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 DECEMBER 25, 2020: Year-In-Review for the Momentous 2020, from Covid, to Economic Collapse to a Reckoning with Racism
December 25, 2020 21:32 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThis is our look back at the momentous year of 2020. From Covid, to Economic Depression, to environmental catastrophe, to millions of personal heartbreaks and tragedies, this year has left its mark on the earth and on all of us. Voices: Jane Fonda, Dr. Margaret Flowers, Gerald Horne, April Goggans, Rev. Graylan Hagler, Anti-Racism Activists 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 listene...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 18, 2020: Washington’s Converging Health, Economic and Political Crises…The F-Word: Remembering the Berlin Conference 135 Years Later…Plus Headlines Including the Proud Boys and Community Control of the Police
December 19, 2020 01:35 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBEverything out of order-- including converging health, economic and political crises--have the become order of the day in Washington. And how does the legacy of colonialism resonate in the present? For our final F-word segment on fascism for 2020, we speak to Professor Gerald Horne about the 135th anniversary of Berlin Conference and Europe's scramble for Africa's natural resources and labor. Plus headlines including Congress and Covid relief, Proud Boys violence in DC, community control of ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 11, 2020: Taxi Drivers Rally for Economic Survival…GOP and MAGA ‘Parade’ Support Trump’s False Claims of Election Fraud…Plus Headlines on Congressional Gridlock and More…
December 12, 2020 04:32 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBNew York City taxi drivers descend on the U.S. Capitol to demand economic relief for American workers; some say they have already lost everything. And as Trump makes his last stand at the U.S. Supreme Court to try to overturn his loss in the election, his supporters plan to return to DC for a parade in advance of a vote by the electoral college. We speak to April Goggans, core organizer for Black Lives Matter DC, which is part of a coalition that will be holding a separate community party to ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 4, 2020: The Attack on Truth…Activists Fire Back at Obama…UN Head Gives Speech on Climate Crisis…Headlines on Unemployment, Congress, Covid Relief, Nigeria, and More…
December 05, 2020 05:10 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBThis year has offered a nonstop exhibition on how corporate media is so bad and getting worse. How much gaslighting and illusion can we take? We speak to journalist Jon Jeter for our final culture and media segment for 2020, voices of the Rev. Allan Boesak and Jose Bustani. And the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, makes an impassioned plea for humanity to save itself and address the climate and ecological crisis. Plus headlines on international news on ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2020: Voices From Indigenous People’s Day in DC 2020…Ajamu Baraka, Penny Williams, Jafar Jafari and More Call for a Global Anti-Colonial, Anti-Imperialist Movement
November 27, 2020 16:33 - 55 minutes - 38 MBCapping off this summer's national uprising against racism, Indigenous Peoples Day in DC brought together Native American, African American and other peoples from around the globe. The program, emceed by Pete Landeros of the American Indian Movement, included activists with a common bond in the fight against racism and capitalist exploitation of human beings and the planet. We spend the hour hearing their voices. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep th...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 20, 2020: The F-Word: Police Stand By As MAGA Mobs Run Amuck in DC…Green New Deal Voters Press Biden…Plus Headlines on COVID, International News and More…
November 21, 2020 04:57 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBAs President-Elect Joe Biden starts to fill his cabinet with corporate grifters and war hawks, young activists for environmental justice and a Green New Deal say not so fast and vow to hold Biden accountable. And the violence and vandalism by Trump supporters who descended on DC goes largely uncovered in corporate media, and spurs anti-fascist and anti-racist activists to regroup to counter emboldened White supremacists. For this month's episode of The F-Word on fascism, I speak to two people...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 13, 2020: Trump Still Attempts to Steal Election…Black Power Matters Rally…Georgia On Our Mind…Veterans Day is Armistice Day… Plus Headlines
