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On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, Co-Director Danaka Katovich interviews CODEPINK East Coast Organizer Krys Cerisier about the upcoming invasion of Haiti, the history of US intervention, and what to expect in the coming weeks. Then Danaka is joined by Ollie Vargas, a journalist with Red Media to talk about the recent coup attempt in Bolivia and the history of US backing of right-wing governments in the country.

South of the border, an entire region is rising, electing radical governments and moving towards integration and genuine independence.Today, “MintPress News” speaks to Ollie Vargas about Latin America and just what is going on in the region President Joe Biden called the U.S.' “front yard.” Ollie Vargas is an award-winning journalist based in Bolivia. He is the co-founder of “Kawsachun News,” an outlet reporting in the English language on Bolivia and Latin America. He has also contributed to “MintPress.”Key to the latest drive towards Latin America has been the role of Brazil and, in particular, President Lula da Silva, who has taken it upon himself to lead the Global South to take a more active role in world politics.Brazil is currently the only Latin American member of the BRICS economic bloc. However, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba, Nicaragua and a host of other countries in the region have expressed interest in joining, which could turn the tables and provide balance to the U.S. “rules-based international order.”Another key figure providing pushback to American dominance of Latin America is Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. AMLO, as he is known, has refused to kowtow to Washington. Indeed, at President Biden's Summit for Democracy in March, he described the U.S. as nothing more than an “oligarch with a façade of democracy.”AMLO has proven very popular in Mexico, thanks to his pro-people policies. These include massively raising the minimum wage and state pensions, allowing tens of millions to live in dignity. All the while, he has kept inflation low. He holds a televised press conference every morning, in which he talks directly with the people. As Vargas put it, “While previous leaders stood above the population, AMLO stands with the people.”AMLO stands, in Vargas' opinion, in contrast to Chilean President Gabriel Boric. Heralded as a new kind of progressive at the time of his election, Boric has failed to maintain his popularity. Vargas explained that, while Boric has some superficially radical positions, he has changed little about the day-to-day existence of the ordinary people.Vargas also talks about the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on Latin America, about the upcoming elections in Ecuador, and what it was like reporting under the dictatorshSupport the showMintPress News is a fiercely independent. You can support us by becoming a member on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram. Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and SoundCloud. Also, be sure to check out the new Behind the Headlines channel on YouTube and subscribe to rapper Lowkey's new video interview/podcast series, The Watchdog.

This is an edited version. For full episodes, subscribe to the podcast at TheDissenter.org. Ollie Vargas, a contributor to Kawsachun News and co-host of Latin America Review, returns to the Unauthorized Disclosure podcast to discuss the latest developments in Peru. Back in 2022, a right-wing coup removed Peru President Pedro Castillo from power. He was replaced by Dina Boluarte, who had been his vice president. Boluarte has chosen to serve the interests of the oligarchy over indigenous and working class people the country. As part of our conversation, Ollie provides an overview of the violence and repression that Boluarte's US-backed regime has inflicted upon Peruvians in the past months. General strikes have unfolded for several weeks. He offers a recap of this resistance. Ollie addresses the US role in propping up the government, and he describes what grassroots groups have learned as they reflect on what they must do when they regain power in order to prevent a coup from happening again.

The Nazi-saluting fascist gangs that carried out the US-backed coup against Bolivia's democratically elected socialist President Evo Morales in 2019 are once again using violence to try to topple current leader Luis Arce, burning down farmers' unions buildings. Bolivia-based journalist Ollie Vargas discusses the violent tactics of the right-wing extremists in Santa Cruz, a bastion of separatism which has received longstanding support from Washington. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qIbZ-7mVN0k Follow Ollie at https://twitter.com/OVargas52 Support Kawsachun News at https://kawsachunnews.com

Exposing fascism in Bolivia, from past to present. During today's episode, we discuss ongoing far-right violence in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. We talk about racist evangelical paramilitary groups like the Unión Juvenil Cruceñista that are murdering socialist activists and Indigenous people. We shed light on the political forces that supported the violent 2019 coup; and that continue to push for white separatism. We also discuss the historical presence of fascists in Bolivia, including German Nazi Klaus Barbie and military dictators Hugo Banzer and Luis García Meza. Today's guests are Ollie Vargas and Camila Escalante of Kawsachun News. Ollie and Camila have been reporting extensively on Bolivia since the destabilization of 2019 that resulted in the coup and founded Kawsachun News in the midst of the coup year, in 2020. Kawsachun News has also been one of the main English language outlets reporting on Nicaragua from an anti-imperialist perspective and on the economic recovery of Venezuela. Ollie is a host and reporter for Radio Kawsachun Coca, the official outlet of the 6 Federations of the Tropico of Cochabamba. Camila is editor of Kawsachun News and PressTV's Latin America correspondent. Unmasking Imperialism exposes imperialist propaganda in mainstream media. Hosted by Ramiro Sebastián Fúnez.

