On the Ground w Esther Iverem
525 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings“On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JAN. 21, 2016–ACTIVISTS DEMAND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN MARYLAND AND IT’S THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF ‘THE F-WORD’
January 22, 2016 22:51 - 25.3 MBThousands of activists around the country reclaimed the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend with rallies, protests and acts of civil disobedience. Black Lives Matter activists shut down the San Francisco Bay Bridge for an hour and airport workers in several cities, including New York, Boston and here in DC, marched and blocked traffic in the fight for fifteen dollars an hour. On this show, we go to Annapolis, where activists staged a die-in on the holiday to demonstrate against police kill...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JAN. 14, 2016–PROTESTERS SAY SHUT DOWN GUANTANAMO AND A NEW BOOK SAYS, WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!
January 15, 2016 00:50 - 26 MBDuring the week when President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address, we went OUTSIDE the White House, where the cry was SHUT IT DOWN, meaning shut down the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay Prison, site of indefinite detention and torture. Also, authors and artists of a new book, WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!: Twenty First Century Movements and the Activists that are transforming our World visit the nation's capital. Headlines include "Side-Eye on Election 2016" with Jamila Bey and Amy Alexand...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JAN. 7, 2016–WITNESS AGAINST TORTURE, THE BLACK RADICAL TRADITION CONFERENCE, ‘Y’ALL QAEDA’ IN OREGON AND MORE
January 13, 2016 18:11 - 25.4 MBActivists gear up for President Obama's final State of the Union Address. Topics include Witness Against Torture, the Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty, the Black Radical Tradition Conference in Philadelphia and "Y'All Qaeda" in Oregon. Other Headlines: Activists like Moms Demands Action on Sensible Gun Laws enjoy a victory. Services announced for Dr. Frances Cress Welsing. Town Hall on Cove Point. Texas state trooper Brian Encinia charged with perjury yesterday in connection to the traffic st...
‘CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP’ – WPFW’S YEAR-END LIVE SPECIAL ON SOCIAL JUSTICE FROM THE NATION’S CAPITAL, DECEMBER 2015
January 13, 2016 04:01 - 26.5 MB‘Can’t Stop, Wont Stop’—WPFW Pacifica’s year-end live special on social activism in the nation’s capital, reviewing 2015 and looking forward to 2016 for such urgent issues and movements, including Black Lives Matter, Climate Justice, and economic Justice. With Gerald Horne, Barbara Arnwine, Dr. Margaret Flowers, Kevin Zeese, Makini Owusu of APPEAL,Tawanda Jones, Sister of Tyrone West slain in Baltimore, and much more—music, poetry, voices of protest from 2015 right here in the belly of the be...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, DEC. 24, 2015–VOICES FROM THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE POETRY SERIES, SPLIT THIS ROCK, POEMS OF PROVOCATION AND WITNESS
December 24, 2015 17:40 - 27.2 MBVoices from the 10th Anniversary of the Sunday Kind of Love poetry series held December 20, 2015 at Busboys and Poets in DC. Like WPFW’s Sunday Kind of Love music program, the poetry series takes its name from the popular 1940’s jazz standard. The poetry program is produced by Split this Rock, poems of provocation and witness, which evolved from DC Poets Against the War. BROADCAST INCLUDES THE FIRST HOUR OF THE ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM. THE LAST HOUR IS POSTED HERE IN TWO PARTS AS A WEB EXCLUSIVE....
