By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Rania Khalek, journalist with Breakthrough News and co-host of the Unauthorized Disclosure podcast, to discuss her recent article in The Grayzone, “Lokman Slim’s war: The life and mysterious death of a Western collaborator in Lebanon,” how Slim emerged as a go-to for US government cutouts, the predictable push by corporate media to pin his death on Hezbollah.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, Outsports contributor and co-host of the TransSporter Room, to discuss the far-reaching bill to deny healthcare to trans youth passed by the Arkansas legislature over the objection of the state’s conservative governor, how the issues intersects with questions of race and class, and why the GOP has opportunistically pivoted from attacking Title IX to emerging as some of its most vocal champions.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace, to discuss the recently-revived talks surrounding the Iranian nuclear agreement unilaterally discarded by the US government under Donald Trump, as well as the latest Israeli efforts to derail attempts to resuscitate the deal.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign, to discuss her participation in the recent peace delegation to Nicaragua organized by the Sanctions Kill! campaign, how Nicaraguans are overcoming the effects of US economic aggression towards their country, and why the US government still seems determined to overthrow the Sandinista government four decades after its last attempt.


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, to discuss the sting operation carried out by a group with known links to UK intelligence agencies against the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda, and Media, the new fissures emerging within the NATO member states, and the role of paramilitaries in the “low-intensity war” the US and Colombia have been waging on Venezuela.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, Outsports contributor and co-host of the TransSporter Room, to discuss the far-reaching bill to deny healthcare to trans youth passed by the Arkansas legislature over the objection of the state’s conservative governor, how the issues intersects with questions of race and class, and why the GOP has opportunistically pivoted from attacking Title IX to emerging as some of its most vocal champions.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign, to discuss her participation in the recent peace delegation to Nicaragua organized by the Sanctions Kill! campaign, how Nicaraguans are overcoming the effects of US economic aggression towards their country, and why the US government still seems determined to overthrow the Sandinista government four decades after its last attempt.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Black Alliance for Peace Solidarity Network Coordinator Julie Varughese to discuss the Day of Action on Afghanistan they’re launching on April 8th to demand the to US government uphold its commitments outlined in the Afghan peace plan, in response to the Biden administration’s apparent refusal to adhere to the deal negotiated under Pres. Trump.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gustavo Vargas, a core organizer with Colectivo Kawsay and a member of the Bolivian community in the DC area, to discuss their recent protest outside the Lincoln Memorial calling for an end to US interference in efforts to hold the the authors of the November 2019 coup d’etat responsible, the US government’s long history of giving refuge to loyal Latin American dictators and war criminals, and the significance of international solidarity in the struggle.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People.org, for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss the leaked list of police departments employing facial recognition technology by Clearview AI, the theft of 533 million Facebook users’ data and what to do about it, and efforts by telecommunications giant AT&T to slow the inevitable increase of internet speeds.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of Breakthrough News and author of the book “Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America,” to discuss the latest in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd, why Democrats show a willingness to be “tough” on crime and immigration but not on poverty, and how the ongoing failures of US capitalism in response to Covid demonstrate the inherent weaknesses of the system.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Black Alliance for Peace Solidarity Network Coordinator Julie Varughese to discuss the Day of Action on Afghanistan they’re launching on April 8th to demand the to US government uphold its commitments outlined in the Afghan peace plan, in response to the Biden administration’s apparent refusal to adhere to the deal negotiated under Pres. Trump.

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.org, for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss the leaked list of police departments employing facial recognition technology by Clearview AI, the theft of 533 million Facebook users’ data and what to do about it, and efforts by telecommunications giant AT&T to slow the inevitable increase of internet speeds.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gustavo Vargas, a core organizer with Colectivo Kawsay and a member of the Bolivian community in the DC area, to discuss their recent protest outside the Lincoln Memorial calling for an end to US interference in efforts to hold the the authors of the November 2019 coup d’etat responsible, the US government’s long history of giving refuge to loyal Latin American dictators and war criminals, and the significance of international solidarity in the struggle.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Chris Smalls, labor activist, founder of The Congress Of Essential Workers, and host of the podcast “It’s a Smalls World,” to discuss the vote count in the historic Amazon unionization campaign in Bessemer, Alabama, the notorious company’s efforts to retaliate against workers who speak out about workplace conditions and corporate policies, and why the union drive has already succeeded in sparking attempts to launch similar initiatives at Amazon facilities across the country.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by international affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda to discuss rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia, how Kiev’s failures to live up to its Minsk accord commitments heightens the chances of the situation descending into all-out war, and why it’s likely Washington greenlit the Ukrainian regime’s escalations.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Zoe Pepper-Cunningham, a journalist with People’s Dispatch, to discuss the upcoming Presidential runoff election in Ecuador between leftist economist Andres Arauz and right-wing banker Guillermo Lasso, attempts by first-round loser Yaku Perez to derail the vote, and the growing progressive movement behind Arauz.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Founder & Executive Director of One People's Project, to discuss updates in the trial of Derek Chauvin in the police killing of George Floyd, attempts by ‘Boogaloo Boys’ and others to infiltrate spaces and divert movements, as well as the links and parallels between the struggles against fascism across the globe.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Zoe Pepper-Cunningham, a journalist with People’s Dispatch, to discuss the upcoming Presidential runoff election in Ecuador between leftist economist Andres Arauz and right-wing banker Guillermo Lasso, attempts by first-round loser Yaku Perez to derail the vote, and the growing progressive movement behind Arauz.