused and convicted people on government websites constitute a form of “digital punishment.”

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Newsclick editor and science activist Prabir Purkayastha to discuss the catastrophic covid crisis ravaging India, the refusal by the US and other wealthy western governments to consider lifting intellectual property protections for covid vaccines, and why World Health Organization director general Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus says the future of the pandemic “comes down to a simple choice: to share or not to share.”


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ali Abunimah, co-founder of electronicintifada.net and the author of 'One Country' and 'The Battle for Justice in Palestine,' to discuss the violent anti-Palestinian pogroms carried out recently by Israeli settlers in Jerusalem and beyond, why Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to condemn the wave of terror or chants of “death to Arabs,” and why Israel lobbyists who’ve espoused similar views are working to distance themselves from the violence.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry, independent scholar, archivist, author of “Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883–1918,” and editor of “A Hubert Harrison Reader,” to discuss the legacy of radical Black scholar-activist Hubert Henry Harrison 138 years after his birth, why his radical Black internationalist perspective was so ahead of its time, and how his groundbreaking criticisms of US capitalism and white supremacy led to his socialist organizing efforts.


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 the investigation the Department of Justice is launching into the Louisville police department, how US taxpayers continue to subsidize the militarization of local police departments, and why many believe Derek Chauvin would never have been put on trial for murdering George Floyd if protesters had not burned down the police precinct in Minneapolis.