November 14, 2020 17:12 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBCelebrations that erupted after Joe Biden was projected winner of the 2020 presidential election have turned to expressions of concern as it seems that Donald Trump never can say goodbye. We speak to professor Gerald Horne. And though Biden voters are breathing a sigh of relief left activists say not so fast: what will Biden do to address this country's reckoning with racism, state violence and the legacy of capitalist exploitation. We hear the address from Omali Yeshitela speaking at the Bl...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 6, 2020: Count Every Vote! …Panel from Across the U.S. Assesses the 2020 Election… Headlines on Policing, Palestine and More
November 07, 2020 17:59 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBAs former Vice President Joe Biden is set to secure the 270 electoral college votes needed for victory in the 2020 presidential race, President Donald Trump and his supporters plunge into deep denial with unproven accusations of nationwide electoral fraud.Those who are eager to see Trump's presidency end also take to the streets, positive that they will indeed see it end if every vote is counted. Plus post-election roundtable with Gerald Horne, Makani Themba, Retha Hill and Ewuare Osayande. ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 30, 2020: ‘Excluded’ Presidential Candidates–Howie Hawkins of the Green Party USA and Gloria La Riva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation…Plus Headlines
October 31, 2020 07:32 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBCorporate media may do their best to vote-shame or silence third party candidates and movements but Howie Hawkins, presidential candidate for the Green Party USA, and Gloria La Riva, presidential candidate for the Party for Socialism and Liberation are speaking loud and clear. We host a forum with these two candidates excluded from the "debates." Plus headlines on Trump and Biden; Protests in DC Over Police-Involved Death of Karon Hylton; DC Council Elections and the DC "Decriminalize Natur...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 23, 2020: A Legacy of Violent Voter Suppression…Mass Graves in Tulsa May Be Massacre Victims…Headlines on Supreme Court, Nigeria, DC Schools, Covid-19 and More
October 24, 2020 04:51 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBAs an unprecedented level of uncertainty is fomented about the November 3rd presidential election, we speak to Natonne Elaine Kemp on the legacy of violent voter suppression and election fraud from the period of Reconstruction in the United States. And nearly a century after hundreds of African Americans were murdered by a White mob including police and national guard in Tulsa, a mass grave has been uncovered that is believed to contain some of those slain. Senate Judiciary Committee votes ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 23, 2020: A Legacy of Violent Voter Suppression…Mass Graves in Tulsa May Be Massacre Victims…Headlines on Supreme Court, Nigeria and More
October 24, 2020 04:51 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBAs an unprecedented level of uncertainty is fomented about the November 3rd presidential election, we speak to Natonne Elaine Kemp on the legacy of violent voter suppression and election fraud from the period of Reconstruction in the United States. And nearly a century after hundreds of African Americans were murdered by a White mob including police and national guard in Tulsa, a mass grave has been uncovered that is believed to contain some of those slain. Senate Judiciary Committee votes ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 16, 2020 – The F-Word: Chris Hedges on Christian Fascists and the Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court…Voices of Protest Outside Confirmation Hearing…Headlines on Bolivia Elections, DC Police Hearings and More
October 17, 2020 05:58 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBFor this month's episode of the F-Word on fascism, journalist and author Chris Hedges talks about the rise of Christian fascism in the United States and the nomination of far right judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Also, protesters in DC raise their voices outside Barrett's confirmation hearing. Headlines on Bolivia elections, police reform in DC 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 f...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 9, 2020: Why Has Washington Abandoned the American People?… The White House as a Vector for Bad Germs, Bad Information and Bad Attitudes…Plus Headlines on Michigan Militia Plot, Julian Assange and More
