By Any Means Necessary

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Walter Smolarek, Producer of "Loud and Clear" on Radio Sputnik, Bob Schlehuber, Sputnik News Analyst, and Ben Manski, advocate, scholar, lawyer, and public speaker talk about Vice Presidential Debate between Mike Pence and Tim Kaine. The group opines on how similar both candidates are, other alternative voices being stifled and why American's are stuck in a hawkish foreign policy mindset.Host Eugene Puryear monologues on GOP VP Candidate Pence criticizing Hillary Clinton for saying their is implicit bias in America's police force and reminds how racist the CIA is via the case of CIA whisteblower Jeffery Sterling.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Kazu Haga, Founder & Coordinator, East Point Peace Academy to talk about implicit bias in society and how it overwhelming leads to disproportionate rates of arrest of brown and black people. The pair also talks about efforts to train America's prisoners on the real legacy and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.In a special third part host Eugene Puryear is joined by Dr. Philip Stinson, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice Program at Bowling Green State University to talk about the fallacy of community policing and the negative side effects of being a police officer in the United States.

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 and Ben Norton, columnist with Salon.com to talk about the recently leaked audio of Clinton discussing Sander's supporters, that gave them all the more reason to not support her candidacy. The group also discusses the implications of a Clinton Presidency on the American progressive movement and why Trump supporters couldn't care less if he has ever paid taxes.Host Eugene Puryear also talks about the recent police killing of Reginald Thomas in Pasadena, California on Friday, September 30th

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Dr. David Ragland, Professor at the University of Peace in Costa Rica and Director of the Truth Telling Project in Ferguson, Missouri, Perry Redd, Founder and Executive Director with Sincere 7, and Nicholas Wolpe, Chief Executive of the Liliesleaf Trust and Museum to talk about the historical connections for black liberation between South Africa and the United States. The group discusses the efficacy of violent and nonviolent struggle and if a truth and reconciliation commission is the answer to the United State's racial problems.Host Eugene Puryear is also joined by Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement talk about the latest developments at the Dakota Access Pipeline and what it means to have activists from the Black Lives Matter movement join ranks.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Bomani Armah, writer, poet, music producer, MC and art integration specialist, China Dickerson, Executive Director of DC Young Democrats, and Jamal Muhammad, aka DJ One Luv, host of The Luv Lounge on We Act Radio to talk about the finer details of the Trump Clinton Presidential debate, what down ballot candidates will do for race relations, and if Obama's criticism of National Football League quarterback Colin Kaepernick was fair. Host Eugene Puryear also highlights the fallacy that voting for 3rd party candidates is a wasted vote, why the death penalty is not reducing crime, and how the GOP was bigoted and racist well before Donald Trump.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Professor David Perry, a disability-rights journalist and professor of history at Dominican University, to talk about the recent killing of Alfred Olongo in El Cajon, California and the numerous ways people with disabilities are illy treated by police and the state.In the show's second segment host Eugene Puryear is joined by Professor Eve Bratman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Franklin & Marshall College to talk about Donald Trump's claim that America is a third world country and more seriously the intersection between environmental policy, infrastructure, and human rights.In the show's final segment Bill Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Author and Educational Theorist joins host Eugene Puryear to talk about his new book "Demand the Impossible."