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, DEC. 17, 2015–MEDEA BENJAMIN TALKS ABOUT TRUMP, CORPORATE, MILITARY AND SAUDI POWER ON ‘THE F-WORD’
December 23, 2015 04:26 - 24.6 MBOn our final segment of The F-Word this year, Esther Iverem looks back at 2015 and look forward to 2016 with activist Medea Benjamin. And why is the race for the U.S. presidency a scary circus with scary clowns? Jamila Bey offers lumps of coal for GOP contenders for the presidency. Guest: Medea Benjamin. Other voices: attorney Billy Murphy, Palestinian activist Rajaa Natour, Pakistani activist Erum Haider, journalist Zaid Jilani, Chris Christie and Hillary Clinton. Headlines on the mistrial i...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, DEC. 3, 2015–FATHER OF SLAIN TEENAGER JORDAN DAVIS TALKS ABOUT AWARD NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY “3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS” AND ABOUT THE ECONOMIC BOYCOTT FOR BLACK LIVES
December 09, 2015 02:50 - 20.9 MBRon Davis, whose son Jordan Davis was shot to death by Michael Dunn after a dispute over loud rap music at a Florida gas station, talks about the award-nominated documentary "3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets" and about the economic boycott to support Black lives. Also, Side-Eye on the creeping fascism of Election 2016 and headlines on Catharsis on the Mall, paid family leave legislation in DC and a new report from the Alabama Justice Center about White supremacists on a police force targeting young ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, NOV. 19, 2015 — MARCHING AGAINST THE TPP AND OPPOSING EXELON’S TAKEOVER OF DC’S ELECTRIC UTILITY, PEPCO
December 08, 2015 03:19 - 25.8 MBAs the world continues to reel from terror attacks, activists marched in DC this week against economic violence—the violence that would be wrought by the Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty or TPP, a global corporate takeover that is flying under the radar as Congress must vote in the coming weeks to approve it or not approve it. Also, what’s next for activists opposing the takeover of our utility, PEPCO, by the Chicago nuclear giant Exelon. Side-Eye explores the 2016 Presidential race. GUESTS A...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW–NOV. 12, 2015, MAKANI THEMBA ON ACTIVISM AND POWER–AND MORE!
November 13, 2015 03:06 - 24.7 MBAn extended conversation with veteran activist and organizer Makani Themba, who is stepping down as executive director of The Praxis Project, which has raised more than $20 million for advocacy organizations working in communities of color nationwide. Now 13 years after she founded Praxis, she is turning over the reins of the organization to the next generation of leadership, and Makani will be celebrated November 14 in the DMV at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, MD. Headlines on "Our Gener...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, NOV. 5, 2015 — A DEFEAT OF THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE?
November 10, 2015 02:03 - 24.1 MBToday, we’re on the ground with activists for the environment and humanity’s survival to talk about a victory. The big news this week is that the company Trans Canada asked the Obama Administration to postpone consideration of its proposal to build the Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring carbon-intensive tar sands oil-sludge from Alberta, Canada to Texas for export. And, as it turns out, that request sounds pretty much like the deal is dead because president Obama has responded that he ha...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, OCT. 29, 2015–SUPPORT FOR THE EMBATTLED PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE
October 29, 2015 12:29 - 24.1 MBOCTOBER 29, 2015 Based on deceptively edited videos showing a Planned Parenthood staffer discussing donated fetal tissue for research, Republicans in Congress have held hearings, attempted to defund Planned Parenthood and have even threatened to shut down the government in order to attempt the defunding. In the crazy circus that is the Republican presidential primary, the leaders—Ben Carson and Donald Trump—jockey to appear the most opposed to a woman’s right to choose. In the meantime, Plann...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, OCT. 22, 2015–BLACK JACOBINS: THE U.S., THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION AND THE ORIGINS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
October 22, 2015 12:25 - 25 MBOCTOBER 22, 2015 Today, a history of social justice. We speak with prolific author and activist Gerald Horne about his new book, Confronting Black Jacobins: The U.S., the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic. The book chronicles the world and historic impact of the Haitian Revolution, which was the product of the first successful slave revolt. Not only did the leading powers then—France, Great Britain, and Spain—suffer a huge beatdown, the revolt by enslaved Africans ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, OCT. 15, 2015–FOLLOWING THE ‘JUSTICE OR ELSE’ MARCH AND THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, A FOCUS ON ACTIVISM AND ECONOMICS
