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and US Enact Violence From Ukraine To Africa and Elsewhere","In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by international affairs and security analyst \u003Cb>Mark Sleboda\u003C/b> to discuss Vladimir Putin's address to Russia announcing a partial mobilization of some Russian military reservists in the continuing special military operation in Ukraine, how this differs from Ukraine's total prescription of the nation and travel ban restricting the movement of Ukrainian men, and how the partial mobilization is related to the recent self-determination referenda announced in Zaporozhye, Kherson, Lugansk, and Donetsk.\u003Cp>\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\u003Cp>In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by \u003Cb>Dr. \u003C/b>\u003Cb>Seyed Mohammad Marandi\u003C/b>, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran to discuss protests in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iranian police, how 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