On the Ground w Esther Iverem
525 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 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 FOR AUGUST 11, 2023: Gerald Horne on Niger… Scott Ritter and Garland Nixon Mark Hiroshima Bombing… Plus Headlines
August 12, 2023 16:02 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBThe military takeover in Niger provides a lens though which we can see the impact of post-colonial exploitation of Africa. We continue our conversation with professor Gerald Horne about the international implications of this flashpoint. And the 78th anniversary of the dropping of an atomic bomb on the people of Hiroshima is occurring as a movie about the "father" of the bomb, Robert j Oppenheimer, is box office hit. Former Iraq weapons inspector Scott Ritter and political analyst Garland Nixo...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 4, 2023: New Trump Charges… Biden Also Under Scrutiny… Whistleblowers Talk Sanctions… Giving Birth While Incarcerated…. Plus Headlines
August 05, 2023 03:52 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBAs Trump pleads not guilty to charges that he tried to overturn his loss in 2020, there are new revelations about President Biden's connection to his sons shady business dealings. We speak to a young mother forced to give birth while incarcerated. And activists discuss the impact of U.S covert operations on the U.S. public and around the world. Plus headlines on Abu Graib torture lawsuit, migrants are found dead, entangled in Texas "death trap," Cuba Covid vaccine more than 92 percent effecti...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 28, 2023: 70 Years After Armistice, Rallying to Finally End the Korean War… Gerald Horne on Biden, His Ukraine Connection, and the Emerging New World Economic Order
July 28, 2023 16:16 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBThe Korean War, with four million civilians dead and the country destroyed, provides enduring proof that the Cold War was really a hot war against liberation movements of the Global South. Seventy years later, the war is still not ended officially. We hear from some of those who came to Capitol Hill to call for an end to this dangerous war game between nuclear powers. And as the legal woes of Hunter Biden threaten to ensnare his father, the 46th president, we speak to historian Gerald Horne a...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 21, 2023: Fact Versus Fiction on Apartheid Israel… DeSantis ‘Free Job Training’ for the Enslaved… Monroe Doctrine 2023…
July 21, 2023 16:33 - 56 minutes - 44.9 MBIn U.S. politics, the fight is on for the right to believe our own eyes and ears, and to teach the truth--especially when it comes the the apartheid state of Israel. You ay have heard of Black August but July is the perfect month to mark the struggles and victories of the people of Central and South America. On this episode, we hear from those who rallied in front of the White House to celebrate and defend the sovereignty of Latin American and Caribbean countries. With Rashida Tlaib, Lucy Pag...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 14, 2023: Gerald Horne on NATO Summit, Iran to Zimbabwe… Ben Crump on Demanding Justice for AJ Owens… Plus Headlines
July 15, 2023 04:22 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThe rhetoric and result of the NATO summit means that there is no end it sight for the U.S. proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. We speak to historian and author Gerald Horne. And are we forgetting to say her name? Attorney Ben Crump and activist Melanie Campbell make a passionate plea for justice for AJ Owens, a mother of four who was shot to death by her white supremacist neighbor. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 7, 2023: Jon Jeter on Settler Violence… Ben & Jerry’s Founder and Jodi Evans of Code Pink Arrested at Julian Assange Protest…. Poor People’s Campaign Moral Congress in DC… Plus Headlines
July 08, 2023 01:09 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBFrom Palestine, to France, to DC, to California, settler violence is on the march and the people are fighting back. We speak to journalist Jon Jeter. Plus, the Poor People's Campaign Moral Congress reminds the nation that poverty equals death. And while protesting in support of the journalist, Julian Assange, Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, and Jodi Evans, co-founder of Code Pink: Women for Peace, are arrested outside the Department of Justice. Plus headlines: Biden mulls ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 30, 2023: One Year After the Police Murder of Jayland Walker… Jon Jeter on Affirmative Action… Take Cuba Off the Terror List…
June 30, 2023 17:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBPeople came to DC from around the U.S. to demand that Cuba be removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, and to demand police accountability for the murder of Jayland Walker. Also, our media critic Jon Jeter weighs in on the news, including the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action. Headlines on Supreme Court, Moore v. Harper, and Norfolk Southern Railroad. DC memorial for human rights activist Randall Robinson. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 23, 2023: COINTELPRO Today, Part 2… ‘Dixiecrat’ Vilsack Continues Harm to Black Farmers… Plus Headlines on Indian Fascist Modi in DC and More…
