Has War Between the US and Iran Been Avoided?

In the third segment of this week’s episode of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Netfa Freeman, policy analyst for the Institute for Policy Studies, coordinating committee member with the Black Alliance for Peace and organizer with...

MOVE 9 and political prisoners

After decades in prison, many of the MOVE 9 political prisoners have now come home. To many, the police attacks on the MOVE organisation, including the infamous 1985 bombing of their house by Philadelphia police, crystallised the brutality displayed by the...

Black activists, COINTELPRO, and FBI surveillance

This episode will analyze two stories. The first comes out of an article in The Intercept, titled “As Black Activists Protested Police Killings, Homeland Security Worried They Might Join ISIS.” The other story deals with Facebook and Google facing tough...

Remembering the destructive nature of NATO

The NATO anniversary also coincides with the 51st anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who stood for peace and nonviolent resistance. It is also the 52nd anniversary of his “Beyond Vietnam: Time to Break the Silence” speech,...

Trump, US imperialism deepen grip on Africa

On this episode of “By Any For Means Necessary” hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Netfa Freeman, an analyst at the Institute for the Policy Studies and a coordinator with the Black Alliance for Peace. They discuss the Donald Trump...

Bolsonaro Brings Brazil to the Brink

James Early, Former Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution, and board member of the Institute for Policy Studies joins the show to talk about Brazil’s General Elections on Sunday, what...

On Their Death Bed: Jair Bolsonaro and Obama’s Political Legacy

In the first segment of “By Any Means Necessary” we’re joined by Arnold August, author of the new book Cuba-U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond to talk about the stabbing of right-wing Brazilian Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, Lula da Silva...

Elon Musk and Tesla Stocks

Elon Musk jumped into a scandal of his own making last week when he called a British cave diver who was instrumental in the rescue of a dozen Thai boy scouts from a flooded cave a “pedophile.” When called to task over the comment, he doubled down and...

Will North Korea and the US Find Trust?

n the first segment Suzanne Gordon, Author of The Battle for Veterans’ Healthcare joins the show to talk about the efforts to privatize Veteran’s Affairs healthcare under the Trump administration, the likelihood former Congressman Jeff Miller will be...

How Fake News Spreads; Where Will Trump and Kim Meet?

On this episode of “By Any Means Necessary” hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by John Feffer, author and director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies to talk about what to expect from possible talks between Donald...