By Any Means Necessary

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Netfa Freeman, a Coordinating Committee member of the Black Alliance for Peace, to discuss the opening of the murder trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, efforts to reign in the notorious 1033 program which gives military hardware in the hands of local police departments, and protests against the US-backed government in Jovene Moise in Haiti.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by John Ross, the senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, to discuss the British government's ban on the Chinese-backed CGTN TV channel, the consequences of such a move on the free exchange of ideas between the two countries, and where it fits within the US government's ongoing escalations against China.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ahjamu Umi, organizer and activist with the All African People’s Revolutionary Party, to discuss his new book, “A Guide for Organizing Defense Against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence," and the importance of organizational know-how in fighting back against the growing threat of fascist violence.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Sundiata Cha-Jua, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Illinois, to discuss racial disparities in Covid relief efforts as the new stimulus package approaches passage, Chinese involvement in infrastructure development projects on the African continent, and how capitalism works to keep poor people perpetually in poverty.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ahjamu Umi, organizer and activist with the All African People’s Revolutionary Party, to discuss his new book, “A Guide for Organizing Defense Against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence," and the importance of organizational know-how in fighting back against the growing threat of fascist violence.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Netfa Freeman, a Coordinating Committee member of the Black Alliance for Peace, to discuss the opening of the murder trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, efforts to reign in the notorious 1033 program which gives military hardware in the hands of local police departments, and protests against the US-backed government in Jovene Moise in Haiti.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by John Ross, the senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, to discuss the British government's ban on the Chinese-backed CGTN TV channel, the consequences of such a move for the free exchange of ideas between the two countries, and why he sees the blackout as related to the US government's ongoing escalations against China.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, to discuss the humanitarian crisis facing residents of Jackson, Mississippi, Cooperation Jackson's evolving fight to give a voice to low-income residents of the city, and the importance of such efforts in a region of the country where a UN rapporteur described the living conditions as the worst he'd seen in the developed world.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by international affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda to discuss the leaked Afghanistan power-sharing plan proposed by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, what the plan offers the various interested parties, and why it's gotten such a cold reception from most of its would-be signatories.

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 new escalations with Russia and China being carried out under the banner of cybersecurity, why 'diversity theater' in Tech isn't translating to real demographic shifts in the industry, and calls to boycott Amazon in solidarity with workers pushing to form a union at Amazon's facilities in Bessemer, Alabama.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brandon Sutton, Host of the Discourse Podcast, to discuss corporate media complicity in the rise of Donald Trump, right-wing duplicity in denunciations of “cancel culture,” and whether the same justice system which saw George Floyd executed can hold his killer to account.

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 new escalations with Russia and China being carried out under the banner of cybersecurity, why 'diversity theater' in Tech isn't translating to real demographic shifts in the industry, and calls to boycott Amazon in solidarity with workers pushing to form a union at Amazon's facilities in Bessemer, Alabama.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, to discuss the drinking water crisis facing residents of Jackson, Mississippi, Cooperation Jackson's evolving fight to give a voice to low-income residents of the city, and the importance of such efforts in a region of the country where a UN rapporteur described the living conditions as the worst he'd seen in the developed world.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by By Any Means Necessary producer Wyatt Reed to discuss the emptiness of Democratic gestures towards women's liberation as we mark International Women's Day.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by comedian and activist Lee Camp, host and head writer of Redacted Tonight and author of the recent book Bullet Points and Punch Lines, to discuss the recently-passed $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, his recent article, "It’s Time for Major Wealth Redistribution — Yes, I Mean It," and why the political, economic, and healthcare crises facing working people in the US demand a new political force outside of the two-party system.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Esther Iverem, artist, author and independent journalist, and host and producer of On The Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital on Pacifica Radio, to discuss jury selection in the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the pushback we can expect to see from corporate media and police unions to the attempt to prosecute Chauvin for his role in the execution of George Floyd, and the political dynamics which brought about the massive "rebellion against racism" that characterized the summer of 2020.

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 embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's refusal to resign amid a growing seuxal harassment scandal, "the horribly symbolic protocols" surrounding the so-called 'George Floyd Justice In Policing Act,' and the news that a Brazilian court has annulled the corruption convictions of former president Lula de Silva.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by comedian and activist Lee Camp, host and head writer of Redacted Tonight and author of the recent book Bullet Points and Punch Lines, to discuss the recently-passed $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, his recent article, "It’s Time for Major Wealth Redistribution — Yes, I Mean It," and why the political, economic, and healthcare crises facing working people in the US demand a new political force outside of the two-party system.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by By Any Means Necessary producer Wyatt Reed to discuss the end of Reconstruction and the significance of the connections between yesterday’s planter class and today’s ruling class.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kei Pritsker, journalist with BreakThrough News to discuss the so-called ‘George Floyd’ police funding bill passed by the House of Representatives, why it’s attracted such widespread criticism from critics of racist US policing, and why the bill seems unlikely to pass.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of the weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss the Major League Baseball Player’s Association’s vocal support for the organizing drive at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, how an amicus curae brief filed by former players in support of the NCAA in its landmark Supreme Court case ultimately undercut the league’s messaging, and how the case of Tre Mason highlights long-standing failures to address the dangers of high-impact athletics.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Margaret Kimberley, editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report and author of the new book "Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents," to discuss the muted response by so-called progressive Democrat’s to the party’s abandonment of the fight for a $15/hr minimum wage, Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s embrace of Juan Guaido, and a new court ruling giving New Yorkers access to the disciplinary data of tens of thousands of cops.