EPISODE: Bolivia's Right-Wing Orchestrates a Civil StrikeGUESTS: Camila Escalante and Ollie Vargas of Kawsachun News and the podcast Latin America in ReviewBACKGROUND:In the last 21 days former coup leader and current governor of the Department of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, has been allowed “to carry out a coup d'état in the city of Santa Cruz,” in the words of Pedro Damián Dorado, vice president of the association of municipalities of the department by the same name. Constant media misinformation is the glue that holds together Camacho's base, which can be counted in the nearly 230,000, mostly middle-class people who turned out for his latest political meeting. In late October, Camacho launched the shutdown of the city for the foreseeable future. It is Bolivia's largest and most prosperous metropolis – and the economic motor of the country. Camacho is a very rich man and to preserve the wealth of the few, he is once again acting as a threat to Bolivian democracy.But, the story from the grassroots has shifted radically since the de facto coup regime that came to power three years ago and lasted less than a year. When the far-right of Camacho declared a total strike and work stoppage in the city of Santa Cruz three weeks ago, the masses refused to comply.  FOLLOW OUR GUESTS:Camila Escalante: https://twitter.com/PrensaCamilaOllie Vargas: https://twitter.com/OVargas52Kawsachun News:https://twitter.com/KawsachunNewshttps://kawsachunnews.comADDITIONAL LINKS:What's Happening in Bolivia: CEPR's Recent WorkWTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with CODEPINK, Common Frontiers, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Friends of Latin America, InterReligious Task Force on Central America, Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas.

Brazilian journalist Mariana Simões and Bolivian journalist Ollie Vargas talk about Brazil's elections. Mariana covers how and why Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (AKA Lula) defeated Right Wing Authoritarian President Jair Bolsonaro. Ollie will talk about what this mean for Latin America and the role played by the U.S. and The West. Mariana Simões is a journalist at Brazil's "Publica" website. She's also worked as a reporter for The New York Times, The Economist, Al Jazeera, Vice, Hyperallergic e outros. Ollie Vargas is co-founder of @KawsachunNews and the host of the Latin America Review podcast. He is based in Bolivia. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

To hear the entire discussion, receive bonus content & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to this broadcast's Patreon segment: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bidens-nato-to-67231464 Link to the Callin after the broadcast where Katie and panelists answer your questions! https://www.callin.com/room/colombia-elections-texas-shooting-zNSOTWdXnd Journalists Camila Escalante and Ollie Vargas talk about Colombia's surprising election between a Right wing self-avowed Hitler follower and a Leftist former guerilla member. Then we go to Texas for reactions to the shooting from community organizers Sema Hernandez, Ashton Woods and Claudia Zapata. Camila Escalante is the co-founder of Kawsachun News (https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews) in Bolivia and known for her reporting on TeleSUR. Ollie Vargas (https://twitter.com/OVargas52) is a Bolivian journalist and writer. He has contributed to teleSUR, Morning Star, and other media outlets and is part of Kawsachun News. Ashton Woods is the founder of Black Lives Matter Houston (https://twitter.com/AshtonPWoods). Claudia Zapata (https://twitter.com/PoderConClaudia) is a Democratic nominee for Congress in #TX21. Former legislative, workforce & budget analyst. Sema Hernandez (https://twitter.com/_SemaHernandez_) is a community and climate change organizer. Join us on Callin after the broadcast where Katie and panelists will answer your questions! https://www.callin.com/room/colombia-elections-texas-shooting-zNSOTWdXnd ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** On Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca to discuss the victory of Gabriel Boric in the Chilean presidential election, the potential rollback of Chile's neoliberalism that he could bring, and shady impounding of public busses on election day and what that might signal for his government.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ryan Cooper, National Correspondent for The Week magazine, and cohost & producer of LeftAnchor podcast to discuss Joe Manchin's conservative, anti-welfare talking points employed in his flip on Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill, the benefits that the bill would've brought to West Virginia and what's really behind Manchin's opposition, and the refusal of the Democratic Party to address the real-world needs of people.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca to discuss the victory of Gabriel Boric in the Chilean presidential election, the potential rollback of Chile's neoliberalism that he could bring, and shady impounding of public busses on election day and what that might signal for his government.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Carlos Martinez, author and activist, co-founder of No Cold War, and co-editor of Friends of Socialist China to discuss the US imposing an import ban on the Xinjiang region over unfounded allegations of forced labor, how this fits into the US drive to make a mockery of the Winter Olympics, the potential consequences to the US economy from these sanctions, and misleading claims that Huawei is responsible for expanding the surveillance state in Xinjiang.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Margaret Kimberley, editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report and author of the book "Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents" to discuss the fatal blow dealt to the Build Back Better bill and the institutional theatre of the Congressional January 6th investigation, the complete mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic and the futility of a pandemic containment strategy focused solely on vaccines, and the media fealty to Kamala Harris that allowed Charlamagne Tha God to be responsible for substantial questioning of the Harris.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Michelle Witte, co-host of Political Misfits here on Radio Sputnik, which you can hear from 12 to 2 PM EST to discuss the political outlook in Germany after its closely contested parliamentary elections, what the change in leadership might mean for European politics and Germany's relationship with the US, and the complex contours of the German political and social landscape.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Erica Caines, founder of Liberation Through Reading and Editor of Hood Communist Blog to discuss the slight of hand that the Department of Justice's new policing policies represent, how these policies ignore the roots of policing as protection of property and settler colonialism, and how the popular calls to defund the police continue to be ignored.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca to discuss Latin America's new challenge to the Monroe Doctrine and the OAS via the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the historical and contemporary context of American actions toward Latin America, and how this organization amounts to a reassertion of Latin American sovereignty. Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ted Rall, award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist, and author of the new graphic novel, "The Stringer," to discuss missing white woman syndrome and its connection to media coverage of the disappearance of Gabby Petito, the abuse of immigrants at the Del Rio bridge and how the media coverage of that situation contrasts with that of the disappearance of Petito, upcoming congressional hearings about the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and growing disillusionment with the two-party system and the American political system at large.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's vision for a united Latin America and regional integration without the United States, Canada and the Organization of American States, the challenges that pro-US governments in Latin America pose to this idea, and the importance of Cuba to the idea of a sovereign Latin America.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Anoa Changa, movement journalist, to discuss a potential takeover of Fulton County elections by the Republican-controlled State Elections Board, the stakes of the potential takeover on both federal and local levels, and the idolization of politicians for doing the bare minimum despite their records In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's vision for a united Latin America and regional integration without the United States, Canada and the Organization of American States, the challenges that pro-US governments in Latin America pose to this idea, and the importance of Cuba to the idea of a sovereign Latin America.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kim Ives, editor of the English Section of Haiti Liberte to discuss the political realities that prevent Haiti from responding to natural disasters, how NGOs closely tied with the US government swoop in to profit from disasters without helping Hatians, and the exclusion of millions of Hatians in finding solutions to Haiti's problems.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ted Rall, award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist, and author of the new graphic novel, "The Stringer" to discuss the bomb threat and standoff on Capitol Hill and its relation to the history of far-right violence, the ongoing failure and brutality of the US in Afghanistan, how the long history of imperialism in Afghanistan has contributed to the current situation, and why the US was collecting biometric data of Afghans.

