By Any Means Necessary

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Dr. Joseph Richardson, Jr., Associate Professor, African-American Studies Department, University of Maryland to talk about the complexities of poverty in America and generational traumas plaguing black communities in America. Host Eugene Puryear and Dr. Richardson also touch on the recent announcement that the Department of Justice will no longer contract with private prisons, kinda, and discuss the ways in which black communities can begin re-building themselves politically, socially and economically. Other stories includes Birmingham, Alabama fighting to maintain the right to pepper spray teenagers and the UN and US are clearly the source of a cholera outbreak in Haiti.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Cassidy Sharp, Media Officer of Greenpeace to talk about Hillary Clinton’s pick of former Colorado Democratic Senator and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as chair of her presidential transition team. And later in the show Avery Raines, student organizer at the University of Georgia and a member of SustainUS and Cherri Foytlin, Executive Director, BOLD Louisiana join Eugene Puryear to talk about climate change, the recent floods in Louisiana, and the intersection between the movement for black lives and environmental justice.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Delvone Michaels, Working Families DC and Abigail Collazo, Electoral Director, Progressive Change Campaign Committee to talk about progressive's support for Hillary Clinton, grassroots movements across America, the intersectionality of movements, and the emergence of left wing leaders across the country. The group also discusses the sincerity in which groups are supporting Black Lives Matter or if they are there in name only. In the third segment host Eugene Puryear is joined by Ben Norton to talk about the UN report on racism in America, the Movement for Black Lives Policy papers, and what to expect from Democrats in relation to US foreign policy over final months of the US Presidential Election.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Tommy Meeks, an Alternative Program Community Liaison for Winnebago County in Northern Illinois;, Khalil Coleman, Founder & Executive Director at Changing Lives through Literature and Nate Hamilton, Organizer with Coalition for Justice discuss the weekend uprising in Milwaukee, the long history of segregation in the United States, and the growing tensions between police and community members throughout the nation. In the third segment "By Any Means Necessary" expands the conversation and takes an in-depth look at potential community solutions to continued police brutality, classism and racism. Guests Bob Schlehuber, Executive Director of Peacebuilding Connections and Kendrick Jackson, Civic Innovation and Social Impact Entrepreneur join Eugene Puryear to discuss.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Sarah Brammer Shlay and Ethan Miller of IfNotNow DC to discuss the response of the American Jewish communities to the Movement for Black Lives Policy position on Israeli occupation of Palestine as well as a rising call by American Jews to end the occupation. In the second part Winnie Wong, Founder of People for Bernie joins host Eugene Puryear to talk about the post-election moves by Bernie Sanders, the need for the internationalization of movements and the intersections between various social movements in America. In a special third part Carminda Mac Lorin, Co-Coordinator of the World Social Forum talks about the first World Social Forum to be held in North America, the power of music and the arts to spur social moves, and the importance of addressing capitalism along the path to social liberation.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Tariq Toure, a native Baltimorean, a Muslim essayist, poet, educator, humanitarian and public speaker to talk about what’s next for Baltimore after the Justice Department's report, the role athletes play in the movement for Black Lives, the rise of a new crop of activists, and how the movement is more energized than ever. In the third segment "By Any Means Necessary" expands the conversation and takes an in-depth look at the other ways in which racism, sexism and classism are affecting the people of Baltimore. Guest Charly Carter, Maryland State Director for Working Families tells of one development project in Baltimore that's leaving activist and organizers puzzled.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Dr. Lawrence Brown of Morgan State University to talk about the Justice Department's report highlighting the abuses and illegal actions of the Baltimore Police Department. Misconduct in Baltimore included unconstitutional stops and arrests, discrimination against African-Americans, constitutionally excessive force, and gender bias in sexual assault investigations. Later in the show Eugene Puryear is joined by Ben Woods, an organizer with Pan-African Community Action to talk about the recent local elections in South Africa, the waning support for the ANC, and cross continental connections to the United States. In a special third part Eugene is joined by Robert Dunham, Executive Director at the Death Penalty Information Center to talk about upcoming referendums in California that could abolish the death penalty and the cruel and unusual ways in which individual states still murder those on death row.