October 15, 2015 12:12 - 25.8 MBOCTOBER 15, 2015 Following up the October 10 “Justice or Else” march and the first Democratic presidential debate, this show focuses on activism and economics. We speak to Black Lives Matter activist Kymone Freeman and activist Ruth Caplan, about new initiatives to create more control over our public dollars. Then in the second half of the show, 'The F Word,' our monthly discussion of fascism and pre-fascism. This month’s guest is Jon Jeter, former Washington Post reporter, Facebook iconoclas...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, OCT. 8, 2015–THE RUN-UP TO ‘JUSTICE OR ELSE,’ THE U.S. BOMBS A HOSPITAL AND A NEW EFFORT TO HELP GIRLS
October 08, 2015 12:00 - 24.3 MBOCTOBER 8, 2015 The run-up to the October 10, 2015 “Justice or Else” rally, the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March. We talk to a march organizer and the DC chapter of the National Black United Front. Also, what Dr. Chu Chu Onwuachi-Saunders is doing to focus on and help girls and another doctor, Dr. Margaret Flowers who got arrested Monday protesting the US bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan, is in-studio. Other guests and voices: Salim Adofo, DJ Wise, Min. Louis Farrakhan, Robert R...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, OCT. 1, 2015–MORE VOICES FROM THE MORAL ACTION ON CLIMATE JUSTICE RALLY
October 01, 2015 12:49 - 42.3 MBOCTOBER 1, 2015 More voices from the September 24, 2015 Moral Action on Climate Justice Rally, a national and international mobilization of musicians, faith leaders and climate activists, including the Rev. William Barber of the Moral Monday Movement, musicians like Sean Paul and also Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union. Part 1 https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/OTG-OCT1-2015.PART1_.mp3 Part 2 https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, SEPT. 24, 2015–TWO-HOUR PLUS SPECIAL ON POPE FRANCIS IN DC, CLIMATE JUSTICE, IMMIGRATION, INCOME INEQUALITY AND THE CONTROVERSIAL CANONIZATION OF JUNIPERO SERRA
September 24, 2015 12:41 - 48 MBSEPTEMBER 24, 2015 This expanded, two-and-a-half-hour edition includes coverage of Pope Francis in Washington, DC and what he and activists have to say on issues of climate justice, immigration, income inequality and the controversial canonization of Junipero Serra, who established Catholic missions in California that historians say led to the extermination of tens of thousands of indigenous people. Voices include Archbishop George Augustus Stallings, founder of the Imani Temple African-Ameri...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015–THE MIGRATION CRISIS AND ITS ROOT IN IMPERIALIST WARS, INTERVENTION AND DESTRUCTION. ALSO, ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS CELEBRATE THE IRAN-NUCLEAR DEAL
September 17, 2015 12:25 - 25.1 MBSEPTEMBER 17, 2015 This month’s installment of “The F Word” is all about the migration crisis and the root of that crisis in imperialist wars, plunder and destruction. Also, anti-war activists supporting the Iran-nuclear deal celebrate a victory and there are actions to end the blockade on Cuba. Guests: Gerald Horne and Arturo Viscarra. Other voices: speakers at the anti-war rally sponsored by MoveOn.org and Gail Walker of Pastors for Peace at the action to end the Cuba blockade. Headlines an...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, SEPT. 10, 2015–DC’S NEW ‘ANTI-CRIME’ BILL AND PROTESTERS GIVE SAUDI ARABIA’S KING AN ‘UN-ROYAL’ WELCOME AT THE WHITE HOUSE
September 10, 2015 12:17 - 23.9 MBSEPTEMBER 10, 2015 At a town hall meeting called by the ACLU, residents of Ward 8 in Washington, DC express frustration with Mayor Muriel Bowser's new anti-crime plan that they say targets their community without helping it. Also, protesters give Saudi Arabia’s king an UN-royal welcome at the White House. Voices include Medea Benjamin,the Rev. Joseph Evans, Tyrone Parker and Eugene Puryear. Headlines and more. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/OTG-SEPT10-2015.mp3
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, SEPT. 3, 2015–CAN A NEW LAW IN ILLINOIS SET A STANDARD TO END KILLINGS AND TORTURE BY POLICE? ALSO, VOICES OF ‘HEROES, NOT LOOTERS’ AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA
September 03, 2015 12:04 - 24.6 MBSEPTEMBER 3, 2015 Can a new law in Illinois set a national standard to end killings and torture by police? We talk to attorney Flint Taylor who has been revealing what is criminal in the criminal justice system for more than 45 years, from the 1969 assassination of Black Panther Fred Hampton by the Chicago Police and FBI to today's cases of torture in Chicago. Also, voices of "Heroes, Not Looters" after Hurricane Katrina. Guest: Attorney G. Flint Taylor. Other voices, A. Dwight Pettit, Jon S...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, AUG. 27, 2015–PROPOSAL DENIED FOR EXELON TO TAKE OVER DC’S ELECTRIC UTILITY, ALSO, ‘THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION’ AND ‘ROSENWALD’–