October 10, 2020 03:12 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBWith tens of millions of Americans out of work, facing eviction and hunger, the U.S. Senate goes on recess without voting on COVID relief legislation. We speak to journalist David Dayen about why Washington has abandoned the American people. And with 34 and counting infected with coronavirus at the White House, is the Trump administration spreading both the virus and bad habits in DC? We speak to pediatrician and human rights activist Dr. Margaret Flowers. Plus headlines on Michigan militia...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 2, 2020: Trump’s COVID, Debate and Appeal to the Far Right…Congressional Hearing on White Supremacists Working as Police…Bolivia Diaspora Fights for Fair Elections and Protection of the Indigenous
October 03, 2020 03:51 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBThe dumpster fire known as the first presidential debate may still be burning in our minds but it is overshadowing a very important Congressional hearing held that same day, about white supremacists working as police officers. We speak to professor Gerald Horne and hear voices from the hearing. And the Bolivian diaspora returns to the scene of the crime: the Organization of American States, which spearheaded a military coup in 2019 that ousted president Evo Morales and installed a fascist reg...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 25, 2020: Denver BLM Activists Freed…Protesters Targeted by State Repression…Media and Culture Highlight: Julian Assange, Trump Attacks on Howard Zinn and Headlines
September 26, 2020 13:57 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBThe failure to indict Louisville police officers in the murder of Breonna Taylor and the arrests, instead, of those protesting police killings, proves once again that there are two systems of justice in the U.S.: One for cops and one for everyone else. We speak to Mara Verheyden-Hilliard. And whether the target is historian Howard Zinn, the New York Times 1619 Project, or Julian Assange, the Trump administration and corporate media are working hard for the right to keep the public miseducated...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 18, 2020–The F-Word: Carl Dix of Refuse Fascism on Ousting the Trump-Pence Regime…Nurse Whistleblower In Her Own Words about Sterilizations of Immigrant Women…Headlines on Denver BLM Arrests, GOP Mania and More…
September 19, 2020 04:57 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBWith Trump and the GOP increasingly unhinged as the election nears, this month's episode of 'The F-Word' is right on time. We speak to Carl Dix of Refuse Fascism. Also, anti-racism protesters continue to be targeted by police. And despite being threatened, a brave nurse whistleblower tells of immigrant women being sterilized, given hysterectomies without their consent, at a federal ICE facility in Georgia. Plus headlines on arrests of BLM activists in Denver, GOP Mania.... Plus headlines: P...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2020: The Other Sept. 11… Remembering Activist Kevin Zeese…On the Ground with Alternative Voices for 2020…Plus Headlines on Defunding the Police and More…
September 12, 2020 03:04 - 55 minutes - 38 MBWhether it was the fight against fracking, corporate power or NATO, nationally known activist Kevin Zeese always fought for the people and for peace. We hear from Kevin in his own words. And more on alternative voices in the 2020 national elections. We follow up with Nick Brana of the Movement for a People's Party. We also follow Gloria La Riva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation as she and her team advocate for ignored survivors of Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Also, Gera...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 4, 2020: The Movement for a People’s Party…Chris Hedges, Nina Turner…BLM Activists Face Emboldened White Supremacists
September 05, 2020 15:45 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBWith their popular candidate and policies crushed by the Democratic National Committee during the last two presidential primary seasons, some progressives are breaking away from the Democrats and forming the Movement for a People's Party. We feature speakers from the convention, including former Ohio state senator Nina Turner and journalist Chris Hedges. And this week, with more cases of police terror, here in DC and around the country, activists renew protests in a changed environment of r...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 28, 2020: The ‘Stench of Fascism’ at the RNC Convention…Rallying For Our Postal Service…Plus Kenosha and Other Headlines
August 29, 2020 16:35 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBAfter a White teenager kills two unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters in Wisconsin, his violence is not mentioned by speakers, including Donald Trump, at the Republican National Convention. Instead, the speakers slander the racial justice movement. Gerald Horne joins us. And Americans in DC and around the country rally to support our public postal service, not just to protect mail-in ballots but also to support beleaguered American workers. Plus Jon Jeter on media, headlines on Kenosha and m...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 21, 2020: Gerald Horne on His New Book – ‘The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century’
