By Any Means Necessary

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Patricia Gorky, software engineer and technology and security analyst, to discuss the antitrust lawsuit being brought against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission, 46 US states, as well as Washington, D.C. and Guam, the unsavory tactics Facebook seems to have used to secure its social media stranglehold, and why neither side of the dispute seems to have the interests of working people in mind.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nii Akuetteh, democracy activist, US-Africa relations analyst and former professor at Georgetown University, to discuss the apparent reelection of the New Patriotic Party's Nana Akufo-Addo as President of Ghana, the rejection of the purported outcome of the vote by the opposition, and why the situation has become so violent.

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 news that almost 7,000 student athletes have been diagnosed with COVID-19 as much of the NCAA plows ahead with college sports seasons, why the real number of coronavirus victims is likely much higher, and why Liberty University football coach Hugh Freeze's recent diagnosis comes as no surprise.

Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly, assistant professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College, Visiting Scholar with the Race and Capitalism Project at the University of Chicago, and author of the new book, “W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History,” to discuss the last-minute stopgap measure passed by the Senate to avoid a government shutdown, the leaked audio files in which Joe Biden demands that Black liberal leaders keep quiet about injustices perpetrated by police ahead of January's runoff elections in Georgia, and the continuing relevance of the US government's historic attempts to silence revolutionary Black figures like Paul Robeson.

In this episode 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 our weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss the news that almost 7,000 student athletes have been diagnosed with COVID-19 as much of the NCAA plows ahead with college sports seasons, why the real number of coronavirus victims is likely much higher, and why Liberty University football coach Hugh Freeze's recent diagnosis comes as no surprise.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Patricia Gorky, software engineer and technology and security analyst, to discuss the antitrust lawsuit being brought against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission, 46 US states, as well as Washington, D.C. and Guam, the unsavory tactics Facebook seems to have used to secure its social media stranglehold, and why neither side of the dispute seems to have the interests of working people in mind.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ajamu Baraka, National Organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace, to discuss the significance of International Human Rights Day, Black Alliance for Peace's upcoming webinar, "People(s)-Centered Human Rights: The Black Radical Alternative," and the challenges of reconciling the popular conceptualization of human rights with anti-colonialism and anti-imperialism.

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Tina Landis, organizer and author of the new book, ‘Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism,’ to discuss the new report by the United Nations Environment Program suggesting the world's wealthiest 1% must cut their emissions by a factor of 30 to meaningfully address climate change, how the rich account for such a disproportionate carbon footprint, and why any real solution to the climate crisis demands a shift away from the capitalist economic system.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Monica Cruz, co-host of Breakthrough News, to discuss the car caravan of taxi drivers from New York City calling for a "people's stimulus" outside Congress, the basic demands which protest leaders want to see extended to all working people in the US, and how New York's taxi medallion program and the rise of rideshare apps are causing many cab drivers to go broke.

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 president-elect Joe Biden's nomination of Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, the recently-leaked audio recording in which Biden seems to caution NAACP leaders against demanding police departments be defunded, and the need to look beyond the Democratic Party for real progressive change going forward.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqma are joined by Tina Landis, organizer and author of the new book, ‘Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism,’ to discuss the new report by the United Nations Environment Program suggesting the world's wealthiest 1% must cut their emissions by a factor of 30 to meaningfully address climate change, how the rich account for such a disproportionate carbon footprint, and why any real solution to the climate crisis demands a shift away from the capitalist economic system.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ajamu Baraka, National Organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace, to discuss the significance of International Human Rights Day, Black Alliance for Peace's upcoming webinar, "People(s)-Centered Human Rights: The Black Radical Alternative," and the challenges of reconciling the popular conceptualization of human rights with anti-colonialism and anti-imperialism.

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 vote by the House of Representatives to approve the National Defense Authorization Act with a veto-proof majority, why the gargantuan military spending bill tends to receive so little public scrutiny each year, and his latest article, "I Agree with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Foreign Bases."

In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Aaron Greene, an organizer with Black Alliance for Peace's Africa Team and Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, to discuss his recent article, "Lynchings By Law," the wave of executions the Trump administration apparently aims to carry out before its departure from office, and why incarcerated people are some of the 'most oppressed' in the US.

In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by MOVE Family member Janine Africa to discuss the 1985 bombing of their home by Philadelphia police, why the MOVE Family is rejecting the recent 'apology' issued by Philadelphia City Council for the deadly state-sponsored attack on the Philadelphia neighborhood, and how the city's continuing refusal to intervene on behalf of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal makes the official statement seem so insincere.

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 cooptation of 'identity politics' in service of imperialism, what the potential appointment of Pete Buttigieg as Ambassador to the People's Republic of China reflects about the bipartisan nature of the 'New Cold War on China,' and why it's likely that 'nothing will fundamentally change' in the US government's aggression against Iran despite Joe Biden's claims that he would be willing to revive the Obama-era nuclear deal.

In this segment 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 vote by the House of Representatives to approve the National Defense Authorization Act with a veto-proof majority, why the gargantuan military spending bill tends to receive so little public scrutiny each year, and his latest article, "I Agree with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Foreign Bases."

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Aaron Greene, an organizer with Black Alliance for Peace's Africa Team and Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, to discuss his recent article, "Lynchings By Law," the wave of executions the Trump administration apparently aims to carry out before its departure from office, and the ongoing, urgent need for solidarity with those behind bars.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by MOVE Family member Janine Africa to discuss the 1985 bombing of their home by Philadelphia police, why the MOVE Family is rejecting the recent 'apology' issued by Philadelphia City Council for the deadly state-sponsored attack on the Philadelphia neighborhood, and how the city's continuing refusal to intervene on behalf of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal makes the official statement seem so insincere.