August 27, 2015 12:00 - 25.1 MBAUGUST 27, 2015 In a huge David-versus-Goliath victory for activists, The D.C. Public Service Commission denies the proposal by Exelon for a $6.4 billion takeover of the DMV's electrical utility Pepco. And, on this fourth Thursday dedicated to arts and activism, two movies about social justice: "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" and "Rosenwald." Guest: Aviva Kempner. Other voices: Stanley Nelson, friends of activist Sylvia Robinson wish her a happy birthday. Headlines and more. ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, AUG. 20, 2015–POLICE AND ‘THE TRUE FACE OF AMERICAN FASCISM,’ THE DISENFRANCHISED TO THE STREETS OF BALTIMORE
August 20, 2015 12:00 - 25 MBAUGUST 20, 2015 Salon writer Andrew O’Hehir and WPFW host Garland Nixon join us to talk about police and the "true face of American fascism" for this month’s installment of "The F Word." Also, disenfranchised men and women in Baltimore take to the streets to talk about “the new Jim Crow.". Headlines include funeral services for Julian Bond, former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling blasts civil rights organizations, protests against Arctic drilling and the culture and media moment includes "Straigh...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, AUG. 13, 2015–ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FERGUSON UPRISING, CONTINUED RESISTANCE TO POLICE TERROR, AN ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION WARS AND THE POLITICAL ROOTS OF RACIAL TRACKING IN THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
August 13, 2015 12:00 - 25.2 MBAUGUST 13, 2015 ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FERGUSON UPRISING, CONTINUED RESISTANCE TO POLICE TERROR, AN ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION WARS AND THE POLITICAL ROOTS OF RACIAL TRACKING IN THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. Guests and Voices: Jabari Asim, Nina Moore, Eugene Puryear, E.Faye Williams, Anise Jenkins, Julie Taylor, Davey-D, Allie McCracken and Zein El-Amin. Headlines and more. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/OTG-AUG13-2015.mp3
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, AUG. 6, 2015–50 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW. AND THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES TODAY, INCLUDING FOR 40,000 PEOPLE RIGHT IN THE DMV
August 06, 2015 12:00 - 25.5 MBAUGUST 6, 2015 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW. AND THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES TODAY, INCLUDING FOR 40,000 PEOPLE RIGHT IN THE DMV. ALSO, ANNIVERSARIES FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER AND HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI ACTIVISTS. Guests and voices: John Comer and Perry Hopkins of Communities United, U.S. Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) and President Obama. Headlines and more. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/OTG-AUG6-2015.mp3[/audio
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JULY 30, 2015–A POLICE INDICTMENT IN CINCINNATI, A NATIONAL CONVENING OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND NEW PETITIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
July 30, 2015 12:00 - 24.9 MBJULY 30, 2015 As we near the one-year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown and the Ferguson uprising, a police INDICTMENT IN CINCINNATI, A NATIONAL CONVENING OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND NEW PETITIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Also, a protest is planned against the Jeb Bush Super PAC Right to Rise and Jerome Peloquin launches the the PAC Sustain America. Guests and Voices: Kymone Freeman, Diallo Brooks, Jermome Peloquin, Larry Cohen, Morgan Freeman. Headlines and more. ht...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JULY 23, 2015–THE LINKS BETWEEN CUBA AND THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, SANDRA BLAND DIES IN POLICE CUSTODY
July 23, 2015 12:00 - 25.6 MBJULY 23, 2015 A new video shows the racist bullying, assault and arrest of Sandra Bland by Texas state trooper Brian Encinia. And the island nation of Cuba scores a victory against its big racist, bullying neighbor to its North. A look at the links between Cuba, which celebrates the re-opening of its embassy in Washington, DC, and THE BLACK LIVES MATTER movement. Guests and Voices: Gerald Horne, James Early, Gail Walker via Telesur, plus voices from the opening of the Cuban embassy, including...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JULY 9, 2015–DR. FRANCES CRESS WELSING TALKS RACE AND RACISM. ALSO, THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY AND JIM CROW THAT SHORTCHANGES HOMECARE WORKERS
July 09, 2015 12:00 - 24.9 MBJULY 9, 2015 AS THE TERM “WHITE SUPREMACY” IS UTTERED PERHAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME SO COMMONLY IN THE U.S., THE PSYCHIATRIST DR. FRANCES CRESS WELSING PACKS THE ROOM FOR A TALK ABOUT RACE AND RACISM….AND WILL THE JULY 13 WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING TAKE ACTION ABOUT THE CRISIS IN HOMECARE ...AND ADDRESS THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY AND JIM CROW THAT CONTINUES TO SHORTCHANGE HOMECARE WORKERS? https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OTG-JULY9-2015.mp3
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JULY 2, 2015–THE ATTORNEY FOR FREDDIE GRAY’S FAMILY SPEAKS AND GERALD HORNE DISCUSSES U.N. PRESSURE ON THE U.S.