August 22, 2020 16:01 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MB1619 is still cited as the year that enslaved Africans first arrived in the United States. But a new epic book gives more evidence to the contrary. We spend the hour speaking with historian Gerald Horne about his new book, The Dawning Of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White supremacy, Settler Colonialism and Capitalism, in the Long Sixteenth Century. Headlines: At the Democratic National Convention, Mayor Muriel Bowser condemns actions of Trump's federal troops while her own police c...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 14, 2020: Experts Testify Before Congress On White Supremacists in the U.S. Military
August 15, 2020 16:58 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBWith reports that members of hate groups are among the troops deployed againstanti-racist protesters, we spend the hour hearing from researchers testifying before Congress on February 11, 2020.. Chaired by Rep. Jackie Speier of California, the panel included:Heidi Beirich, co-founder and chief strategy officer of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism Mark Pitcavage, senior Research Fellow for the Center on Extremism at the Anti-Defamation League And Lecia Brooks, Chief Officer for ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 7, 2020: DC Residents Speak Out On Police Terror and Defunding Police, Part 2…COVID Exacerbates Need to Shift Tax Dollars to Human Needs…U.S. Secret Service Attacks Two Black Mothers with Infants on National Mall
August 07, 2020 15:58 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBFor this show, part two of our presentation of some of the 16,000 residents of DC who offered testimony in June about cutting the half-billion-dollar budget for the district's Metropolitan Police Department. We spend the hour hearing from residents of the most policed city in the U.S. Parents, teachers, lawyers, activists and others speak out about policing and how they think their tax dollars should be spent for human needs and safety. Also a report on U.S. Secret Service agents attacking tw...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 31, 2020: Residents of DC, the Most Policed City in the U.S., Speak Out, Part 1…Solidarity with Portland Activists…Plus More Headlines
July 31, 2020 22:05 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBNearly 16,000 residents of DC offered testimony in June about the half billion dollar budget for the district's Metropolitan Police Department. (Only 24 people testified in 2019.) Almost all of those testifying during the council meeting echoed the national movement call to defund the police. We spend the hour hearing from residents of the most policed city in the U.S. about how they think money should be spent for human needs and safety. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 24, 2020: Removing Confederate Monuments to the ‘Lost Cause’…What American Stories Will be Told? And Who Will Tell Them?…Headlines on #CanceltheRents, Trump’s Robocops and More…
July 24, 2020 22:09 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBMonuments to those who fought to keep Black people enslaved in the United States continue to draw new ire, as well as renewed efforts by lawmakers to remove them. And the debate over who or what is honored is just one part of a bigger struggle in the U.S. right now, over what stories of American history and of current events will be told and who will tell them. It is our week for culture and media and journalist Jon Jeter is back in the hot seat. The show is made possible only by our volunt...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 17, 2020: The ACLU Speaks Up for Protesters Assaulted By Police… The F-Word: Maybe Now FERC Will Stand Up for People Not Pipelines… Headlines on Portland, the COVID Back-to-School… And Much More…
July 18, 2020 06:34 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBCorporate media and gatekeepers try their best to ignore the national Movement Against Racism. And they also ignore ongoing police brutality against peaceful protesters. We speak to ACLU DC attorney Scott Michelman, who is suing the Trump Administration and DC's police department. And this month's episode of the F-Word on fascism: After more than a decade of doing the bidding of corporations, seizing homes of Americans and poisoning communities with fracking, drilling and pipelines, the Feder...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 10, 2020: Baltimore Civil Rights Attorney Latoya Francis-Wiliams on George Floyd and Five Years After Freddie Gray…Liberal Gatekeepers Punch Down… Environmentalists and Indigenous People Get Some Wins.