On this episode of "By Any Means necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Roqayah Chamseddine of the podcast "Delete Your Account" and the news site ShadowProof along with Nadia Hassan of the Young Leaders Institute to discuss Islamophobia in America, what it's really like to be a Muslim in the U.S. and politics within the Muslim community today. In a special third segment Eugene is joined by journalist Rania Khalek of Electronic Intifada and The Intercept as well as Garland Nixon, host of "News Views" with Garland Nixon, to discuss the growing cohort of Republicans--including many Neocons--lining up to support Hillary Clinton.

Two years after the murder of Mike Brown sparked the Black Lives Matter Movement, what comes next? On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Dr. David Ragland, visiting Professor at Bucknell and member of the Steering Committee of the Truth Telling Project based in Ferguson Missouri, as well as Aaron Goggans of Black Lives Matter D.C. to talk about the past, present and future of that movement. Puryear and his guests discuss everything from what exactly it was that sparked the movement to controversies of strategies, tactics and allies.

Immigration policy and its role in the elections, Obama commutes sentences for drug offenders and the police murder of Tyrone West On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Marybeth Onyeukwu, organizer and author to talk about the role of immigration politics in the presidential election. As well as Perry Redd, advocate for the formerly incarcerated to discuss President Obama's commutation of sentences for hundreds of non-violent drug offenders. Eugene is also joined by Tawanda Jones, the brother of Tyrone West, who was murdered by Baltimore police in 2013 about the ongoing struggle for justice for her brother and other victims of police violence.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Ralph Poynter of the Justice for Lynne Stewart Committee and Ralph Schoenman of WBAI-NY's "Taking Aim Radio," to discuss the politics around political prisoners today as well as give some historical perspective on new growing social movements like Black Lives Matter. And in a special third segment Eugene is joined by Ben Manski, Jill Stein's 2012 campaign manager, to discuss the prospects for the Green Party in 2016 and the role of third party politics in moving forward a progressive agenda locally and nationally.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Aquene Freechild, Campaign Co-Director of Public Citizen's Democracy Is For People Campaign to talk about Citizens United, the continuing influence of dark money in American politics, and the shift of money from national to local elections. Host Eugene Puryear is joined for a special two part segment with Matthew Duss, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace, Rania Khalek, journalist with The Electronic Intifada, and Raed Jarrar, Government Relations Manager at American Friends Service Committee to talk about the newest military aid agreement between Israel and the United States and what to expect from our current presidential candidates in way of Middle East foreign policy.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Kerbie Joseph of the Justice for Akai Gurley Family Coalition and a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation to talk about the launch of the Occupation of City Hall Park in New York City demanding the defunding of the New York Police Department and the resignation of police commissioner Bratton, spoiler alert Bratton resigns. In the second part Eugene Puryear is joined by Michaela Brown of Baltimore Bloc and M Adams, Co-Director of Freedom Inc, to talk about the process of putting together the policy platform for the Movement for Black Lives as well as a look at some of the finer details of the platform. And later in "By Any Means Necessary" Scott Roberts from Color of Change talks about the Movement for Black Lives policy platform and its impact on local and national politics.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Janaé E. Bonsu, National Public Policy Chair at Black Youth Project 100 and Dr. Philip Stinson, Associate Professor in the Criminal Justice Program at Bowling Green State University talk about the culture of policing, blue on blue crime, and the new policy demands the movement for black lives has just issued. In a special third segment Madea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink talks about bi-partisanship Democrats and Republicans have found in military intervention, the alarming developments in the case for whisteblower Chelsea Manning, and the Obama Administration's failure to close Guantanamo Bay.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" host Eugene Puryear is joined by Jennifer Bryant, journalist and organizer with Cooperation DC to talk about the DNC and her live coverage of the event from inside and outside the convention. Hosts of Radio Sputnik's "Unanimous Dissent," Sam Sacks and Sam Knight join Eugene in the second segment for an overall recap of the two weeks of major party conventions, sneak peak no one is impressed or surprised by either party. And later in the show Eugene is joined by Lily Daigle, Network Campaign for Global Zero, Dr. Vincent Intondi, Professor at Montgomery College and Author of African Americans Against the Bomb to talk about the imminent threat of nuclear annihilation and why no one really cares.