July 02, 2015 12:00 - 22.4 MBJULY 2, 2015 The attorney for Freddie Gray’s family urges Black law students to be strong advocates for the Black community. Also, should the United Nations pressure the U.S. about terrorist attacks against African Americans?. Guests and Voices: Gerald Horne and William H."Billy" Murphy delivering the 36th annual memorial lecture to the Charles Hamilton Houston Law School Preparatory Program. Headlines and more include Bree Newsome, who was arrested after removing the confederate flag from th...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JUNE 25, 2015–A COLLECTIVE WAKE AFTER THE MOTHER BETHEL MASSACRE, BUT IS THE REMOVAL OF CONFEDERATE FLAGS ENOUGH FOR JUSTICE?
June 25, 2015 12:00 - 25.3 MBJUNE 25, 2015 African Americans and the entire nation join in a collective wake after the assassination of nine African American church members by a White supremacist in Charleston. The immediate impact is that the racist symbol of the confederate flag is being brought down all over. But is that flag removal enough for justice? Voices from a massive street vigil held on June 19th on U Street in Washington, DC: Ledonna Sanders, Joyce Ladner, Kristina Alexis, Salim Adofo, Kymone Freeman and the...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JUNE 18, 2015–THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF JUNETEENTH INTERSECTS WITH AN INCREASINGLY URGENT BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND THE MASSACRE OF NINE AFRICAN-AMERICANS BY AN AVOWED WHITE SUPREMACIST
June 18, 2015 12:00 - 25.5 MBJUNE 18, 2015 THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF JUNETEENTH INTERSECTS WITH AN INCREASINGLY URGENT BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND THE MASSACRE OF NINE AFRICAN-AMERICANS BY AN AVOWED WHITE SUPREMACIST…AND CAN PEOPLE POWER OVERCOME THE CORPORATE STATE AND THE TPP? THIS MONTH'S INSTALLMENT OF 'THE F-WORD. Also headlines. Guests and Voices: Lynae Pindell of Baltimore Say Her Name, Hari Jones, Gerald Horne. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/OTG-JUNE18-2015.mp3
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, MAY 28, 2015–GENOCIDE IN IRAQ, THE OBLITERATION OF A MODERN STATE
May 28, 2015 12:00 - 16.7 MBMAY 28, 2015 >Abdul-Haq al-Ani,author of Genocide in Iraq, Volumes One and Two. The subtitle for the first book is, THE CASE AGAINST THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND MEMBER STATES and the subtitle for the second book is “THE OBLITERATION OF A MODERN STATE. Plus headlines about the #StopTheFercus actions at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the Beyond Extreme Energy Coalition. Headlines for this show are missing from this audio. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/OTG...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, MAY 14, 2015–WHITE LIKE ME: RACE, RACISM AND WHITE PRIVILEGE IN AMERICA
May 14, 2015 12:00 - 25.4 MBMAY 14, 2015 WHITE LIKE ME: RACE, RACISM AND WHITE PRIVILEGE IN AMERICA Part one about the powerful, new documentary by anti-racism activist, educator and author Tim Wise. And the Million Moms March hits the DMV. GUEST: Tim Wise. Other Voices: Alicia Johnson, Ramona Fortin, Ayo Handy and other mothers. Headlines and more. Second week of Spring fundraiser. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/OTG-MAY14-2015.mp3
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, MAY 7, 2015–THE WAR AT HOME AND THE WAR ABROAD