June 23, 2023 15:25 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBAs federal funds meant to aid Black farmers continue to be diverted elsewhere, members of the Congressional Black Caucus demand that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reveal who is receiving billions in federal debt relief.And then part two of the discussion bout how the Foreign Agents Registration Act and other laws s are used to target movements for justice and power... Including the African People's Socialist Party and Cop City Protesters...We hear more voices from the program held by the ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 16, 2023: Use of the Foreign Agent Registration Act to Target Movements for Justice & Power… Government Attacks on the African People’s Socialist Party and Cop City Protesters…
June 17, 2023 13:39 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBWith members of the African People's Socialist Party indicted for exercising freedom of speech, #copcity protesters charged with domestic terrorism, and bail fund organizers arrested by a military-stye SWAT team, human right advocates held a recent gathering to understand this targeting of activists as the most recent iteration of the notorious FBI COINTELPRO program that worked to destroy 1960s freedom movements. For this hour, we hear voices from part one of the virtual program held June 8t...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 9, 2023: No To Biden-Manchin Mountain Valley Pipeline… Rally Outside the White House… Plus Headlines on Voting Rights Victory, Alaunte Scott, AJ Owens, and more…
June 10, 2023 01:17 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBAs DC suffered Thursday under some of worst air quality in years, brought on by climate-change induced wildfires, those opposed to President Biden's latest massive fossil fuel project rallied outside the White House. Protesters said that Biden's tacking on the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline to the recent debt ceiling legislation, is just his latest betrayal of and broken promise to the climate movement -- and to humanity. Plus headlines. With Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Justin Pearson, J...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 2, 2023: Rallying to Raise the Wage… NATO Escalates in Ukraine… Plus Headlines
June 05, 2023 03:54 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBWhile decisions are made in Washington that take food and cash from working families, people speak out at three days of rallies to raise the wage. And there is escalation and not deescalation in the U.S. proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. We'll catch up with the latest on the conflict with Gerald Horne. Plus headlines on the U.S. debt ceiling, arrests for peaceful protesters, and more. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the a...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 26, 2023: Part 3: Revolting Capital: Racism and Radicalism in Washington, DC with Gerald Horne… Filipino Activists Protest Marcos Visit… Plus Headlines
May 27, 2023 02:36 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBIn our third and final conversation about Gerald Horne's new book, Revolting Capital, we discuss Washington, DC's April 1968 revolt, which one study said forever changed the trajectory of the city. And a view from a movement of young Filipino activists recently arrested after protesting a visit to the Washington by Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos. Plus headlines. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 19, 2023: Part 2 – Revolting Capital: Racism and Radicalism in Washington, DC, 1990-2000 With Gerald Horne
May 19, 2023 20:04 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBDC may be the most heavily policed city in the country"and maybe in the whole world. In part two of our conversation with historian Gerald Horne about his new book, Revolting Capital: Racism and Radicalism in Washington, DC, 1990-2000, Gerald discusses the police brutality and displacement inflicted upon the Black population during the Great Depression. He also discusses the rise of U.S. spy agencies, which contrary to their legal mandate, targeted American citizens, especially the Black left...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 12, 2023: Historian Gerald Horne Discusses His New Book, Revolting Capital: Racism & Radicalism in Washington D.C. 1900-2000
May 13, 2023 00:31 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBDid the presence of a Black majority population in Washington, DC force the U.S. empire to abandon jim crow apartheid? We spend this hour speaking with historian Gerald Horne about his new book, Revolting Capital: Racism & Radicalism in Washington D.C., 1900-2000. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 5, 2023: Juan Gonzalez Speaks on 200th Anniversary of Monroe Doctrine… U.S. Ratchets Up Cold War 2.0… Plus Headlines on Clarence Thomas and More…
