By Any Means Necessary

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 developments in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, and why convicting the former President could lead to a political dynamic under which guilt is a matter of partisanship.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Leo Flores, Latin America Campaign Coordinator at CODEPINK, to discuss the ongoing impacts of the deadly sanctions regime imposed on Venezuelans by the US government, how Juan Guaido and his acolytes are still managing to deprive Venezuelans of much-needed healthcare supplies even after the European Union downgraded the opposition figure’s status from ‘interim President’ to ‘privileged interlocutor,’ and what to make of the Biden administration’s stated intention of analyzing how US sanctions impact the public health of their target nations.


In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Mia Donovan, director of the new documentary “Dope is Death,” to discuss the ground-breaking "Lincoln Detox" program, why Dr. Mutulu Shakur coordinated with revolutionary organizers to create America's first alternative detoxification program in Black communities plagued by heroin in the early '70s, and how the program's refusal to adhere to the US government's strict adherence to methadone-only treatment led to extreme surveillance and retaliation by the state against both Dr. Shakur and the Black liberation movement at large.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jon Jeter, award-winning journalist and foreign correspondent, radio and television producer, Bluesologist and Decolonizer, and author of the book “Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People,” to discuss the argument by impeachment managers that the would-be coup at the Capitol on January 6th was "predictable," the overlooked internationalism of the Fred Hampton and the Black liberation movement, and the impact of declining living conditions in the twilight years of US imperialism on class consciousness in America.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Mia Donovan, director of the new documentary “Dope is Death,” to discuss the ground-breaking "Lincoln Detox" program, why Dr. Mutulu Shakur coordinated with revolutionary organizers to create America's first alternative detoxification centers in Black communities plagued by heroin in the early '70s, and how the program's refusal to comply with the US government's strict adherence to methadone-only treatment tied into the broader state campaign of extreme surveillance and retaliation against both Dr. Shakur and the Black liberation movement at large.

In this segment of By Any Means necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Leo Flores, Latin America Campaign Coordinator at CODEPINK, to discuss the ongoing impacts of the deadly sanctions regime imposed on Venezuelans by the US government, how Juan Guaido and his acolytes are still working to deprive Venezuelans of much-needed healthcare supplies even after the European Union downgraded the opposition figure’s status from ‘interim President’ to ‘privileged interlocutor,’ and what to make of the Biden administration’s stated intention of reanalyzing how US sanctions impact the public health of their target nations.

In this episode 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 Israeli backlash to the announcement by the International Criminal Court that it has territorial jurisdiction to investigate suspected Israeli war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank, the predictable allegations by the apartheid government that any such investigation would be evidence of antisemitism.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Mamyrah Prosper, visiting Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College and International Coordinator with Community Movement builders, to discuss protests in Haiti against the Haitian government of Jovenel Moise, the horrific tactics employed by Haitian state security forces, and the role of the US in propping up the controversial regime.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by TechForThePeople.org editor Chris Garaffa for another edition of the new weekly segment “Tech For The People." They discuss how the Minneapolis police compelled Google to reveal the identities of those “within the geographical region” of the infamous AutoZone in the days following the police execution of George Floyd, and how surveillance companies have been exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to attempt to put more drones in the hands of law enforcement.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Rachel Hu and Monica Cruz with Breakthrough News to discuss their new podcast, "It’s Not You, It’s Capitalism," the announcement by World Health Organization's investigative team in Wuhan that the conspiracy theory alleging the COVID-19 virus escaped from a Chinese laboratory was ‘extremely unlikely,' and how the ruling class in the US exploits political ignorance at home to maintain economic control across the globe.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Mamyrah Prosper, visiting Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College and International Coordinator with Community Movement builders, to discuss protests in Haiti against the Haitian government of Jovenel Moise, the horrific tactics employed by Haitian state security forces, and the role of the US government in propping up the controversial regime.

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 Israeli backlash to the announcement by the International Criminal Court that it has territorial jurisdiction to investigate suspected Israeli war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank, the predictable allegations by the apartheid government that any such investigation would be evidence of antisemitism.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by journalist and By Any Means Necessary producer Wyatt Reed to discuss the victory of Ecuador's socialist presidential candidate Andres Arauz on Sunday, why the latest data released by the country's National Election Council indicates Arauz will face off against media darling Yaku Perez, and how the left in Ecuador is responding to the developments.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, to discuss his new book “The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering, and the Political Economy of Boxing,” why "nurture" tends to triumph over "nature," and the many ways the historical hyper-exploitation of Black athletes continues to this day.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Max Rameau,
Haitian-born political theorist, organizer with Pan-African Community Action, and author of an upcoming book on Community Control Over The Police, to discuss the latest in the efforts by Democratic lawmakers to impeach former President Donald Trump, the history of Black Power in Washington, D.C., and why the singing of the 'Black national anthem' will likely do little to promote meaningful racial reconciliation.

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, to discuss his new book “The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering, and the Political Economy of Boxing,” why "nurture" tends to triumph over "nature," and the many ways the historical hyper-exploitation of Black athletes continues to this day.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by journalist and By Any Means Necessary producer Wyatt Reed to discuss the victory of Ecuador's socialist presidential candidate Andres Arauz on Sunday, why the latest data released by the country's National Election Council indicates Arauz will face off against media darling Yaku Perez, and how the left in Ecuador is responding to the developments.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by David Swanson, activist, journalist, radio host, Executive Director of World Beyond War and author of the new book “Leaving World War II Behind,” to discuss the Biden administration’s announcement that the US government is “ending all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen,” why the concerns for Saudi security voiced in the same statement are raising eyebrows among anti-war activists, and how Obama-era support for Saudi aggression set the stage for the current crisis in Yemen.


In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Zoe Pepper-Cunningham, a journalist with People’s Dispatch, to discuss Sunday’s hotly-contested elections in Ecuador, and why leftist candidate Andres Arauz is leading the pack of presidential candidates.


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 the wave of NHL teams postponing games due to COVID-19 outbreaks, and the profound and personal reflections on the NFL lifestyle penned by Super Bowl champion Martellus Bennett.


Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Margaret Kimberley, editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report, to discuss her book "Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents” a year since its publishing, the folly of believing news stories regarding Russia or a China whose sources are funded by “CIA cutouts,” and how US imperial aggression abroad deprives working families of resources at home.