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Ollie Vargas to talk about the recent history of Bolivia.  This is an expansive episode that aims to provide historical grounding of Bolivia so that we can better understand current events taking place there! Ollie Vargas is a Bolivian reporter at Kawsachun News, and has covered Bolvian politics, news, and the recent coup for other outlets such as The Grayzone, teleSUR English, Morning Star, and Mintpress News.  You can follow Ollie on twitter @OVargas52. You can find Kawsachun News via twitter @KawsachunNews or on their website kawsachunnews.com. Support Kawsachun News, which provides a ton of vital reporting and analysis of Bolivia and Latin America more broadly by subscribing to their patreon at patreon.com/KawsachunNews. Guerrilla History is the podcast that acts as a reconnaissance report of global proletarian history, and aims to use the lessons of history to analyze the present.  If you have any questions or guest/topic suggestions, email them to us at guerrillahistorypod@gmail.com. Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.   Follow us on social media!  Our podcast can be found on twitter @guerrilla_pod, and can be supported on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory.  Your contributions will make the show possible to continue and succeed! To follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter @huck1995, and also has a patreon to help support himself through the pandemic where he breaks down science and public health research and news at https://www.patreon.com/huck1995.  Adnan can be followed on twitter @adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/the-majlis, and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/.   Breht is the host of Revolutionary Left Radio, which can be followed on twitter @RevLeftRadio and cohost of The Red Menace Podcast, which can be followed on twitter @Red_Menace_Pod.  Follow and support these shows on patreon, and find them at https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/.     Thanks to Ryan Hakamaki, who designed and created the podcast's artwork, and Kevin MacLeod, who creates royalty-free music.

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As Bolivia's new government under Luis Arce prepares to prosecute the people behind the 2019 coup against Evo Morales, prominent US institutions such as Human Rights Watch, Washington Post, and the State Department urge Arce not to move against them. Ollie Vargas, a journalist and analyst based in Bolivia, says the prosecution is essential at a time when coups are back in vogue in Latin America.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jamarl Thomas, co-host of Fault Lines on Radio Sputnik, to discuss the upcoming summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden in Geneva, the ongoing impacts of anti-Russian “hysteria” in the US on diplomatic relations between the two nations, and the aggressive statements issued by NATO following the military alliance's summit in Brussels yesterday.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss efforts by the apparent loser of the recent presidential race in Peru to overturn the results of the vote, the Organization of American States' rejection of three-time failed neoliberal candidate Keiko Fujimori's claims of electoral fraud, and the latest in the fight back against the would-be coup in country.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss CDC's renewal of its partnership with data analytics behemoth Palantir and how the growing power of the surveillance state made it so easy for the Trump administration to obtain the records of critical journalists and Democrats.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Founder & Executive Director of One People's Project, to discuss what the Biden administration is portraying as a new strategy to battle domestic extremism, the July 4th bash the White House is planning to commemorate “independence from the virus,” and efforts by the far-right to criminalize Critical Race Theory.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss efforts by the apparent loser of the recent presidential race in Peru to overturn the results of the vote, the Organization of American States' rejection of three-time failed neoliberal candidate Keiko Fujimori's claims of electoral fraud, and the latest in the fight back against the would-be coup in country.

