By Any Means Necessary

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Marcus Ferrell, political strategist, organizer and former African American Outreach Director for Bernie Sanders to talk about the new organizing efforts of black leaders in the South, what Trump's picks mean for progressive activist, and the relationship between electoral politics and social movements.In a special third part host Eugene Puryear is joined by Teófilo Reyes is Research Director at the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United to talk about Donald Trump's selection of businessman Andrew Puzder, the CEO of CKE Restaurants, best known for their Hardee's and Carl’s Jr. fast food chains to Secretary of Labor. The pair discuss the alarming rate of wage theft cases, their fears for sexual misconduct at jobs sites, and they shocking influence the National Restaurant Association has had on keeping wages low for minimum wage workers.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Jesse Coleman, researcher with Greenpeace USA’s investigation team focusing on fracking, the oil and gas industry and corporate power in politics to talk about President Elect Trump's cabinet picks of Scott Pruitt to head the EPA and Wilbur Ross to head the Commerce Department. The pair talk about the alarming fact that Trump's cabinet picks thus far are climate deniers, billionaires and generals, and talk about the role of civil disobedience in effecting climate policy.Later in the show host Eugene Puryear is joined by Polly Baca, a Colorado Elector, Former Colorado State Senator and current president and CEO of Baca Barragan & Associates to talk about her decision to sue the Colorado Governor and Secretary of State in an effort to overturn the rules that state an elector must vote for the ticket that received the most votes in the state. Baca also talks about the overall strategy and reasoning behind the elector to stop Donald J Trump from becoming president.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Eric Draitser, political analyst and host of Counterpunch Radio and Ben Norton, Journalist, Writer, Musician to talk about the Billionaires and Generals joining the Trump administration, America's exceptionalism in regards to Cuba and fake news, and Obama's final press conference on counterterrorism.In a special third part host Eugene Puryear is joined by Ally Boguhn, Political and Campaigns Editor at Rewire.news, to talk about President Elect Donald Trump's choice of Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The pair also talk about GOP strategies to restrict abortion rights as well as what convinced many woman to vote for Trump.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Aaron Goggans, organizer with Black Lives Matter DC and Bob Schlehuber, Sputnik News Analyst to talk about the additional lessons learned from Standing Rock, the need to begin organizing through cross-cultural lenses, and the economic implications of capitalism on social and political movements. In a special third part Reverand Dr. Rodney Sadler, Jr. Associate Professor of Bible, Union Presbyterian Seminary and among other things is the NC NAACP chair for the Healthcare Committee talks about the role of religion in politics, the continued Fight for $15, and the implications of the Moral Monday movement.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Ben Manski, advocate, scholar, lawyer, and public speaker to talk about the Green Party's decision to contest the votes in several US States, why the Democratic establishment was no where to be seen at Standing Rock, and the efforts of the Green Party to deepen their electoral candidate pool.Later in the show host Eugene Puryear is joined by Michael Kaine, Executive Director National Alliance of HUD Tenants, Ed Lucas, President National Alliance of HUD Tenants to talk about Donald Trump's pick of Ben Carson as HUD Secretary, the misperceptions around those who live in public housing and efforts of tenants to fight corporations from depleting housing stock across the country.

On this episode of By Any Means Necessary host Eugene Puryear is joined by Dr. David Ragland, Co-Founder and Co-director for the Truth Telling project of Ferguson, Missouri talks about his time at Standing Rock and the evident ways in which the government was survelling and attempting to disrupt the peaceful protests. Host Eugene Puryear is then joined by Wayne Wilansky, the father of 21-year-old activist Sophia Wilansky, who was injured during the standoff at Standing Rock in North Dakota. Sophia has been undergoing a series of surgeries after reportedly being hit by a concussion grenade during the police attack against water protectors protesting the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota on Sunday, November 20th. In a special third segment By Any Means Necessary is joined by David Swanson, author, activist, journalist, and co-founder and director of World Beyond War to talk about President Elect Donald Trump's decision to appoint General James "Mad Dog" Mattis to Secretary of Defense.