May 06, 2023 05:31 - 56 minutes - 39 MBIn South Korea, Taiwan, and Ukraine, the U.S. ratchets up Cold War 2.0. I speak to historian Gerald Horne. And though the U.S.and allies bellow about democracy, the inconvenient truths about slavery, colonialism and genocide are ever present. Journalist Juan Gonzalez gives a major address about the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this n...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL28, 2023: Harry Belafonte: His Legacy and a View from the Jamaican Diaspora… Earth Day Marchers Tell Biden to End Fossil Fuels… Plus Headlines on the Unhoused, a Fair Budget in DC, and More
April 28, 2023 23:48 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBAs the world continues to celebrate the life of artist and activist Harry Belafonte, we speak to historian Gerald Horne and get a perspective from the Jamaican diaspora.And marchers on the streets of DC on Earth Day, say it is code red for the planet and that President Biden should tell the truth about his addiction to fossil fuels. Plus headlines on the unhoused in DC, the revolving door of the military industrial complex and more. With: Michael Byfield, Gerald Horne, Brittany Ruffin, Jean...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL21, 2023: The Fight for Human Rights, from the African People’s Socialist Party to Palestine…Plus, Centering Water as Human Right for Earth Day
April 22, 2023 03:03 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBFrom the African People's Socialist Party to Palestine, people all over the earth are fighting for human rights. And among all the religious, cultural and social observances during April, there is Earth Day, dedicated to our common home--and this "home" crisis can no longer be ignored. Plus more headlines. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we ha...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 14, 2023: Gerald Horne on the 125th Birthday of Paul Robeson… Archival Audio of Paul Robeson… Plus Headlines on Julian Assange, Tennessee, and More
April 14, 2023 22:40 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBAs the world honors the 125th birthday of the artist and revolutionary Paul Robeson, his fight against racism and fascism is as relevant today as ever. On this show, an in-depth talk with Robeson biographer, the prolific author Gerald Horne. Also, two young lack lawmakers make a triumphant return to the Tennessee state legislature after being expelled for leading a peaceful protest for sane gun laws. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voi...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 7, 2023: Jon Jeter on Signs of U.S. Fascism.. Campaigning For a Zone of Peace in the Americas.. Hands Off Haiti.. Plus Al-Aqsa, Tennessee, and More
April 08, 2023 13:18 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBOn the 55th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Black Alliance for Peace launches a campaign to establish a Zone of Peace in the Americas. From Haiti, to Cuba to Nicaragua, the alliance wants the U.S. to stop preaching democracy all the while destabilizing sovereign governments in this hemisphere. Plus a talk with our media critic Jon Jeter on the news of the day and signs of U.S. fascism. Headlines on attacks on Al-Aqsa mosque, Tennessee lawmakers, and mo...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 31, 2023: Journalist Jon Jeter on Trump Indictment Versus Lesser Covered Stories About Crimes Against Humanity… DC Commemoration of Palestine Land Day… Plus Headlines on Steven Donziger and More…
March 31, 2023 16:24 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBAs nearly 90 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers since the start of this year, Palestinians living under apartheid in their homeland and throughout diaspora celebrated Palestine Land Day on March 30th, including here in DC. And in our conversation with journalist Jon Jeter, we discuss how coverage of crimes against humanity, such as those in Palestine, stack up against coverage of Donald J. Trump's indictment. With Jon Jeter, Maryland to Palestine, Activists...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 24, 2023: Gerald Horne on Xi and Putin Summit… More From the March on Washington for People’s Needs, Not the War Machine… Plus Headlines on TikTok and More
March 24, 2023 16:49 - 53 minutes - 43.1 MBA world-altering meeting takes place between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin but corporate media misses the story. And a large coalition of the left rallies in front of the White House to oppose the U.S. proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq. Plus headlines on TikTok CEO testifying before Congress and more. With Gerald Horne, Brian Becker, Jill Stein and Margaret Kimberley. The show is made possible...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 17, 2023: Seymour Hersh at the National Press Club, Speaks on Investigation Into Alleged U.S. Role in Destruction of Nord Stream Pipelines