We are joined by Bolivian reporter Ollie Vargas to discuss the recent electoral trends in latin America that some have referred to as a second "pink tide." We discuss that and also clowns. Also i'm working on the sound. I promise it will get better, stop yelling at me. OLLIE VARGAS @Ovargas52 @KawsachunNews https://kawsachunnews.com/ https://www.patreon.com/KawsachunNews MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

What are Colombians protesting? Why are police gunning them down? And why is it being ignored? Rania Khalek is joined by Camila Escalante and Ollie Vargas, Bolivian-based journalists for the independent outlet Kawsachun News. They speak about the police killing protesters in Colombia, state-backed massacres of social activists, Colombia's role as a US-backed destabilizing force in the region and how where ever the US meddles in Latin America, drug trafficking and right-wing violence follow. They also touch on the latest developments in post-coup Bolivia, what's really behind the violence at the border between Colombia and Venezuela and the CIA's recent woke video ad. 

Bolivia-based Journalists Ollie Vargas and Camila Escalante push back against the lies spread by Western media and The State Department. Then labor organizer and TwinkRev contributing editor Esperanza Fonseca talks about capitalism, feminism and imperialism. Camila Escalante is the co-founder of Kawsachun News (https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews) in Bolivia and known for her reporting on TeleSUR. Ollie Vargas (https://twitter.com/OVargas52) is a Bolivian journalist and writer. He has contributed to teleSUR, Morning Star, and other media outlets and is part of Kawsachun News. Esperanza Fonseca (https://twitter.com/endclasssociety) is a member of the anti-imperialist feminist organization AF3IRM, contributing editor to the LGBTQ Marxist magazine TwinkRev, and a labor organizer.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Heather Benno, attorney and founder of Immigrant Justice Solutions, to discuss the Department of Homeland's announcement of the construction of a new so-called ‘child migrant facility,' the horrific conditions plaguing existing detention centers, why the transition from the Trump to the Biden administration has meant little practical difference for the kids in cages. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist for Kawsachun News, to discuss the arrest and prosecution of former Bolivian President Jeanine Añez for her role in the coup d'etat which overthrew democratically-elected Pres. Evo Morales and the subsequent massacres of the indigenous protesters who took to the streets to defend his administration.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by independent journalist Nathália Urban to discuss the third anniversary of the assassination of Marielle Franco, why the slaying of the Rio de Janeiro Councilor caused such an massive uproar among progressive forces in Brazil, and how the racialized impact of the country's massive Covid outbreak reflects the importance of Franco's intersectional struggle.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, and author of the new book “The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering, and the Political Economy of Boxing,” to discuss the latest news surrounding the so-called “Quad” of Japan, India, Australia, and the US, the upcoming meeting between Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Chinese officials in Alaska, and the deep interconnections between race, class, and gender-based oppression under capitalism.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist for Kawsachun News, to discuss the arrest and prosecution of former Bolivian President Jeanine Añez for her role in the coup d'etat which overthrew democratically-elected Pres. Evo Morales and the subsequent massacres of the indigenous protesters who took to the streets to defend his administration.

We live in an era with the radical right on the rise. But where are they taking us? In this session, we unpack the ideologies driving various right-wing currents and distil the utopian visions that lie therein. What is the endgame of Silicon Valley Libertarianism? Does the Johnson-Cummings matrix represent a departure from Conservatism as we've known it? What vision of the future is at the heart of Bolsonaro-ism? Crucially: what are the weaknesses in these right-wing ideologies and how can we resist them? With Wendy Liu, Alan Finlayson, Lizzie O'Shea, Ollie Vargas & Aurea Carolina.

Ollie Vargas (https://twitter.com/OVargas52), a Bolivian journalist with @KawsachunCoca @KawsachunNews talks about Bolivia's presidential election where Evo Morales' hand-picked candidate, Luis Arce, defeated Jeanine Añez, a right wing racist who came to power during a coup which illegally removed Morales. Organizer Joshua Kahn Russell, the Executive Director of The Wildfire Project, and facilitator with the Ruckus Society, talks about Choose Democracy, an effort to organize regular people to stop the 2020 election from being stolen. (https://choosedemocracy.us/)

Bolivian journalist Ollie Vargas discusses the Bolivian election and what this means for Indigenous movements and the left. Support: patreon.com/KawsachunNews Subscribe: patreon.com/TheRedNation  