May 07, 2015 12:00 - 41.2 MBMAY 7, 2015 THE WAR AT HOME AND THE WAR ABROAD We spend the hour with writer and activist Gerald Horne, discussing the Baltimore uprising, police brutality and economics, including the priorities for U.S. spending, war and the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty. GUEST: Professor Gerald Horne. OTHER VOICES: Maria Hamilton, founder of the Million Moms March. Headlines and more. First week of spring fundraiser. FIRST HALF OF MAY 7, 2015 SHOW: https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, APR. 23, 2015–MARCHING 250 MILES FOR JUSTICE AND THE DEATH OF FREDDIE GRAY
April 23, 2015 12:00 - 25.3 MBAPRIL 23, 2015 MARCHING 250 MILES FOR JUSTICE As the DMV becomes the focus for the latest death in police custody, 100 marchers in the March2Justice descend on the nation's capital to stop police violence and murder. Guest: Linda Sarsour of the New York Justice League. Other voices: Jasiri X, Charles Rangel (D-New York), Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), family members of those slain by the police, including Martinez Sutton, brother of Rekia Boyd, shot by an off-...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, APR. 16, 2015–LOW-WAGE WORKERS IN DC JOIN THE FIGHT FOR $15 NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AND THE #MARCH2JUSTICE HEADS TO BALTIMORE AND DC FROM NEW YORK
April 16, 2015 12:00 - 25.5 MBAPRIL 16, 2015 LOW-WAGE WORKERS IN DC JOIN THE FIGHT FOR $15 NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION. And the #MARCH2JUSTICE heads to Baltimore and DC from New York. Guests and voices: Delvone Michael, Lisa Brown, Cynthia Murray, the Rev. Graylan Hagler, the DC Labor Chorus, Ayanna Gregory and more. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/OTG-APRIL16-2015.mp3
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, APR. 9, 2015–FROM FERGUSON TO AYOTZINAPA, TO SOUTH CAROLINA, THIS WEEK IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE AMERICAS AND STATE VIOLENCE
April 09, 2015 12:00 - 25.5 MBAPRIL 9, 2015 FROM FERGUSON TO AYOTZINAPA, TO SOUTH CAROLINA, THIS WEEK IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE AMERICAS AND STATE VIOLENCE. Also, DC’s homecare workers are joining fast food workers and other low-wage workers in the national Fight for $15. Guests and voices: Parents and family members of the 43 missing students from Mexico: Anayeli Guerrero de la Cruz, Clemente Rodriguez Moreno and Felipe de la Cruz Sandoval. Plus, DC homecare workers Michael Thompson and Paula Wilson. https://o...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, APR. 2, 2015–VOICES OF POETS AND GERALD HORNE DISCUSSES MEDIA AND RACE
April 02, 2015 12:00 - 25.8 MBAPRIL 2, 2015 VOICES OF POETS AND GERALD HORNE At the start of National Poetry Month, touted as the largest literary celebration in the world, voices of poets on today’s show. And Gerald Horne joins us to discuss the latest media excursion into race. Guests and voices: Gerald Horne, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Tomkat, Niki Herd,DC’s Youth Slam Team: Hannah Smallwood, Gaelyn Smith, Mili Mehari, Bobbi Johnson, Shayla Johnson and Kenya Newsome. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/O...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, MAR. 26, 2015–IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE, PROTESTERS SAY “NO’ TO WAR WITHOUT END AND THE DALIT PEOPLE ELEVATE THEIR STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
March 26, 2015 12:00 - 23.7 MBMARCH 26, 2015 IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE, PROTESTERS SAY "NO' TO WAR WITHOUT END AND THE DALIT PEOPLE ELEVATE THEIR STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS at an historic conference and demonstration. Guests and voices: Carl Dix, Cindy Sheehan, David Swanson, Vidya Karuna, Zoe Sherinian,Mikuak Rai. Headlines and more. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/OTG-MAR-26-2015..mp3
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, MAR. 12, 2015–IS VENEZUELA A NATIONAL THREAT?