March 18, 2023 02:10 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBPulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, whose recent bombshell investigation names the Biden administration as the mastermind behind the destruction of Nord Stream pipeline system, doubles down on his allegations in a wide-ranging conversation at the National Press Club. We spend with hour with Hersh, who says that U.S. destruction of the pipeline is one sign of how reckless and how unprepared the U.S. is as it continues to ratchet up the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. The sh...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 10, 2023: Congress and Biden Block DC’s Updated Criminal Code… For Women’s History Month: Interview with Black Sandinista Leader and Lawmaker… Plus Headlines
March 11, 2023 19:55 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBAs Congress votes to block DC's democratically approved new criminal code, the nation's capital is the latest example of a black and brown-majority city in the United States being stripped of self-rule and democratic rights. Also, for a Women's History Month special, we speak to Congresswoman Loria Raquel Dixon Brautigam, a woman of African descent and Sandinista leader, who is the first secretary of the national assembly of Nicaragua. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy,...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 3, 2023: Black Farmers Protest Outside White House, Demand Firing of Ag Secretary Vilsack and Call Biden ‘Jim Crow Joe’
March 03, 2023 22:13 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBWe spend the hour hearing from Black farmers and their advocates who traveled to DC on March 1 from 15 states to rally in front of the White House and demand that President Biden fire Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack for continuing more than a century of state-sponsored race discrimination, land theft, and economic deprivation of Black farmers. The protest was also commemorating a March 2, 1999 fairness hearing when hundreds of Black farmers also descended on D.C. to protest the force...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 24, 2023: The War in Ukraine Did Not Start One Year Ago… With Joe Lauria and Gerald Horne… Plus Excerpts from ‘Ukraine on Fire’…
February 25, 2023 02:59 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBIt is one year after Russia invaded Ukraine and most people in the United States and Europe still think that is when the war started. I speak to Consortium News editor Joe Lauria and our geopolitical analyst Professor Gerald Horne. And we take another look at the Oliver Stone-produced documentary, "Ukraine on Fire," which tells the truth about how this war really started eight years ago with the U.S.-backed violent coup of Ukraine's democratically elected president. Plus headlines on the more...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2022 – The F-Word: World Renown Palestinian Activist Issa Amro Speaks on Israel as a Fascist State
February 17, 2023 23:21 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBFor this episode of "The F-Word," we hear from world renown Palestinian activist Issa Amro, awarded by the United Nations for his non-violent resistance to the Israeli government, which he says is an openly fascist regime. He spoke recently at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Northeast DC and was introduced by the Israeli American author and activist Miko Peled. With more than 50 Palestinians, including 11 children, killed by Israeli soldiers this year, and violent attacks o...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2023: The People Speak On the State of the Union… Seymour Hersh Says U.S. Bombed Nord Stream Pipeline… Vigilante Charged With Murder of DC Teen… And More
February 10, 2023 19:32 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBWhat do the people have to say about the State of the Union? A rebroadcast of Esther Iverem's interviews with a panel of people working around social justice and human rights for the national Pacifica broadcast of the 2023 State of the Union address. With Professor Gerald Horne, Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans, police accountability advocate Ron Hampton, immigration attorney Heather Benno, and Siqiniq Maupin, executive director of Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic. Plus more headline...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2023: Gerald Horne on U.S. Violence at Home and Abroad… Nichols Murder Reawakens BLM Movement… Plus Headlines
February 04, 2023 01:50 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBAs Tyre Nichols, the most recent high-profile target of police terror is laid to rest, we speak to historian Gerald Horne about the links between violence inside and outside the United States.The brutal beating of Nichols by Memphis police, captured on surveillance camera, reinforces the systemic nature of police abuse and offers more proof that the system cannot be reformed. We will go to the streets of DC where protests erupted on the night when video evidence of Nichols murder was released...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 27, 2023: From Palestine to DC: Ali Abunimah on Apartheid Israel’s Killing Machine…Ajamu Baraka and Jacquie L’uqman Take on the Ukraine Solidarity Network…