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Aaron Holmes, recent candidate for City Council in Washington, D.C., Ron Hampton, of the Institute for the Black World in the 21st Century, Raed Jarrar, Government Relations Manager at American Friends Service Committee. The group talks about the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, was anything new learned? Did either candidate offer any essence of hope, or answers to how to address issues of race and class in the United States?Host Eugene Puryear and the group are joined by Sputnik News Analyst Bob Schlehuber in the third part to deepen the conversation around race, police brutality, and the complexity of addressing structural changes in America.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Aurelia Williams, student at Georgia State and a political and social activist in Atlanta, Michaela Brown of Baltimore Bloc, Sean Blackmon, Sputnik News Analysis. Aurelia Williams and Michaela Brown give there accounts of continued protests in Charlotte and describe what it was like to be in the city with protestors, police and the national guard. The group also discusses the over reaction and backlash by the American public anytime a black person speaks up or protests in America.In a special third segment host Eugene Puryear is joined by Garland Nixon, host of News Views with Garland Nixon to talk about the space that has been created for the movement for black lives to demand policy changes. Garland Nixon also talks about black voter turnout in North Carolina after the most recent protests in Charlotte.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Kendrick Jackson, Civil and Social Innovation Expert and Dr. Richard Wolff, Economist and Professor at the New School University to talk about the role capitalism plays in creating issues of police brutality in the United States. The group also discusses the ways in which Capitalism is beginning to crack and why we not only need a third candidate to save politics in America but to save the economy as well.Host Eugene Puryear is also joined by Eli Hager, Staff Writer for the Marshall Project to talk about the myriad ways in which a President Trump could roll back any progress President Barack Obama including advancements in clemency, pell grants, and minimum sentencing.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler, Jr. Associate Professor of Bible, Union Presbyterian Seminary and NC NAACP chair for the Healthcare Committee and Rev. Marlin Lavanhar, Senior Minister, All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa react to the killings of black men at the hands of police in America in their respective cities. Issues of poverty, police responses to protest, and race relations are discussed. The group also talk about the 1921 massacre of blacks in Tulsa and the role of media in covering the events as they unfold.In a special third part host Eugene Puryear is joined by Eli Hager, staff writer for The Marshall Project to talk about broken and under-financed system of public defenders in America, the busing of prisoners, and other subtle ways in which the legal system is unjust.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by journalist Samantha Vicent of the Tulsa World to talk about the killing of Terrence Crutcher by Tulsa Police. Crutcher was unarmed and posed no threat to police at the time he was tasered and shot by Tulsa police. Host Eugene Puryear is then joined by Reverend Dr. Rodney Goss, Pastor Morning Star Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma to talk about what is next for the police that killed Terence Crutcher and whether or not he thinks charges will be brought against the police in the killing. Dr. Goss also talks about the historical relationships between police and community members in Oklahoma, a state that has ranked number one in police killings per capita.In a special third segment, By Any Means Necessary is joined by journalist Ben Norton of Salon.com to talk about the killing of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina and the protests that quickly followed. Ben Norton and host Eugene Puryear also talk about Barack Obama's final speech at the United Nations as President of the United States.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Rev. Dr. Madeline McClenney-Sadler President and Founder Exodus Foundation, Sebastian Goodson, Special Assistant to Rev. Madeline McClenney-Sadler, Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler, Jr. Associate Professor of Bible, Union Presbyterian Seminary and among other things is the NC NAACP chair for the Healthcare Committee, and Rev. Marvin Silver, Associate Conference Minister of the United Church of Christ, Central Atlantic Conference to talk about North Carolina as a battle state in November, the continued Moral Monday gatherings, the efforts to end mass incarceration and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation conference this week.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Gabrielle Burks, Founder of Conscious Conversations to talk about the recent murder of activist Darren Seals and what his life meant to the people of Ferguson, Missouri. Gabrielle Burks also talks about the work her organization Conscious Conversations is doing to empower and edify the underserved and Black communities through conversation, poetry, and art. In a special third segment former Congressmember and Presidential nominee Dennis Kucinich joins host Eugene Puryear to talk about the recent DNC leaks and the play-to-play culture of Washington elites in relation to Ambassadorships. Matthew Duss, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, also weighs in and talks with Eugene Puryear about the state of US relationships with Iran and Russia.

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 and current Board Member of the Institute for Policy Studies. Topics discussed included international solidarity with the movement for black lives, comparisons between the Bernie Sanders campaign and the Jesse Jackson campaigns of the 80s, how to build broad unity among progressive movements, and the role of elections and wealthy foundations in movement strategy and tactics.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Ben Dixon, host of the The Benjamin Dixon Show, and Aaron Goggans Organizer with Black Lives Matter DC to talk about the protest of the National Anthem by NFL football player, the role of the black athlete to speak up on issues of injustice, and the ridiculousness of Shaquille O'Neil and Ray Lewis denouncing the BLM protest.Host Eugene Puryear touches on the absurd comments from Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the weekend, the role younger students have begun to play in the movement for black lives, and the killing of an unarmed man by police in Florida.