By Any Means Necessary

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

In this segment 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 this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Walter Smolarek, editor of Liberation News, to discuss Congressional Democrats’ abandonment of the $15/hour minimum wage proposal and where they’re laying the blame.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Abdul Rahman, a journalist with People’s Dispatch and Newsclick to discuss the ongoing strike by farmers in India over big-business friendly legislation, the role of Big Tech in silencing the movement, and the “active state repression” being carried out by the right-wing government against the farmers.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Moleko Phakedi, Deputy Secretary General of the South African Federation of Trade Unions, to discuss the recent strike by workers on South Africa, why many have come to oppose the ANC government, and the social factors and organizations which allowed the SAFTU to spearhead such a robust response.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie 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 Donald Trump’s incendiary comments at CPAC

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Walter Smolarek, editor of Liberation News, to discuss Congressional Democrats’ abandonment of the $15/hour minimum wage proposal and where they’re laying the blame.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Moleko Phakedi, Deputy Secretary General of the South African Federation of Trade Unions, to discuss the recent strike by workers on South Africa, why many have come to oppose the ANC government, and the social factors and organizations which allowed the SAFTU to spearhead such a robust response.

Biden launches deadly strike on Syria; Outraged Texans plan ERCOT protest after deadly mismanagement; Attacks on China grow as Olympics near

Text: In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by international affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda to discuss the deadly attack on Syria authorized by US President Joe Biden last night, why the US military's official justification for the strike doesn't appear to hold water, and the broadly-bipartisan imperialist consensus in Congress.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brianna Griffith, host and producer of People's Republic Radio in Austin, Texas, to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis plaguing Texans as the state struggles to provide basic services to hundreds of thousands, Joe Biden's visit to the storm-ravaged region, and the protest that outraged residents and organizers are planning to hold outside ERCOT headquarters on Sunday.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our new weekly segment “The Red Spin Report." They discuss Duke University's removal of college basketball star Jalen Johnson from the team roster, the attempts by Canadian politicians to poach the 2022 Olympics from China due to "dubious" allegations of human rights violations in the Xinjiang province, and how Canada's horrific human rights legacy in terms of indigenous genocide exposes the "western chauvinism" behind the campaign.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Maurice Cook, founder of Serve Your City, to discuss why there always seems to be money for war but never for social spending, why capitalism treats working people as disposable, how "development" in cities functions as a catch-all for neoliberal policies and projects that drive gentrification.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jim Kavanagh, political analyst and contributor to Counterpunch and ThePolemicist.net, where you can read his latest piece, “The American Farce Unravels: Shreds of January 6th," to discuss the latest in Democrats' efforts to pass a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, and why Democratic Representative Pramila Jayapal thinks any attempt to lay the blame for a failure to include a $15 minimum wage at the feet of the unelected Senate Parliamentarian is 'not gonna fly.'

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Vicki Cervantes, North America Coordinator of the Honduras Solidarity Network, to discuss the newly-introduced “Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021,” the response by Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to Congress' attempt to sanction him, and why the US government appears poised to rescind its support for one of its most loyal regimes in the region.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Richard Becker, author of “Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire,” to discuss Israel's efforts to distribute excess COVID-19 vaccines among allied regimes like Honduras rather than the Palestinian population, the outrage the move has provoked among progressives and Palestinians, and how pushback from figures like Defense Minister Benny Gantz could put a pause on the program.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eleanor Goldfield, a creative activist, journalist, co-host of the Common Censored podcast with Lee Camp and the filmmaker behind the documentary “Hard Road Of Hope," to discuss the dramatic racial disparities in access to the COVID-19 vaccine, the shocking inequality on display amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Texas, and how the state's overreliance on fossil fuels left it so vulnerable to storms.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Richard Becker, author of “Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire,” to discuss Israel's efforts to distribute excess COVID-19 vaccines among allied regimes like Honduras rather than the Palestinian population, the outrage the move has provoked among progressives and Palestinians, and how pushback from figures like Defense Minister Benny Gantz could put a pause on the program.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jim Kavanagh, political analyst and contributor to Counterpunch and ThePolemicist.net, where you can read his latest piece, “The American Farce Unravels: Shreds of January 6th," to discuss the latest in Democrats' efforts to pass a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, and why Democratic Representative Pramila Jayapal thinks any attempt to lay the blame for a failure to include a $15 minimum wage at the feet of the unelected Senate Parliamentarian is 'not gonna fly.'