By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Rudolf Okonkwo, a Nigerian American writer, journalist and host of the satirical Dr. Damages Show on IrokopostTV, to discuss the new court ruling which paves the way for Nigerians impacted by decades of Shell oil spills to sue the multinational corporation in the UK and why the impending global shift to renewable energy makes getting concessions a matter of urgency for Shell’s victims.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ben Becker, Editor at Breakthrough News, to discuss the acquittal of former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, why the result came as little surprise to observers, and why the Democrats went ahead with the trial despite its apparent forgone conclusion.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Rick Sterling, journalist and member of the San Francisco-based Syria Solidarity Movement, to discuss President Joe Biden’s nomination of Victoria Nuland for Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Nuland's extensive history of regime change efforts abroad, and the broad bipartisan imperialist consensus revealed by her affinity for the neoconservative movement.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of TechForThePeople.org, to discuss the return of right-wing social media hub Parler, the alarming new efforts to patent AI technology used to identify "homeless people" and "drug users," and the billionaires eyeing Virtual Reality as a means of sedating working people chafing under increasingly unbearable living conditions.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jamal "DJ One Luv" Muhammad, host of the "Love Lounge" radio show on Square1Radio.com, to discuss the ongoing power outages plaguing millions in Texas as the state's power grids face massive electrical shortages, the new report in the Lancet which found 40% of COVID deaths in the US were preventable, and the huge racial disparities in denial of unemployment benefits.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Rick Sterling, journalist and member of the San Francisco-based Syria Solidarity Movement, to discuss President Joe Biden’s nomination of Victoria Nuland for Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Nuland's extensive history of regime change efforts abroad, and the broad bipartisan imperialist consensus revealed by her affinity for the neoconservative movement.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of TechForThePeople.org, to discuss the return of right-wing social media hub Parler, the alarming new efforts to patent AI technology used to identify "homeless people" and "drug users," and the billionaires eyeing Virtual Reality as a means of sedating working people chafing under increasingly unbearable living conditions.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by K.J. Noh, a longtime activist working on global justice issues, writer, teacher, and a member of Veterans for Peace, to discuss the phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, the move by China to revoke the BBC's license in apparent retaliation for the British ban on Chinese broadcaster CGTN, and the hawkish politicians making up Joe Biden's new "China Task Force."

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear, to discuss reports that the "nuclear football" carried by former Vice President Mike Pence nearly came under the control of the insurrectionists at the Capitol on Jan. 6th, the lawsuit filed by Beyond Nuclear to stop the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from okaying a huge "consolidated interim storage facility" in Texas, and what impact the Biden administration may have on nuclear issues.

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 move by NBA officials to force teams to play the national anthem, the spike in coronavirus Tampa-area health officials expect after the super-spreader Super Bowl, and the permanent health impacts of COVID-19 on Vanderbilt’s Demi Washington.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kristine Hendrix, President to the University City School Board, Junior Bayard Rustin Fellow with the Fellowship for Reconciliation and contributor to the Truth-Telling Project and "We Stay Woke" podcast, to discuss New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's apparent cover-up of the pandemic devastating death toll in nursing homes, the refusal by a Buffalo grand jury to indict the police who infamously brutalized a 75-year old demonstrator in June, and the need for those on the left to offer both a comprehensive program and a strong critique of capitalism.

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 move by NBA officials to force teams to play the national anthem, the spike in coronavirus Tampa-area health officials expect after the super-spreader Super Bowl, and the permanent health impacts of COVID-19 on Vanderbilt’s Demi Washington.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by K.J. Noh, a longtime activist working on global justice issues, writer, teacher, and a member of Veterans for Peace, to discuss the phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, the move by China to revoke the BBC's license in apparent retaliation for the British ban on Chinese broadcaster CGTN, and the hawkish politicians making up Joe Biden's new "China Task Force."

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Carl Hamad-Lipscombe, Director of advocacy and policy at Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, to discuss the continuing deportations of hundreds of Haitians under the Biden administration, and whether Biden is unwilling or unable to control the Department of homeland Security.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Phil Wilayto, Editor of the Virginia Defender newspaper and co-founder of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality to discuss the elimination of the death penalty in the state of Virginia, the intertwining history of the death penalty in Virginia and white supremacy throughout the US, and the role of this summer's uprising against racist police terror in achieving progressive concessions from the Democratic Party.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brian Mier, co-editor of Brasil Wire and author of Year of Lead: Washington, Wall Street and the New Imperialism in Brazil, to discuss the explosive leaks from Brazil's Lava Jato corruption case showing high-level collusion between the prosecutors and the FBI, how the revelation may influence the ongoing legal case against former President Lula da Silva, and what the eye-opening documents tell us about the role of US imperialism in the region.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by independent researcher Sam Menefee-Libey to discuss the war between the far-right and the establishment Republicans, the dangers of "unifying" with those who don't see you as fully human, and the urgent need for trans-national solidarity among the working class.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Brian Mier, co-editor of Brasil Wire and author of Year of Lead: Washington, Wall Street and the New Imperialism in Brazil, to discuss the explosive leaks from Brazil's Lava Jato corruption case showing high-level collusion between the prosecutors and the FBI, how the revelation may influence the ongoing legal case against former President Lula da Silva, and what the eye-opening documents tell us about the role of US imperialism in the region.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Phil Wilayto, Editor of the Virginia Defender newspaper and co-founder of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, to discuss the elimination of the death penalty in the state of Virginia, the intertwining history of the death penalty in Virginia and white supremacy throughout the US, and the role of this summer's uprising against racist police terror in achieving progressive concessions from the Democratic Party.