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, journalist and writer with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss the closing the election campaign season in Bolivia, apparent attempts by Interior Minister Arturo Murillo to intimidate electoral observers, and how the Movement To Socialism has managed to stay in the game even as the new right-wing government works to disqualify and isolate the party. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Joe Catron, US Coordinator of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, to talk about the ongoing hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoner Maher Al-Akhras, how a broad Israeli policy inherited from British colonization allows for the criminalization of virtually any act of resistance to the occupation, and the growing Palestinian and international movements standing in solidarity with Al-Akhras. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Justin Podur, Associate Professor at York University's to discuss his book "America's Wars on Democracy in Rwanda and the DR Congo," how the "traumatized Africa" trope works to whitewash the role of the ongoing neocolonial depredations in the continent, and the many ways racism pervades the way corporate media outlets write about and engage with Africa.In the final segment Jacquie and Sean are joined by Jamal "DJ One Luv" Muhammad, host of the "Love Lounge" radio show on Square1Radio.com to discuss rapper Ice Cube shopping his “Contract with Black America” to the Trump campaign after being shrugged off by th Biden camp, Democrats cynically using Black mayors to stoke Black votership and the plot by white militia members to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dan Kovalik, a lawyer, professor, and author of “No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using ‘Humanitarian Intervention' to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests," to talk about last night's debate between President Donald Trump and Senator Joe Biden, and why it's unsurprising a clear majority of Americans polled afterwards viewed the event in a negative light.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jennifer, an organizer with OccupyPHA, and Kane, Camp JTD resident and organizer, to talk about the recent agreement between the city of Philadelphia and organizers there to give control of around 50 properties to a community land trust, and the long struggle by homeless activists and advocates which led the way for the historic deal.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss the resignation of three Bolivian government ministers, the recent appointment of Branko Marinkovic to Economy Minister, and why Bolivians across the world are speaking out after being disenfranchised by the coup-borne Bolivian regime.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Netfa Freeman, a policy analyst with the Institute for Policy Studies and a member of the coordinating committee of the Black Alliance for Peace, to discuss the presidential debate, President Trump's suggestion that the Proud Boys should "stand down and stand by," and the refusal of Kentucky Attorney General to indict the Louisville police who killed Breonna Taylor.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss the resignation of three Bolivian government ministers, the recent appointment of Branko Marinkovic to Economy Minister, and why Bolivians across the world are speaking out after being disenfranchised by the coup-borne regime.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Andrea Mérida, Campaign Manager for the Green Party's Howie Hawkins/Angela Walker presidential ticket, to discuss the 4-3 decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court barring the Green Party from running in the state, how the mainstream media is papering over the apparent attempt at widespread voter suppression, and the recent legal victory restoring the candidacies of Green Party members and Texas. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss the new large-scale poll suggesting MAS presidential candidate Luis Arce could win an outright victory in the first round of Bolivia's Oct. 18th elections, what explains the lack of apparent political success by Arce's closest rival, Carlos Mesa, and how the MAS party is navigating ongoing attempts by the coup government to disqualify some of their most popular candidates amid the all-out assault on opposition.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Carlos Ron, Venezuela's Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs for North America and the President of the Simón Bolívar Institute, to discuss the recent launch of the Institute, and the importance of international solidarity in the historic struggle to achieve a Bolivarian Republic.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brandon Sutton, host of The Discourse podcast, to talk about FBI Director Chris Wray's testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee today, the latest attempt by the FBI to prop up the long-debunked "Russiagate" myth, and how the belief that far-right candidates are more easily defeated leads to the Democratic Party elites elevating racist candidates like Donald Trump.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss the new large-scale poll suggesting MAS presidential candidate Luis Arce could win an outright victory in the first round of Bolivia's Oct. 18th elections, what explains the lack of apparent political success by Arce's closest rival, Carlos Mesa, and how the MAS party is navigating ongoing attempts by the coup government to disqualify some of their most popular candidates amid the all-out assault on opposition.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ted Rall, award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist, and author of the new book, “Political Suicide: The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party," to talk about the predictably racist spectacle on display at last night's Republican National Convention, the lukewarm response by establishment Democrats to increasingly fascistic rhetoric from their Republican colleagues, and his recent article, "The Only Wasted Vote Is a Vote Not for a Third Party."In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of the Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our new weekly segment “The Red Spin Report,” to discuss the wave of protests, walk-offs, and spontaneous strikes by professional athletes following the killing of Jacob Blake and multiple protesters by Kenosha police and one of their out-of-state supporters, and what this new moment for social justice in sports may portend for the future of athlete activism.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist for Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the latest in the struggle being waged by social justice movements and indigenous leftists against the coup-borne Añez regime in Bolivia, why Bolivian Human Rights Ombuds Nadia Cruz says both the police and the state are "complicit" in the ongoing assault on her office and staff by far-right paramilitary groups, and the parallels between the rise of fascism in the US and Bolivia. Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Aja Taylor, Advocacy Director at Bread For The City, to discuss the latest from Kenosha, the absurdity of the claim by influential police lobbyist Michael McHale that notorious 1994 crime bill author Joe Biden and self-described "top cop" Kamala Harris represent the 'most radical anti-police ticket in history,' and why independent grassroots organizing is likely a more effective path to addressing the impending eviction crisis than waiting for Congress.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist for Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the latest in the struggle being waged by social justice movements and indigenous leftists against the coup-borne Añez regime in Bolivia, why Bolivian Human Rights Ombuds Nadia Cruz says both the police and the state are "complicit" in the ongoing assault on her office and staff by far-right paramilitary groups, and the parallels between the rise of fascism in the US and Bolivia.