March 12, 2015 12:00 - 25.4 MBMARCH 12, 2015 IS VENEZUELA A NATIONAL THREAT? So what’s up with President Obama declaring Venezuela to be a threat to the United States? We talk to Arturo Viscarra of School of America’s Watch, hear a program produced by the Hands off Venezuela Coalition. Guests and voices: Arturo Viscarra, Anthony Gray, Mark Weisbrot, Heather MacIntosh, Joanna "Tigress" Rowley. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/OTG-MARCH12-2015.mp3
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, MAR. 5, 2015–BEFORE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY, A NEW JUSTICE REPORT REVEALS SYSTEMATIC ATTEMPT TO DEPRIVE AFRICAN AMERICANS OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
March 05, 2015 12:00 - 25.2 MBMARCH 5, 2015 AS THE NATION PREPARE TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY, a new justice report reveals a systematic attempt to deprive African Americans of their constitutional rights. Also, the documentary "India's Daughter," about the shame of rape culture in India, is banned in that country. Guests and Voices: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Gerald Horne, Brian Becker. Headlines and more. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, FEB.19, 2015–BLACK HISTORY AND STATE VIOLENCE, ‘THE F WORD’ AND MORE
February 19, 2015 12:00 - 17.1 MBFEBRUARY 19, 2015 BLACK HISTORY AND STATE VIOLENCE During Black History Month 2015, the Black Lives Matter Movement forces us to examine the long history of physical and economic violence by the state against African Americans…A conversation for this month’s installment of “The F Word” with veteran activists and educators Rosemari Mealy and Sam Anderson…Also, Venezuelans commemorate the one-year anniversary of the orchestrated violence and destabilization within their country. Headlines on Mo...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, FEB.12, 2015–WHAT WILL A NEW ‘COLD WAR’ MEAN FOR THAWING US-CUBA RELATIONS? AND MUCH MORE
February 12, 2015 12:00 - 25.5 MBFEBRUARY 12, 2015 WHAT WILL A NEW “COLD WAR” MEAN FOR THAWING US-CUBA RELATIONS? A NEW EXHIBIT TAKES A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY THOUGH THE DIASPORA AND A NEW OSCAR-NOMINATED MOVIE,"TIMBUKTU" FOCUSES ON AFRICA. Headlines on DC celebration for release of the Cuban 5 and more. Guests and voices: Gerald Horne, Allen Uzikee Nelson, Januwa Moja, Joseph Torres and Alicia Jrapko. Week 2 of Winter Fundraiser. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/OTG-FEB.12-2015.mp3
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, FEB. 5, 2015–DC ACTIVISTS FIGHT THE TAKEOVER OF DC’s ELECTRIC UTILITY BY NUCLEAR GIANT EXELON
February 05, 2015 12:00 - 25.5 MBFEBRUARY 5, 2015 THE PLANNED TAKEOVER OF DC's ELECTRIC UTILITY BY A NUCLEAR GIANT On this first day for us of the Winter Fund Drive, we’re talking about a FAR LARGER MONTHLY bill—our electric bill. You may not know about it but there is a planned multi-billion dollar takeover of PEPCO — Washington, DC's electric power utility — by Exelon, a Chicago-based nuclear energy giant. And you also might not know that the conventional wisdom in conventional political circles is that this planned merger...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JAN. 29, 2015–EXPLORING DYSTOPIA AS OUR REALITY
January 29, 2015 12:00 - 14.3 MBJANUARY 29, 2015 EXPLORING DYSTOPIA AS OUR REALITY When it comes to state violence, surveillance and repression, is our reality stranger than fiction? Today we’re introducing our new Arts and politics segment for each fourth Thursday of the month. Today, we’ll consider literature and movies that depict a dystopia—defined as a society characterized by human misery and oppression. We’ll talk to a teacher whose students are exploring how WE are living in a dystopia. GUESTS AND VOICES: Sheryl Byf...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JAN. 22, 2015–FROM SELMA TO FERGUSON TO GAZA TO HERE, #RECLAIM MLK WEEKEND
January 22, 2015 12:00 - 25.5 MBJANUARY 22, 2015 FROM SELMA TO FERGUSON TO GAZA TO HERE On #RECLAIM MLK WEEKEND, thousands of people, from Oakland to LA to Miami to Maine, to New York City and of course to DC were out in the streets, continuing to draw the links between denied human rights and state violence here in the US and abroad in places like Gaza. We hear from hip-hop artist and community activist Jasiri X who spoke on the program "From Selma to Ferguson to Gaza to Here" held in DC at Plymouth Congregational Church. ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JAN. 15, 2015–FROM ‘I AM A MAN’ TO ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’