On this episode of By Any Means Necessary host Eugene Puryear is joined by award winning journalist Barrett Brown. Barrett founded Project PM, a research collaboration and wiki, to facilitate analysis of the troves of hacked emails and other leaked information concerning the inner workings of the cyber-military-industrial complex. In January 2015, Brown was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for the crimes of accessory after the fact, obstruction of justice, and threatening a federal officer stemming from the FBI's investigation into the 2012 Stratfor email leak. On November 29, 2016, Barrett Brown was released from federal custody. Host Eugene Puryear and Barrett Brown discuss the efforts to maintain journalistic freedom, the intricacies of the American political discourse, the government's tactic of using solitary confinement, and the efforts of characters like Peter Thiel to undermine basic freedoms in the United States and abroad.In a special third segment host Eugene Puryear is joined by Garland Nixon, host of "News Views, with Garland Nixon" to talk about the Democratic establishment's refusal to take any responsibility for election loses, the lack of support for Keith Ellison as DNC chair, and the efforts of the Green Party's recount.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Dr. Philip Stinson, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice Program at Bowling Green State University and Sean Blackmon, from the Stop Police Terror Project-DC to talk about the decision not to charge Charlotte police officers in the murder of Keith Lamont Scott on September 20th, 2016. The group also talks about the ability for police to control all media and public narratives following police misconduct and the failure of jury selection processes to weed out pro-police jurors.Later in the show show host Eugene Puryear is joined by Terri Ford, Chief of Global Advocacy & Policy for AIDS Healthcare Foundation to talk about this year's World AIDS Day, the alarming ways in which people have stopped working on AIDs research, and what a Trump Presidency will mean for those living with the disease.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Angela Bibens, Ground Coordinator for the Water Protector Legal Collective. Angela, a Santee Dakota by heritage and has been at the camp since August talks with host Eugene Puryear about the class-action lawsuit against Morton County North Dakota Police and highlights the brutal nature in which nonviolent protestors have been treated as less than human at Standing Rock.In a special second part host Eugene Puryear is joined by Aurelia Williams, student at Georgia State and a political and social activist in Atlanta and Anoa Changa, attorney and host of the “The Way with Anoa” talk about the growing number of people from across the country heading to Standing Rock, and chide the media for the lack of "real news" coverage over the past months.And finally host Eugene Puryear is joined by Nicki Jameson is the editor of Prisoners Fightback in the newspaper Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! in the UK to talk about brutal prison conditions in the UK and efforts to ban the usage of solitary confinement in the country.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Vicki Huddleston, retired US Ambassador to Mali and author of “Learning to Salsa: New Steps in U.S.-Cuba Relations” and Ben Becker, Editor of Liberation News talk about the life of Fidel Castro, his unparalleled political showmanship, and what he will most be most remembered for. The group also opines on what is next for US and Cuban relations.Later in the show host Eugene Puryear is joined by Professor Piero Gleijeses, Professor of United States Foreign Policy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University to offer his own reflections on Fidel Castro and to offer his views on Castro's legacy in Africa.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by James Early, Former Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution, Jennifer Bryant from Cooperation DC, and Josh Harris former Green Party candidate for mayor in Baltimore and an advocate in that city on social justice issues to talk about the nature of post-Trump Resistance, alternative electoral policy and the state of Black Liberation efforts around the world. The roundtable also talk about how to turn social movements into political organization building, the efficacy of voting and why it is the least people can do, and the dangers of political leadership as a member of a marginalized population.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by George Ciccariello Maher, writer, radical political theorist, and currently Associate Professor of Politics at Drexel University in Philadelphia to talk about the recent rise in hate crimes in America, the ways in which fascism in America can be defeated, and what groups and individuals will lead the fight against President elect Trump. The show also looks at reactionary and radical history relates to the current moment.Today's monologue includes the Democratic establishment's rejection of Keith Ellison as DNC Chair, the bizarre ways in which racists will pretend not to be racists, and the growing number of Trump administrators who do not believe in Climate Change.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Daniel McAdams, Executive Director, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity to talk about the failure of the mainstream media to provide unbiased coverage of this year's Presidential election and its role in elevating Trump to the Presidency. Daniel McAdams also shares his concern over the early picks for key foreign policy positions within a Trump Presidency.Later in the show host Eugene Puryear is joined by Greg Palast, investigative reporter, whose news-breaking stories appear on BBC Television, The Guardian, Al Jazeera and Rolling Stone Magazine to talk about how voter rolls were cleared by GOP officials in key states leading up to the election and how this would have easily been enough to trip the scales for Trump. Palast also highlights how scary Kris Kobach would be in any position within Trump's cabinet.Today's monologue includes a major ruling on the illegality of gerrymandering in Wisconsin, Trump's bigoted electorate, and an effort in Texas to ruin the lives of LGBTQ youth.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Rev. Dr. Madeline McClenney-Sadler President and Founder Exodus Foundation and Charles Witherspoon, Principal of Witherspoon Enterprises to talk about what the next police brutality incident would add to the current tensions in America, the fight to end mass incarceration within a Trump Presidency, and the continued code of silence among police in America.In a special third segment host Eugene Puryear is joined by Kathleen Frydl, author and political historian, to talk about the high rates of opioid usage in counties that heavily voted for President elect Trump. The pair also discuss identity politics, race, and class as Democrats look to re-frame their party.The opening monologue talks about the efforts of North Carolina Republican Governor Pat McCrory to steal back the election, the second anniversary of the murder of Tamir Rice, and the murder of a San Antonio police officer.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Ben Dixon, host "The Benjamin Dixon Show", Ben Norton, columnist with Salon Magazine, and Marcus Ferrell, political strategist, organizer and former African American Outreach Director for Bernie Sanders to talk about the chances of a united front forming comprised of progressives and liberals, the need to do more than just protest, and the lack of conversation around class. The group also discusses the self inflicted wounds caused by Democrats through their support of neo-liberal policies and the lack of push back on Obama's aggressive and violent foreign policy over the last eight years.