January 28, 2023 15:37 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBAt least nine Palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded by Israeli troops in the Jenin refugee camp on Thursday. On this show, we hear voices of Palestinians, including Electronic Intifada editor Ali Abunimah, speaking out against the apartheid regime and the billions in U.S. support that allows Israel to kill with impunity. Also on the show, a conversation between members of Black Alliance for Peace about their opposition to a call made by the organization Ukrainian Solidarity Network...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 20, 2023: Voices to Free Wikileaks Editor Julian Assange: Scott Ritter, Dr. Jill Stein, Journalists Dan Cohen and Esther Iverem and Much More
January 20, 2023 21:40 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBFor supporters of imprisoned journalist Julian Assange, all eyes are on DC for the January 20, 2023 Belmarsh Tribunal at the National Press Club, where experts will present evidence of the current attack on journalism and publishers. For this hour, voices from a large rally for Assange, held outside the Department of Justice on October 8, 2022. The tribunal and rally are part of a renewed effort and is one of several recent actions by Assange supporters to protect him, the First Amendment and...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 13, 2023: A Vigil at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington DC Remembers and Honors the Radical King
January 13, 2023 14:39 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBWith U.S.-backed wars and violence spreading abroad, and more senseless violence here are home, activists remember the radical legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Fifty-five years after King’s assassination, today’s organizers say that while King is best known for having dream of racial harmony, they lean more on his analysis of the triple evils of U.S. empire: racism, war, and poverty. With the Rev. Graylan Hagler, Maha Hillal, Netfa Freeman and more. The show is made possible only ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 6, 2023: Voices from the DC Emergency Rally for Returning Citizens for Affordable Housing and Jobs
January 06, 2023 23:08 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBVoices from the DC Emergency Rally for Returning Citizens, held December 19, 2022. Here in the expensive capital, where the first Gen Z member of Congress, Maxwell Frost of Florida, struggles to rent an apartment, the formerly incarcerated are in worse shape, with limited possibility of housing or employment. Including Roach Brown, Rev. Graylan Hagler, Rev. Willie Wilson, DC Council Member Robert White, Tony Lewis, April Goggans of Black Lives Matter DC, and more speakers at the rally. The...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 30, 2022: A Look Back at 2022 with Historian and Author Gerald Horne
December 30, 2022 23:54 - 51 minutes - 35 MBThe show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 23, 2022: 30th Anniversary of the Ambrose I. Lane Sr. Radio Series ‘Never Again for White Men Only’… Plus Headlines on Jan. 6 Report… D.C. Cop Convicted of Murder
December 24, 2022 03:23 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBThe journalist. author and social justice activist Ambrose I. Lane Sr. hosted shows, including We Ourselves for decades on WPFW and other Pacifica stations before his death in 2010. And for our year-end drive we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of his 1992 opus series Never Again For White Men Only. The series includes eight shows and nearly eight hours of Ambrose documenting how chattel slavery, followed by a century of fascist Jim Crow apartheid, not only impacted African-Americans but ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 16, 2022: Railroad Workers and Supporters Rally on Capitol Hill and Across the Country to Have More than One Sick Day a Year … With Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and more…
December 17, 2022 04:03 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBTwo weeks after Congress disgraced itself by denying freight railroad workers seven days of sick leave, workers and their supporters rallied on Capitol Hill and across the country for what they said is a basic human right. The denial of these rights to workers was made by rich, corporate lawmakers who have unlimited sick days and platinum health care plans paid for by the tax dollars of the American people. Voices: Rail workers, labor leaders, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. P...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 9, 2022: Brian Becker on Moore v. Harper and the Right-Wing Assault on Democratic Rights… From Our Archives: Pedro Castillo Supporters Rally at the OAS… Plus Headlines on Countering the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and More…
December 09, 2022 17:55 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBThe Moore v. Harper case before the Supreme Court could give the far right in the United States what they cannot get through free and fair elections--and that is permanent rule. We speak to veteran activist Brian Becker. And, as the oligarchy in Peru has succeeded in their year-long effort to oust leftist president Pedro Castillo, we go our archives to hear voices of Castillo supporters rallying here, outside the Organization of American States during the summer of 2021. The rally was just da...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 2, 2022: Vijay Prashad, Noam Chomsky and Medea Benjamin on “The Real Path to Peace in Ukraine”… Part 2 on Organizing Against U.S. Proxy War Against Russia in Ukraine…
