By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, and author of the book “The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean,” to discuss the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, and where the slaying fits within the backdrop of settler-colonial violence upon which the US government was founded.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Jack Rasmus, economist, radio show host, & author of “The Scourge of Neoliberalism,” to discuss the CDC’s extension of the eviction moratorium until June, efforts to vaccinate the US population before the next Covid wave breaks, and why a $15 minimum wage would have been a more effective consumer stimulus measure than much of what’s in the recent Covid relief package.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Stacey Hopkins, an activist, organizer, and political strategist, to discuss the ‘Jim Crow’ voting bill passed by the state of Georgia, why voting rights organizers and activists are so incensed by the controversial legislation, and how Georgia Republicans have historically gained an electoral edge by effectively disenfranchising Black voters.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Breakthrough News journalist Kei Pritsker to discuss the protests against anti-Asian racism held in over 60 cities across the country this weekend, the recent rekindling of long-standing links of solidarity between Black and Asian communities in the US, and the inextricable connections between anti-Asian sentiment at home and imperial US aggression in Korea, Vietnam, China, and more.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Jack Rasmus, economist, radio show host, & author of “The Scourge of Neoliberalism,” to discuss the CDC’s extension of the eviction moratorium until June, efforts to vaccinate the US population before the next Covid wave breaks, and why a $15 minimum wage would have been a more effective consumer stimulus measure than much of what’s in the recent Covid relief package.


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 opening arguments in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for his role in the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd, how the institution of policing varies between the capitalist US and socialist Cuba, and the demand by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that the current Bolivian government treat coup-backed ‘interim President’ Jeanine Añez with impunity in her trial for her role in the coup and the massacres of indigenous protesters.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Stacey Hopkins, an activist, organizer, and political strategist, to discuss the ‘Jim Crow’ voting bill passed by the state of Georgia, why voting rights organizers and activists are so incensed by the controversial legislation, and how Georgia Republicans have historically gained an electoral edge by effectively disenfranchising Black voters.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Breakthrough News journalist Kei Pritsker to discuss the protests against anti-Asian racism held in over 60 cities across the country this weekend, the recent rekindling of long-standing links of solidarity between Black and Asian communities in the US, and the inextricable connections between anti-Asian sentiment at home and imperial US aggression in Korea, Vietnam, China, and more.

In 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 book, “Political Suicide: The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party,” to discuss Joe Biden’s first press conference as US President over two months after being sworn in, Biden’s refusal to honor the Afghan peace deal negotiated by his predecessor, Donald Trump, and the worrisome implications of Biden’s aggressive rhetoric on immigration, foreign policy, and more.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jammie Hale, a farmer and environmental activist from Giles County, Virginia, to discuss the recent arrests by Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies of activists blocking construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the grave environmental impacts the of the project, and why so many in his community continue to fiercely resist the financially dubious pipeline.


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 efforts to remove the name of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from Washington-Lee University in Virginia and Robert E. Lee High School in Florida, as well as the intellectual bankruptcy of the “Lost Cause” narrative advanced by new-confederate factions.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Max Rameau, organizer with Pan-African Community Action and Haitian born political theorist and author of an upcoming book on Community Control Over Police, to discuss widespread outrage over President Biden’s Creole-language tweet demanding Haitians stay in their country, the lengths to which the Duvalier dictatorship went to prevent the Haitian people from learning from the Cuban Revolution, and the significance of the massive container ship paralyzing global commerce.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast for another edition of our weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss efforts to remove the name of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from Washington-Lee University in Virginia and Robert E. Lee High School in Florida, as well as the intellectual bankruptcy of the “Lost Cause” narrative advanced by new-confederate factions.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jammie Hale, a farmer and environmental activist from Giles County, Virginia, to discuss the recent arrests by Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies of activists blocking construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the grave environmental impacts the of the project, and why so many in his community continue to fiercely resist the financially dubious pipeline.

In this special episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Political Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber, as well as Jim Kavanagh, political analyst and contributor to Counterpunch and ThePolemicist.net, Ajamu Baraka, National Organizer of the Black Alliance for Peace, and By Any Means producer Wyatt Reed to discuss the first official press conference given by Joe Biden in his 65 days as US President, corporate media complicity in manufacturing consent for wars of aggression, and how US imperialism abroad relates to the oppression facing working people at home.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Miko Peled, human rights activist and author of “The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine,” and “Injustice, the Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five," to discuss the deadlocked parliamentary elections in Israel, misleading headlines emphasizing the Arab vote, and how the disenfranchisement of Palestinians undercuts Israeli claims of democratic legitimacy.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kim Ives, editor of the English Section of Haiti Liberte, to discuss “the disintegration of the state” in Haiti, the splits emerging between the Haitian police and ruling class, and the emerging alliance of lumpenproletariat elements headed by former police officer Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizie.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kambale Musavuli with the Centre for Research on the Congo to discuss the US government’s designation of Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces as a terrorist organization, why US allegations that the organization is allied with ISIS don’t hold up, and how the US government’s so-called “War on Terror” has played out on the continent historically.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Danny Haiphong, Contributing Editor of Black Agenda Report, Co-Host of The Left Lens, and co-author of “American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror,” to discuss the new alliance of developing countries opposed to US imperial aggression called the “Groups of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations,” the call by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken for a united NATO front against China in Brussels, and why a rising China is perceived as an existential threat to so much of the US ruling class.