Bolivian journalist Ollie Vargas (@OVargas52) from Kawsashun News (@KawsaschunNews) returns to the show to discuss the recent uprisings and calls to restore restore democracy in Bolivia. Support Kawsaschun News: https://www.patreon.com/KawsaschunNews

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist Ted Rall and author of the new book, “Political Suicide: The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party,” to discuss the ongoing negotiations in Congress over the next relief package, the significance of a possible excecutive order Pres. Trump is floating as a way to stop tenant evictions, and whether both parties' continued deference to the corporate sector could push working people to the uprising against the "economic royalists" that Pres. Franklin Roosevelt warned about.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Karla Reyes, a New York City schoolteacher and union activist in the United Federation of Teachers, to talk about yesterday's Teacher's Day of Resistance, why the "scattershot" state-by-state approach to school closure is emblematic of the broader drive to 'reopen' the economy, and how educators are fighting back against threats to their own health and that of their students.In the third segment Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist for Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the dozens of roadblocks paralyzing Bolivia as supporters of the Movement to Socialism demand the US-backed Jeanine Añez regime hold elections as previously agreed, and why the resistance is significantly stronger than when protesters previously seized key roads immediately following the November coup.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, to talk about his new book, "The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century," why the police lynching of George Floyd isn't a 'bug' but a 'feature' of a system fundamentally baseded on settler-colonial violence, and how white supremacy manifests in the bipartisan imperialist aggressions of US foreign policy.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist for Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the huge uprising gripping Bolivia as protesters demand the US-backed Jeanine Añez regime hold elections as previously agreed, why the resistance is significantly stronger than when protesters previously seized key roads immediately following the November coup, and the links between attempts to privatize Bolivia's lithium supply and Elon Musk's recent tweet seemingly admitting to playing a role in the ouster of elected President Evo Morales.

In the first segment Sean and Jacquie are joined by Sputnik News Analysts and By Any Means Necessary producer Wyatt Reed, who is on the ground for the protests in Portland, Oregon, to discuss Portland police declaring the protests a ‘riot', the opportunistic strategies of Democratic Mayor Ted Wheeler and how protesters don't count many allies among either side of the American political mainstream.In the second segment, Jacquie and Sean are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist for Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss the coup government of Bolivia attempting to oust MAS candidates from upcoming elections through obscure legalities, the popular support MAS continues to have in the country and whether the US will continue its support of the Anez government if they aren't able to retain power.In a special third segment Jacquie and Sean talk with Vicki Cervantes, North America Coordinator of the Honduras Solidarity Network about Garifuna community members being disappeared by men with possible connection to the country's National Police, how narc-dictator Juan Orlando Hernandez uses Covid-19 as excuse for repression and how “necropolitics” threaten the sovereignty and livelihood of the Honduran peopleLater in the show Jacquie and Sean are joined by Dr. Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research to discuss how internationalism and and a focus on humanity instead of profits is what makes socialist nations better equipped to deal with coronavirus than capitalist nations, how the pandemic has exacerbated already severe global hunger, the debilitating impact global debt has on nations' ability to provide for their people, developments in the conflict in Libya, and how capitalism's contradictions lay at the root of the US revolt against racism.

