In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Aidan Jonah, Editor-in-Chief of The Canada Files to discuss the ongoing fallout of the Canadian parliament honoring former member of the Waffen SS Yaroslav Hunka and what it reveals about historical and contemporary support for Nazis and other right-wing…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Walter Smolarek, a journalist, organizer and editor of Liberation newspaper, and managing editor of LiberationNews.org to discuss the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy from his position as Speaker of the House over the deal he made to avoid a government …

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Luis Feliz Leon, staff writer for Labor Notes to discuss the ongoing strike by members of the United Auto Workers against the Big 3 automakers, how the stand up strike model being employed by the UAW has fit into the culture of striking in the union and …

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Caro Yao, educator and organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation in New York City to discuss torrential rain and flooding in New York City and how the city failed to give advanced warning about the flooding and to prepare infrastructure to de…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Lee Camp, stand-up comedian, writer, activist and author of “Bullet Points and Punch Lines: The Most Important Commentary Ever Written On the Epic American Tragicomedy” to discuss an upcoming event calling for peace in Ukraine which features Cornel West …

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Linwood Tauheed, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Information at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and Graduate Faculty at the University of Missouri-Columbia to discuss the impending government shutdown …

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jeremy Kuzmarov, Managing editor of CovertAction Magazine and author of four books on US foreign policy, including "The Russians are Coming, Again" with John Marciano and "Obama's Unending Wars" to discuss the beginning of the House impeachment inquiry a…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dave Lindorff, investigative journalist, editor of the online publication ThisCantBeHappening.net and 2019 winner of an “Izzy” Award for Outstanding Independent Media to discuss how an NPR report on the US sending depleted uranium shells to Ukraine downp…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Natalia Marques, writer and organizer from New York City to discuss the visit by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to the UN General Assembly, why Diaz-Canel’s visit to the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center highlighted Cuba’s …

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Gnaka Lagoke, Assistant Professor of History and Pan-Africana Studies at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and a founding member of the Convention for Pan-Africanism and Progress to discuss France announcing that it will withdraw its troops and amba…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by journalist and author Dan Lazare to discuss Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington, DC as he continues to pursue more military aid for the conflict in Ukraine, how the differences between Zelensky’s reception now and his reception in …

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Libre X Sankara, poet, cultural worker, educator and organizer with the Troika Kollective to discuss the anniversary of Hurricane Maria and how it intensified the colonial relationship between the island and the US, how Maria complicated the issue of foo…

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 renewed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh between Azerbaijan and Armenia, how political developments in Armenia have set the stage for this conflict as Armenia’s government has attempted to im…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Anthony Rogers Wright, Director of Environmental Justice with New York Lawyers for the Public Interest to discuss a massive rally in New York City which demanded an end to the use of fossil fuels as the UN General Assembly commences in the city, why the …

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jason Dzubow, an immigration attorney, partner at Dzubow & Pilcher, PLLC, a blogger at asylumist.com, and author of the book “Asylumist: How to Seek Asylum in the United States and Keep Your Sanity” to discuss a federal judge declaring the DACA program i…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Greg Elich, Korea Policy Institute board member and a contributor to the collection Sanctions as War: Anti-Imperialist Perspectives on American Geo-Economic Strategy to discuss the recent visit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean le…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Jack Rasmus, economist, radio show host, & author of 'The Scourge of Neoliberalism' to discuss a report from the Census Bureau documenting that the poverty rate increased to 12.4% as pandemic aid expired and prices increased, how much of the spending…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jeff Schuhrke, Assistant Professor of Labor Studies in the Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies at SUNY Empire State College to discuss what's at stake in the impending strike by members of the United Auto Workers at the big three automakers, wh…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman discuss the case of Leonard Peltier as he celebrates his birthday in prison, why the US continues to incarcerate Peltier, and the unacknowledged reality of political prisoners in the United States. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Maurice Carney, …

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Chris Helali, political analyst, researcher and Independent investigative journalist to discuss the recently concluded G20 summit and the important developments that came out of it, how the summit’s joint declaration signifies the priorities of the globa…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kamau Franklin, organizer with Community Movement Builders in Atlanta and co-founder of Black Power Media to discuss the indictment of activists organizing against the “Cop City” police training facility in Atlanta, Georgia under racketeering charges, ho…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear to discuss the US decision to send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine, why the use of these weapons brings up great concerns about nuclear contamination in Ukraine and the health effects it cou…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Joe Lauria, Editor of Consortium News to discuss the latest in the case of Julian Assange and what to make of rumors that the US may offer him a plea deal, how public pressure is responsible for renewed interest from the Australian government in pressuri…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Natalia Marques, writer and organizer from New York City to discuss a potential strike by workers at General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis organized under the UAW, how the UAW has developed to this point and how its leadership is different from leadership…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Camila Escalante, reporter and founding editor of Kawsachun News to discuss a new bill in the US Congress proposing new sanctions on Nicaragua and how it fits into existing US sanctions on the country, how this development fist into broader regional dyna…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Erica Caines, founder of Liberation Through Reading and Editor of Hood Communist Blog to discuss a proposed police training facility in Baltimore which has been compared to Atlanta’s “Cop City,” why many activists are opposing this facility and the propo…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Abayomi Azikiwe, the editor of the Pan-African News Wire to discuss an emerging political crisis in Gabon following the announcement by military officers that they have ousted President Ali Bongo and seized power, how this situation relates to the ongoin…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Jemima Pierre, Haiti/Americas Coordinator for the Black Alliance for Peace to discuss the ongoing threat of foreign intervention in Haiti as a Kenyan assessment mission visited the country, how Haitian civil society responded to the assessment missio…