December 02, 2022 19:14 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBFor this hour, part two of our coverage of the conference, “The Real Path to Peace in Ukraine,” held November 19, 2022 at the People’s Forum in New York City. On this show, three more well-known authors and activists: Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin, professor Noam Chomsky, and director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Vijay Prashad. The emcee for the program was researcher and activist Manolo De Los Santos. “The Real Path to Peace in Ukraine, held November 19th...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2022: Dr. Jill Stein and Eugene Puryear on the Real Path to Peace in Ukraine… NYC Conference Looks to Ignite Movement Against U.S.-NATO Proxy War Against Russia in Ukraine…
November 25, 2022 15:28 - 58 minutes - 46.5 MBThe Real Path to Peace in Ukraine, a conference sponsored this month by the People's Forum and the ANSWER Coalition in New York City, was the kickoff of a new antiwar movement in the United States. People from all walks of life are opposing the U.S.-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, especially as the Zelenksy regime shows again its dangerous desperation. We feature for the hour journalist, author and activist Eugene Puryear and Green Party Candidate for the President of the United Sta...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2022: Canadians Confront Government Support for Nazis in Ukraine and at Home… Petition Seeks Removal of Monuments Honoring Ukrainian WWII Nazi Collaborators… Plus Headlines on the G20, COP27 and More…
November 18, 2022 17:40 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBUnlike in the U.S., Canadians are confronting the fact that their government is supporting Nazis in the war in Ukraine " supporting far right Ukrainian nationals with the same ideology that Canadians fought against in World War II. Dozens of organizations and people all over Canada have also signed onto a petition demanding that the Canadian government stop funding Ukrainian groups and monuments that promote Nazi ideology at home. Plus headlines with Gerald Horne on the G20, COP27, Starbucks ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 11, 2022: The Real Election Story is Racist Voter Suppression… Activists Hold Tribunal For U.S. Weapons Makers, A.K.A. Merchants of Death… Plus Headlines 
November 11, 2022 16:53 - 55 minutes - 44.1 MBIn the midterm election and in the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia, the real story is racist voter suppression. We speak to Atlanta-based journalist Anoa Changa. And activists stage a people's tribunal, charging U.S. weapons makers, also known as the merchants of death, with war crimes. Plus headlines on Ukraine, COP27, police brutality, and more. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our liste...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 4, 2022: Agreement is Reached to End Brutal Conflict in Ethiopia… Protesters Rally Outside the White House to End Illegal U.S. Blockade on Cuba… Plus Headlines…
November 04, 2022 18:39 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBAn agreement is reached to end the two-year brutal conflict in Ethiopia that may have claimed up to a half million lives. And as, for the 30th time, the United Nations votes to condemn the U.S. blockade of Cuba, protesters rally outside the White House to urge Joe Biden to end the strangulation of our island neighbor. Plus Headlines on affirmative action and more... With Gerald Horne. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 28, 2022: Horne: The Loose Talk Versus Reality of Nuclear Weapons… Jon Jeter on Jeffrey Sachs, Kanye West and ‘The Letter’… Plus More and Headlines 
October 28, 2022 18:19 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBAs we continue to mark 60 years since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we speak to historian and author Gerald Horne about the loose talk versus reality of nuclear weapons. And whether it is economic Jeffrey Sachs being silenced, Kanye West being cancelled, or the retracted letter from hell, journalist Jon Jeter is in the house to discuss culture and media. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 21, 2022: Would Americans Recognize a Slide Toward Fascism?… More Excerpts from ‘Ukraine on Fire’ …Plus Headlines
October 21, 2022 20:17 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBAs regions that recently voted to join Russia come under fresh attacks from Kiev, we air two more excerpts from 'Ukraine on Fire," the Oliver Stone-produced movie about the 2014 U.S.-backed coup in Ukraine. And for this month's episode of the F-Word on fascism, I ask journalist Jacquie L'uqman if Americans would recognize if the United States is devolving into a fascist state? Bonus talk with Jacquie L'uqman on Patreon The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 14, 2022: Excerpts from the Movie “Ukraine on Fire”… Brian Becker on New Book: Socialist Reconstruction: A Better Future for the United States… Plus Headlines 