In this segment, Jacquie and Sean are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist for Radio Kawsachun Coca, to discuss the coup government of Bolivia attempting to oust MAS candidates from upcoming elections through obscure legalities, the popular support MAS continues to have in the country and whether the US will continue its support of the Anez government if they aren't able to retain power.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad, a former political prisoner, Black Panther Party leader, and co-founder of the Black Liberation Army, to talk about recruiting Assata Shakur to the Black Panther Party, the ongoing relevance of her revolutionary legacy as we commemorate her 73rd birthday, and why the historic response to serious attempts at social and economic liberation reveals the ruling class fear a united movement against fascism above all else.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist for Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the campaign by Bolivian coup ringleader Luis Fernando Camcho to pressure far-right Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almago into helping postpone Bolivia's upcoming Sept. 6th presidential election, why the seemingly-unstoppable movement emerging behind MAS candidate Luis Arce is causing the coup-borne regime such consternation, and what's behind the push by "Interim President" Jeanine Añez to force a shake-up in the ranks of the Bolivian military despite a clear lack of Congressional approval.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eleanor Goldfield, a creative activist, journalist, co-host of the Common Censored podcast with Lee Camp and the filmmaker behind the new documentary “Hard Road Of Hope," to talk about Assata Shakur's poem "Affirmation" and the relationship between art and revolution, the role of supposedly-progressive Democratic politicians like DC Mayor Muriel Bowser in maintaining the status quo, and how mainstream churches obscure the revolutionary roots of Christianity.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist for Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the campaign by Bolivian coup ringleader Luis Fernando Camcho to pressure far-right Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almago into helping postpone Bolivia's upcoming Sept. 6th presidential election, why the seemingly-unstoppable movement emerging behind MAS candidate Luis Arce is causing the coup-borne regime such consternation, and what's behind the push by "Interim President" Jeanine Añez to force a shake-up in the ranks of the Bolivian military despite a clear lack of Congressional approval.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the new report by the New York Times acknowledging the unreliability of the OAS report claiming Evo Morales' victory last year involved electoral fraud, why the mainstream media only seems to admit having peddled such disinformation once the effects of its proliferation can no longer be undone, and whether the coup-borne regime of Jeanine Añez can be trusted to carry out the elections just announced in September.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kerbie Joseph, Program Coordinator of the Audre Lorde project and a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, to talk about New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's promise to cut funding for the New York Police Department, why concessions being offered represent an attempt at "appeasement" by the ruling class, and the ways the coronavirus crisis continue to expose the massive holes in the social 'safety net.' In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the new report by the New York Times acknowledging the unreliability of the OAS report claiming Evo Morales' victory last year involved electoral fraud, why the mainstream media only seems to admit having peddled such disinformation once the effects of its proliferation can no longer be undone, and whether the coup-borne regime of Jeanine Añez can be trusted to carry out the elections just announced in September.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Jack Rasmus, economist, radio show host, & author of "The Scourge of Neoliberalism," to talk about why the recent unemployment numbers are so misleading, why the killing of George Floyd was just the "tip of the iceberg" in terms of the social issues motivating continued protests, and what to make of the Trump administration's promise of another stimulus package.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Jared Ball, a father, husband, Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD, the curator of imixwhatilike.org and author of the new book, “The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power,” to talk about efforts by the Democratic "resistance" to co-opt nationwide demonstrations against police terror and convert them into anti-Trump street festivals, how the "Black misleadership class" is exploiting the relatively disorganized nature of the protest movement in Washington DC to insert their own narrative, and how the desire for increased miltary spending is driving the campaign to escalate tensions with China.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman discuss Joe Biden's racist comments on the recent Breakfast Club radio show interview with Charlemagne tha God, where his dismissive statements factor into a long line of Biden's troubling comments on racial issues, and why his comments are likely to present a continuing problem for the Democrats in selling a deeply flawed candidate to the voter base which they need the most.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gilbert Mercier, Editor in Chief of News Junkie Post and the author of "The Orwellian Empire," to talk about the new EU 'Green Deal' Coronavirus Recovery package, German Prime Minister Angela Merkel's apparent shift in position on the bargain, and the impacts of French President Emmanuel Macron's loss of an absolute majority in French Parliament.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, a writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the apparent threat by the commander of Bolivian armed forces to overrule the National Assembly, the announcement that coup-borne Bolivian President Jeanine Añez is apparently investigating her since-fired Health Minister over his role in an emerging corruption scandal involving European ventilators, and the latest on the ongoing protests demanding new elections.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Max Blumenthal, editor of The Grayzone and author of "The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump," to talk about his new article exposing the role of gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson in shielding CIA involvement in the surveillance of Julian Assange, the new report by The Grayzone that a co-author of the story which landed whistleblower Reality Winner in prison has since been hired by the NYPD, and why it looks like the Democratic presidential campaign has turned into a "Weekend at Biden's."