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 book “Leaving World War II Behind” to discuss how the New York Times presents a biased narrative about Ukraine without necessarily lying, how the pa…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Antonio Mwanza, Deputy General Secretary of the Socialist Party of Zambia to discuss the repression campaign launched by the government of Zambia against the Socialist Party and its leader Dr. Fred M’membe, how economic circumstances in Zambia and the ac…

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 a plane crash involving the private plane of Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin outside of Moscow, why reports about the death of Prigozhin may be premature considering a similar inci…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Keyanna Jones, organizer with Community Movement Builders to discuss the ongoing struggle by organizers against the building of Cop City in Atlanta to put the public funding for the project up to a vote, how Atlanta officials are employing a tactic often…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Amanda Yee, host of the Radio Free Amanda podcast to discuss the weaponization of the Foreign Agents Registration Act against activists and organizations in the US which oppose US foreign policy, how FARA is selectively enforced and not used against orga…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace to discuss the stalling of Ukraine’s counteroffensive and how the US and NATO have perpetuated the conflict and stoked further casualties, why a peace movement outside of the two-party system in the…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Wilmer Leon, co-host of The Critical Hour to discuss how the US attempts to project imperial power abroad is failing to hide serious signs of decline all over the world, why Washington’s attempts to suppress sovereignty on the African continent are n…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Anthony Rogers Wright, Director of Environmental Justice with New York Lawyers for the Public Interest to discuss a victory in a lawsuit in Montana brought by 16 young residents of the state claiming the promotion of the extraction of fossil fuels violat…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kim Keenan of the Keenan Firm, Former General Counsel for the NAACP, and Adjunct Professor at George Washington University Law School to discuss the indictment of Donald Trump on charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election i…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ari Paul, Contributing Writer to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting to discuss a police raid on the Marion County Record publisher and editor and how that raid may have been connected to a document that was not even published, how this raid fits into bro…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by to discuss Abayomi Azikiwe, the editor of the Pan-African News Wire to discuss the role that ECOWAS has played in western neocolonial ambitions in west Africa, how the bloc is continuing to serve as a tool for intervention in Niger as it continues its sa…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by journalist Waqas Ahmed to discuss reports that the US pressured Pakistan officials to remove former Prime Minister Imran Khan over his neutrality on the conflict in Ukraine, how this may explain the silence from the US on the actions of the Pakistani mil…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Peter Bolton, a New York City-based journalist, activist and scholar, and a regular contributor to The Canary and CounterPunch to discuss a narrative being spun by Democrats blaming the Green Party and candidate Cornel West for a potential Joe Biden defe…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Chris Helali, political analyst, researcher and Independent investigative journalist to discuss recently held talks in Saudi Arabia concerning the conflict in Ukraine and why this conference was really aimed at growing support for Ukraine in the Global S…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Deja Gaston, Salt Lake City based organizer and writer for Breaking The Chains Magazine to discuss the ongoing regional turmoil in west Africa as ECOWAS prepares to launch a military operation to oust the military leadership in Niger, why some nations an…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Jemima Pierre, Haiti/Americas Coordinator for the Black Alliance for Peace to discuss Kenya proposing that it lead an international intervention in Haiti after months of US and western calls for such an intervention, how western pressure on African a…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Akinyele Umoja, a Professor of Africana Studies at Georgia State University and author of We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement to discuss the meaning of Black August and its basis in the struggle of Black prisoners…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Gnaka Lagoke, Assistant Professor of History and Pan-Africana Studies at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and a founding member of the Convention for Pan-Africanism and Progress to discuss the ongoing coup in Niger and how it fits into the ongoing …

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Natalia Marques, writer and organizer from New York City to discuss the tentative agreement between UPS and Teamsters workers and why the gains for workers included in it are historic, how organizing within the Teamsters ultimately led to this agreement …

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Abayomi Azikiwe, the editor of the Pan-African News Wire to discuss the attempted coup in Niger and how its development might shift the role of the US and the west in the region, how US imperialism both on the continent of Africa and elsewhere are exacer…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Wilmer Leon, co-host of The Critical hour, which you can hear from 6 to 8 PM EST right here on Radio Sputnik to discuss a study which found that children of the very rich benefit from that wealth in admissions to elite colleges, how these findings ca…

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jose Luis Granados Ceja, Staff writer and podcast host at Venezuelanalysis.com to discuss the proposed Venezuela Democracy Act in the US Congress and how it is a response to pressures on the US government to remove sanctions on Venezuela, how the US woul…