January 15, 2015 12:00 - 25.3 MBJANUARY 15, 2015 FROM 'I AM A MAN' TO 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' When the Rev. Martin Luther King was gunned down in 1968 in Memphis—where he had gone to support striking sanitation workers—the workers in the city marched with those iconic signs that read “I Am A Man.” Today—on the day that King would have been 86 years old—the signs carried by protesters of police killings and violence convey the same but broader affirmation—that “Black Lives Matter.” We talk to Liana Asim, who administers the pop...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JAN. 8, 2015–THE BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENT
January 08, 2015 12:00 - 25 MBJANUARY 8, 2015 THE BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENT As we enter the new year, one fight for the social justice community is the fight for voice, for the TRUTH in Missouri, on Staten Island, New York and right in Washington, DC where ties have been revealed between high-ranking Republicans and ULTRA RIGHT-WING White Supremacists. And of course there is that nonstop machine of lies and myth known as FOX NEWS. TODAY, WE HEAR VOICES that aren’t often heard, of activists on the ground, on various frontline...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, DEC. 11, 2014–AS DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE AROUND THE COUNTRY, MOTHERS OF SLAIN BLACK MEN AND BOYS TOOK THE CAPITAL BY STORM
December 11, 2014 12:00 - 26.2 MBDECEMBER 11, 2014 AS DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE AROUND THE COUNTRY—after grand juries failed to indict police officers in the death of Michael Brown in Missouri and Eric Garner in New York—mothers of slain Black men and boys took the capital by storm this week, the same week that details of CIA torture were made public in a long-awaited report. For activists on the ground, the convergence of these two issues point directly to the impunity of police and the military-industrial complex from the co...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, DEC. 4, 2014–FROM FERGUSON TO NEW YORK CITY: NATIONWIDE, PROTESTERS TAKE TO THE STREETS TO SAY THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER
December 04, 2014 12:00 - 25.3 MBDECEMBER 4, 2014 FROM FERGUSON TO NEW YORK CITY: NATIONWIDE, PROTESTERS TAKE TO THE STREETS TO SAY THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER Protesters remain on the streets of New York City, in Washington, DC, around the country and world because a second grand jury has failed to indict a White police officer for killing an unarmed Black man. This time, a grand jury on Staten Island, New York has failed to indict Daniel Pantaleo for the choking death of Eric Garner in July. We hear voices from the DMV that ar...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, NOV. 20, 2014–THE WAIT CONTINUES FOR A GRAND JURY DECISION IN THE KILLING OF UNARMED TEEN-AGER MICHAEL BROWN AND, IN DC, ACTIVISTS WANT MACMILLAN PARK TO REMAIN A PUBLIC PARK AND RESOURCE
November 20, 2014 12:00 - 25.3 MBNOVEMBER 20, 2014 THE WAIT CONTINUES FOR A GRAND JURY DECISION IN THE KILLING of unarmed teen-ager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. We hear voices from Ferguson and find out the plans by DC activists for action after the grand jury announcement. And shifting gears in our final show before Thanksgiving, activists here in DC want MACMILLAN PARK IN NORTHWEST DC to remain a public park and resource, rather than a giveaway to a big developer. Guests and voices: Christina Jimenez, Eugene Puryea...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, NOV. 13, 2014–ON THIS WEEK OF VETERAN’S DAY, WHAT DO MIKE BROWN, THE MURDERED STUDENTS IN MEXICO AND THOSE DETAINED IN IMMIGRANT PRISONS ALL HAVE IN COMMON?
November 13, 2014 12:00 - 24.8 MBNOVEMBER 13, 2014 ON THIS WEEK OF VETERAN'S DAY, WHAT DO MIKE BROWN, THE MURDERED STUDENTS IN MEXICO AND THOSE DETAINED IN IMMIGRANT PRISONS ALL HAVE IN COMMON? The activists at SOA Watch say that it's a militarized, violent police that are out of control abroad and now at home. SOA Watch prepares for its 25th annual vigil at the School of The Americas--also known as the "school of the assassins" at Fort Benning, Ga. Also, a more than decade-long anti-war vigil in Baltimore. Guests and Voices...