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, a writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the apparent threat by a commander of Bolivia's armed forces to overrule the National Assembly, the announcement that coup-borne Bolivian President Jeanine Añez is apparently investigating her since-fired Health Minister over his role in an emerging corruption scandal involving European ventilators, and the latest on the ongoing protests demanding new elections.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, a journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about protests demanding elections and an end to hunger on the six-month anniversary of the coup in Bolivia, why the new decree criminalizing misinformation amid the pandemic is likely to be aimed at giving cover to the Añez regime's efforts to persecute dissidents, and what explains the lack of pushback to new agribusiness-friendly legislation by the "environmentalists" who used the fires in the Chiquitania to pave the way for the ouster of Evo Morales.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign, to talk about why testimony by Dr. Anthony Fauci before the US Senate is sparking so much outrage among those who demand immediate reopening of the economy, and why fears abound that a second wave of infections may be imminent if states go ahead with plans to reopen their economies as the pandemic rages.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by software engineer and technology and security analyst Patricia Gorky to talk about Mitch McConnell's move to grant unprecedented warrant-less wiretapping powers to Attorney General William Barr, the little-known role of Joe Biden in originally drafting the Patriot Act, and the new legislative push to de-fang encryption under the guise of combating child exploitation. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, a journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about protests demanding elections and an end to hunger on the six-month anniversary of the coup in Bolivia, why the new decree criminalizing misinformation amid the pandemic is likely to be aimed at giving cover to the Añez regime's efforts to persecute dissidents, and what explains the lack of pushback to new agribusiness-friendly legislation by the "environmentalists" who used the fires in the Chiquitania to pave the way for the ouster of Evo Morales.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Anya Parampil, host of "Red Lines" on The Grayzone, to discuss the latest in her ongoing investigation into the connections between Silvercorp, the US government, and the ever-changing cabal of would-be putschists surrounding Juan Guaido, why the ongoing saga of the failed mercenary invasion of Venezuela directly contradicts so much of the conventional wisdom of the foreign policy establishment, and how the shift in public consciousness encouraged by the broader socialist projects in Cuba and Venezuela has strengthened those countries' ability to combat the coronavirus.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by John Ross, Senior Fellow for the Chongyang Institute at the Renmin University of China and an award-winning resident columnist with several Chinese media organizations, to talk about the jaw-dropping news that oil prices fell below zero yesterday, how the price reduction will impact not just oil multinationals but everyday people, and why US media is portraying China's efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in other nations as a geopolitical power play.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, a journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the detention of his colleague Lander Marca Veizaga by the Bolivian coup-borne government of Jeanine Añez, why he thinks the move was meant to not only "intimidate certain journalists" but also send a message to indigenous and working-class-led social groups organizing large-scale food relief efforts amid the economic shutdown, and why so many working people in the largely-informal Bolivian economy are feeling "abandoned" by the Añez government. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Basav Sen, Director of the Climate Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, to talk about how the capitalist class exploits natural disasters to enrich themselves, how the masses and the environment suffer in the process, and what citizens can and are doing counter these efforts.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Rev. Grayland Hagler, , to talk about the news that DC's largest halfway house is shutting down, how the federal government's treatment of incarcerated people and immigrants amid the crisis demonstrates which people the ruling class views as expendable, and how to fight back against the armed far-right protesters demanding everyone return to work amid the pandemic.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, a journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the detention of his colleague Lander Marca Veizaga by Bolivia's coup-borne government, why he thinks the move was meant to not only "intimidate certain journalists" but also send a message to indigenous and working-class-led social groups organizing large-scale food relief efforts amid the economic shutdown, and why the lack of aid for working people within Bolivia's largely-informal economy means so many are now feeling "abandoned" by the government.

Bolivian journalist Ollie Vargas (@Ovargas52) talks about upcoming Bolivian elections and the organized Indigenous resistance against the fascist coup. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

In this segment, Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ollie Vargas, a British/Bolivian writer and editor of EyesOnLatinAmerica.com, to talk about the state of the left and the right in Bolivia ahead of the May 3rd elections, why the MAS party is leading in the polls despite the regime continuing to force its upper leadership into jail or exile, and how the US government and international NGOs helped whitewash the coup as it happened and are now giving cover to those who instigated it.

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Jacquie Luqman and Sean Blackmon are joined by Garland Nixon, co-host of Fault Lines with Lee Stranahan on Radio Sputnik, to talk about the latest details in ongoing attempts to negotiate a British departure from the European Union, the reasoning behind why different elements of British voted the way they did, and why the muted reactions from the British public to the latest terrorist attack in London may lead some to underestimate its political impact.In the second segment, Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Sputnik News Analyst Bob Schlehuber to talk about the latest developments in the Democratic caucus in Iowa, how the backlash against Bernie Sanders betrays a deep discomfort among the political establishment about a rising wave of progressivism in the Democratic party, why socialism is growing in popularity as a progressive ideal and a conservative bogeyman, and why centrist Democrats like Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar are having trouble carving out a niche for themselves between the left and right wings of the party.In the third segment, Jacquie Luqman and Sean Blackmon are joined by Ollie Vargas, a British/Bolivian writer and editor of EyesOnLatinAmerica.com, to talk about the state of the Left and the Right in Bolivia ahead of the May 3rd elections, why the MAS party is leading in the polls despite the regime continuing to force its upper leadership into jail or exile, and how the US government and international NGOs helped whitewash the coup as it happened and are now giving cover to those who instigated it.Later in the show, Jacquie and Sean are joined by Devyn Springer, host of the Groundings podcast and Digital Media Manager of the Walter Rodney Foundation, to talk about the failures by both major political party to address what MLK identified as the Three Evils in the world (racism, exploitation, and militarism), how the shared experience of living under colonization led to the Palestinian liberation struggle being so intertwined with the Black liberation struggle, why the peace plan proposed by Donald Trump is just a rewording of apartheid, the politics of the Superbowl Halftime show, why US 'culture' relies so heavily on Black experience while actively erasing Black history from the dominant narrative, how the legacy of white supremacy in the US has left Black people as "country-less citizens," why the sharpening divide between rich and poor in cities across the country is gutting the concept of the American Dream, why we need to restructure our society to be able to begin to end racism, sexism, and homophobia here, the limitations of social democracy and a Sanders presidency more broadly, the health and sanitation crisis inside Parchman prison that's left nearly a dozen incarcerated people dead this year, how the presumption of guilt undergirds widespread public acceptance of dehumanizing and punitive carceral conditions, and why prisons are less oriented towards resolving problems like crime or drug abuse and more oriented towards hiding them.