By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman 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.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman 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 this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ryan Cooper, National Correspondent for The Week magazine, and Co-Host & Producer of LeftAnchor podcast, to discuss how President Biden's tweaks to the COVID-19 relief package will leave 17 million people with no stimulus check, how the move is likely to delay the process, and the grave consequences the decision could have on the Democratic Party's chances in the 2022 midterms elections.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Johanna Fernandez, Associate Professor of history at Baruch College of the City University, author of "The Young Lords: A Radical History," and editor of the book "Writing on the Wall: The Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu Jamal," to discuss political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal's recent positive coronavirus diagnosis, why Dr. Ricardo Alvarez has indicated "the only treatment for Mumia is freedom," and why the latest development only underscores the life-threatening conditions facing the incarcerated population as a matter of routine.

In the third 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 announcement that the International Criminal Court will investigate war crimes allegedly carried out by Israel, why Secretary of State Anthony Blinken immediately leaped to demonize the efforts to bring the Israeli regime to justice, and double standards in the application of international law.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by social and civic innovation expert Kendrick Jackson to discuss the about-face by Minneapolis authorities in their plan to pay social media influencers to publicize the city's official perspective in the run-up to the trial of George Floyd's killer, officer Derek Chauvin, the fallout of the sexual abuse allegations levelled against pop star and actor TI, and why similar accusations against Joe Biden seem to have been swept under the rug.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman 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 announcement that the International Criminal Court will investigate war crimes allegedly carried out by Israel, why Secretary of State Anthony Blinken immediately leaped to demonize the efforts to bring the Israeli regime to justice, and double standards in the application of international law.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ryan Cooper, National Correspondent for The Week magazine, and Co-Host & Producer of LeftAnchor podcast, to discuss how President Biden's tweaks to the COVID-19 relief package will leave 17 million people with no stimulus check, how the move is likely to delay the process, and the grave consequences the decision could have on the Democratic Party's chances in the 2022 midterms elections.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Johanna Fernandez, Associate Professor of history at Baruch College of the City University, author of "The Young Lords: A Radical History," and editor of the book "Writing on the Wall: The Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu Jamal," to discuss political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal's recent positive coronavirus diagnosis, why Dr. Ricardo Alvarez has indicated "the only treatment for Mumia is freedom," and why the latest development only underscores the life-threatening conditions facing the incarcerated population as a matter of routine.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Mike Pappas, a family medicine physician, activist, and frequent contributor to LeftVoice.org, to discuss Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement that he’s lifting the mask mandate in Texas and allowing businesses to return to full capacity, the latest in the botched rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, and the devastating consequences of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus cover-up.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Zoe Pepper-Cunningham, a journalist with People’s Dispatch, to discuss the legacy of slain Honduran indigenous environmental organizer Berta Cáceres and the role of Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration in overthrowing the democratically-elected government of Manuel Zelaya and paving the way for the conditions which led to the activist’s assassination.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Arnold August, a Montreal-based writer, journalist, lecturer, and author of several books including "Cuba U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond," to discuss Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s conversation with foreign-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, why the Biden administration’s official statement on the conversation is almost indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Mike Pompeo and Donald Trump, and the letter by eighty House Democrats urging President Joe Biden to repeal “cruel” Trump-era sanctions on Cuba and renew engagement.

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 White House’s withdrawal of Neera Tanden’s nomination for Office of Management and Budget director, the important lessons the Latin American left offers organizers in the US, and the consolidation of power in El Salvador by the right-wing regime of Nayib Bukele.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Arnold August, a Montreal-based writer, journalist, lecturer, and author of several books including "Cuba U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond," to discuss Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s conversation with foreign-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, why the Biden administration’s official statement on the conversation is almost indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Mike Pompeo and Donald Trump, and the letter by eighty House Democrats urging President Joe Biden to repeal “cruel” Trump-era sanctions on Cuba and renew engagement.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Mike Pappas, a family medicine physician, activist, and frequent contributor to LeftVoice.org, to discuss Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement that he’s lifting the mask mandate in Texas and allowing businesses to return to full capacity, the latest in the botched rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, and the devastating consequences of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus cover-up.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Lillian House, one of the lead organizers around Justice for Elijah McClain, to discuss the recent independent report detailing how Aurora police and EMS continuously mishandled and escalated the arrest of Elijiah McClain before the young Black man in in 2019, the massive nonviolent protests demanding justice for his killing by police last summer, and why the only ones facing criminal charges now are the organizers who called for police accountability.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nnenna Amuchie, organizer with Black Alliance for Peace, East of the River Mutual Aid, and the DC chapter of the Gray Panthers, to discuss yesterday’s protest outside the Haitian embassy in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of Haitians demanding President Jovenel Moise step down, the role of the US in propping up the unpopular regime, and where that relationship fits within the American government’s long history of supporting brutal dictatorships in Haiti and across the region.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by TechForThePeople.org editor Chris Garaffa for another edition of our new segment Tech For The People. They discuss the millions of seniors struggling to get vaccinated without internet access or know-how and the $650 million settlement that Facebook was ordered to pay after the social media giant appeared to openly violate an Illinois ban on using facial recognition software without consumer consent.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Baba Zak Kondo, author of “Conspiracies: Unravelling the Assassination of Malcolm X,” to discuss the significance of the admission by now-deceased NYPD undercover officer Raymond Wood that he facilitated Malcolm’s assassination on behalf of the FBI and the NYPD, why Kondo now condemns the recent Netflix documentary series on the assassination and says he regrets his participation, and the broad cultural campaign to “de-emphasize the role of the state” in the execution of the Black liberation legend.