October 14, 2022 18:44 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBAs there is an escalation in violence in the current conflict in Ukraine, we present excerpts from “Ukraine on Fire,” the Oliver Stone-produced movie about the 2014 U.S.-backed coup in Ukraine. And Brian Becker, activist and host of “The Socialist Program” podcast talks about the new book, Socialist Reconstruction: A Better Future for the United States. Plus headlines on the January 6 Committee and more. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 7, 2022: Escalation in U.S. Proxy War Against Russia… Interview With Lead Plaintiff in Voting Rights Case… Rallying for the Clean Water Act 
October 07, 2022 18:23 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBAs an early winter is predicted for Europe, the U.S. proxy war against Russia continues to impact energy, economics, food and the threat of nuclear war. Gerald Horne is in the house. And we go outside the Supreme Court where during the first days of the new term, justices heard cases that will determine whether there are actually voting rights in the United States and whether water in the U.S. will remain protected. Plus more headlines. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2022: Vijay Prashad Brings Down House in NY… Brian Becker on Voting Rights Under Attack… Gerald Horne on Nordstream Sabotage and Rising Fascism in Europe… Plus Headlines
September 30, 2022 17:48 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBThe Supreme Court is set to hear a case that might allow the far-right majority further attacks on the democratic rights of Americans. Esther speaks with anti-war activist and host of the Socialist Program, Brian Becker. Professor Gerald Horne on who bombed Russia's gas pipelines and why fascists are on the move in Europe. And author and editor Vijay Prashad brings down the house in New York. Plus headlines: victory, for now, over the Mountain Valley Pipeline and more. The show is made poss...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2022: Ukraine Information War Leads the World to the Precipice… One-Year Anniversary of Haitian Asylum Seekers Being Attacked in Del Rio, Texas… Plus Headlines 
September 23, 2022 18:46 - 58 minutes - 40 MBAs the U.S. and NATO proxy war against Russia reaches a new stage of escalation, corporate media's information war leads the world to the precipice. We speak to journalist Jon Jeter for this month's extended look at news and culture. And on the one-year anniversary of Haitian asylum seekers being violently attacked and dispersed from Del Rio, Texas, Haitian and immigrant advocates speak out in front of the White House. Plus more headlines on fight to defeats Joe Manchin's #dirtydeal and th...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 16, 2022: Residents and Mayor of Jackson Speak Out on a History of Racism, Deadly Disinvestment, and Political Corruption that Created Water Crisis 
September 16, 2022 16:10 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBResidents of Jackson Mississippi spoke out this week at a national town hall sponsored by the Poor Peoples campaign.The failed infrastructure of the capital of Mississippi is a long-standing problem rooted in the history of racism in the state, and in the lack of national investment in infrastructure for water as a human right. With the Rev. William Barber, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Rukia Lumumba, journalist Roland Martin and more. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, ou...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 9, 2022: Voices from Appalachian Resistance Rally… Against Manchin’s ‘Dirty Deal’ for the Mountain Valley Pipeline… And Against Attacks on Environmental Protections… 
September 09, 2022 18:33 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBHundreds of environmental and climate justice advocates rally on Capitol Hill to oppose a deal secured by Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia to complete the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline.The deal, to transport fracked natural gas 300 miles in Virginia, West Virginia and across the Appalachian trail, was reportedly secured in exchange for Manchin's support for the Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed and signed into law last month. This side deal adds insult to injury to climat...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 2, 2022: The Hidden History of the AFL-CIO in Supporting U.S. Wars and Coups… Labor Activists Fight for Accountability… Headlines on Amazon and Starbucks Worker Victories and More
September 02, 2022 07:46 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBIn honor of Labor Day: a history of the role of the AFL-CIO in U.S. foreign policy and how a new organization, the Labor Education Project on AFL-CIO International Operations (LEPAIO), is pressuring the largest union confederation in the U.S. to be accountable to members. Plus headlines and interviews with Amazon workers. Voices: Kim Scipes, Steve Zeltzer, Amazon Workers in Albany, NY. CORRECTION: Some broadcasts of this show misidentified a Los Angeles radio host: her name is Dominique DiP...