By Any Means Necessary

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary on Radio Sputnik, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Sathya Vatti with the ANSWER Coalition to discuss the seizure of power by military forces in Myanmar, what's motivating the latest political developments there, and why the corporate media seems so concerned with the situation.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary on Radio Sputnik, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Brian Becker, host of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, to discuss President Biden's decision to meet with Congressional Republicans who are demanding Democrats reduce the size of the planned COVID relief package by two-thirds, how Democrats can simply pass their original $1.9 trillion package via reconciliation, and the attempt by Democrats to convince voters to accept $1,400 instead of the $2,000 checks promised by the party.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dan Cohen, journalist with Behind The Headlines, to discuss his new article in Mintpress News, "How a US-Backed Coup in Serbia Inspired the DC Insurrection," and how the saga shines a light on the direct links between the violent insurrections supported by the US government abroad and the January 6th assault on the Capitol by pro-Trump insurrectionists.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by organizer and environmental justice consultant Kari Fulton to discuss the intersections of racial and environmental oppression, how the focus on climate change can lead to the glossing over of important issues like the polluting and poisoning of marginalized communities, and the long struggle to rid the environmental movement of racism.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dan Cohen, journalist with Behind The Headlines, to discuss his new article in Mintpress News, "How a US-Backed Coup in Serbia Inspired the DC Insurrection," and how the saga shines a light on the direct links between the violent insurrections supported by the US government abroad and the January 6th assault on the Capitol by pro-Trump insurrectionists.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary on Radio Sputnik, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Brian Becker, host of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, to discuss President Biden's decision to meet with Congressional Republicans who are demanding Democrats reduce the size of the planned COVID relief package by two-thirds, how Democrats can simply pass their original $1.9 trillion package via reconciliation, and the attempt by Democrats to convince voters to accept $1,400 instead of the $2,000 checks promised by the party.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kaleigh O’Keefe, editor with Liberation News, poet and host of the First Fridays Open Mic in Jamaica Plain, Boston, and member of United Auto Workers Local 1596, to discuss their recent article in Liberation News, "Make 10 billionaires richer or freeze global poverty? Capitalism chose the former in 2020," the stark differences in how capitalist and socialist governments responded to the coronavirus, and common-sense measures that could be taken to address the public health crisis— but haven't.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Vikas Rawal, an economics professor specializing in India’s agrarian conditions at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, to discuss the violent police crackdown on striking farmers in India, the controversial legislation which led to the massive demonstrations, and why the far-right government of Narendra Modi is responding with such forceful tactics.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, another edition of the weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss why National Women's Hockey League player Saroya Tinker is speaking out against reactionary media outlet Barstool Sports, worrying indications by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that Michigan could reinstate high school athletics within a span of "“weeks or days," and how and why the NBA could ultimately hold its annual All-Star Game as the pandemic continues to rage.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brandon Sutton, host of the Discourse Podcast, to discuss the proposal by the acting Capitol Police chief to permanently wall off the US Capitol building, the latest developments in the criminal investigations into the perpetrators of the fascist insurrection, and why class analysis is crucial in analyzing the events of January 6th and so much more.

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, another edition of the weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss why National Women's Hockey League player Saroya Tinker is speaking out against reactionary media outlet Barstool Sports, worrying indications by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that Michigan could reinstate high school athletics within a span of "“weeks or days," and how and why the NBA could ultimately hold its annual All-Star Game as the pandemic continues to rage.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kaleigh O’Keefe, editor with Liberation News, poet and host of the First Fridays Open Mic in Jamaica Plain, Boston, and member of United Auto Workers Local 1596, to discuss their recent article in Liberation News, "Make 10 billionaires richer or freeze global poverty? Capitalism chose the former in 2020," the stark differences in how capitalist and socialist governments responded to the coronavirus, and common-sense measures that could be taken to address the public health crisis—but haven't.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Vikas Rawal, an economics professor specializing in India’s agrarian conditions at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, to discuss the violent police crackdown on striking farmers in India, the controversial legislation which led to the massive demonstrations, and why the far-right government of Narendra Modi is responding with such forceful tactics.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Tina Landis, organizer and author of the new book, "Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism," to discuss President Joe Biden's climate-related executive orders, why much of the corporate media may be exaggerating the significance of the directives, and the extent to which the moves are oriented towards neutralizing left opposition to the Biden administration.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Sputnik News Analyst Morgan Artyukhina to discuss their recent article, "‘French Revolution in Finance’: Independent Investors Boost GameStop Stocks, Stiff Short-Sellers," the alarming moves by popular apps like Robinhood to prevent amateur users from trading their shares in Gamestock and other brick-and-mortar retail outlets, and why the investment strategy by a handful of Reddit users provoked such a strong rebuke by the ruling class.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist and co-author of "The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis: From CIA Coup to the Brink of War," to discuss his new article in The Grayzone, "Biden admin’s coercive Iran policy threatens serious new regional crisis," and why the Biden administration's demand that Iran return to full compliance to the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action deal—which the US government unilaterally exited under President Donald Trump—is likely to be a non-starter with Tehran.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Danny Haiphong, Contributing Editor of Black Agenda Report, Co-Host of The Left Lens, and co-author of “American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror," to discuss his new article on Black Agenda Report, "Neither Class Reduction nor Race Reduction: Toward a Revolutionary Left Framework on an Age-Old Debate," why the Democrats are pursuing a seemingly ill-fated second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump well after he's left office, and why the blowback from that strategy could land most squarely on the working class forces which the Democratic Party claims to represent.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist and co-author of "The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis: From CIA Coup to the Brink of War," to discuss his new article in The Grayzone, "Biden admin’s coercive Iran policy threatens serious new regional crisis," and why the Biden administration's demand that Iran return to full compliance to the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action deal—which the US government unilaterally exited under President Donald Trump—is likely to be a non-starter with Tehran.