July 11, 2020 03:08 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBThe national uprising against racism in the U.S. started with Minneapolis police killing George Floyd. And Floyd's murder is five years after Freddy Gray was killed by police in Baltimore. We speak to Baltimore civil rights attorney Latoya Francis-Williams. And as protesters are uncompromising about the truth of American history, new battle lines are drawn about heroes, sacred cows and gatekeepers. We speak to author and activist Gerald Horne. Plus headlines: Indigenous and environmental jus...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 3, 2020: Ajamu Baraka: Corporate Media and MIC Change the Subject, from U.S. Police Terror to Russia…Family of Fort Hood Soldier Vanessa Guillen Comes to DC Seeking Justice…Plus Headlines
July 04, 2020 23:28 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBAs the U.S. Movement Against Racism continues to claim victories, corporate media changes the subject from U.S. police terror to Russia. We speak to human rights activist Ajamu Baraka. And, after two months of being ignored, the family of a young female soldier missing from Fort Hood in Texas, travels to DC to get justice. Plus headlines, including the latest from DC protests, victories from the movement, new action from Capitol Hill and investors force the Washington NFL football team to c...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 26, 2020: Down, Down, Down Go the Racist Monuments…The Fight to Save an African Burial Ground…Police, Lies and Videotape…Plus Many Headlines
June 27, 2020 00:31 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBThose working to preserve and honor an African burial ground in the DC area say that time is running out to save it as new construction has desecrated the site. And a month after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, monuments to racism and white supremacy continue to be toppled. We also speak to journalist Jon Jeter for this month in media and culture. Plus headlines: The world-wide campaign to topple monuments to white supremacy comes to Washington, DC...Statue of Albert Pike, a ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 19, 2020: The F-Word: Is a Belief in Capitalism Required to Be Truly American? With Erica Ramirez…Juneteenth Marked Amid Pandemic and Protest…George Floyd’s Brother Appeals to the U.N…Plus Headlines
June 19, 2020 22:34 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBFor this month's episode of the F-word on fascism, we speak to Erica Ramirez, director of applied research at the Auburn Seminary, about the protest movement against racism, state violence, and her essay, "Is a Belief in Capitalism Required to be Truly American?" Also, for many protesting in the streets, the Juneteenth holiday is an historic reminder of the failure of the law to protect Black people. Plus headlines: --Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe, turned himself in on Thursday...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 12, 2020: George Floyd’s Death Sparks a Worldwide Anti-Racist Movement…More on Defunding the Police… Can Reforms Make a Difference?
June 13, 2020 15:53 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBIn the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, a worldwide anti-racist movement is toppling symbols of white supremacy and inspiring a flurry of new laws designed to protect citizens from police abuse. We hear testimony before Congress and voices in the streets. But are these new measures, banning chokeholds or stripping power from police unions, enough for a movement demanding structural change? We speak to Historian Gerald Horne Headlines: -The mass p...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 5, 2020: A National Uprising for Justice…Defund Police, Community Control, Or Both?…A Book On The Roots of Today’s Terror: ‘There Is Something About Edgefield’
June 06, 2020 00:03 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBIn the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, a national uprising is continuing, with protesters enduring more police brutality, curfews, and, here in DC, actual U.S. soldiers deployed on the streets. Activists on the ground explain what they want, and what is next. And, for many, the present is continuing to echo the past. We speak to Natonne Elaine Kemp, author of There Is Something About Edgefield. Plus headlines. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve t...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 29, 2020: From Minneapolis to Silver Spring, MD, Demanding an End to Police Terror…Comedian Lee Camp on Being Angry and Funny….Plus Headlines on COVID, Unemployment Crisis and More…
May 30, 2020 18:57 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBFrom Minneapolis, to the Washington, DC area, where a lesser known police killing of a Black man--Finan Berhe--occurred this month, communities are demanding an end to police terror. And, as we cope with a myriad of crises and an economic system failing to meet human needs, how do we laugh to keep from crying? We speak with comedian Lee Camp about being angry and funny. 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 22, 2020: COVID Crisis Highlights Bankruptcy of U.S. Journalism…Malcolm X: The Ballot or the Bullet…Headlines on Unemployment and More…
May 23, 2020 04:55 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBThe deadly coronavirus is laying bare the cruelties of the United States neoliberal order. But it is also bringing into sharper focus the sorry state of journalism. We speak to journalist and author Jon Jeter. And activists all over the world celebrate the birthday of Malcolm X and African Liberation Day. Includes excerpt from Malcolm X's famous speech "The Ballot or the Bullet." The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 15, 2020: The F-Word: Vijay Prashad on the 75th Anniversary of Nazi Germany’s Surrender and Today’s Neoliberal Failed State…Nurses Demand Justice…Plus Headlines
May 16, 2020 07:41 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBAs the world marks the 75th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, a discussion about fascism and todays failed neoliberal order with historian Vijay Prashad. And we hear the voices of nurses honoring their colleagues who have died of COVID19. Nurses say lawmakers have failed to protect them and the American people. Plus headlines: Two months after the Coronavirus shutdown --There is little in The Heroes Act stimulus to call it “Rooseveltian”--The Rev. William Barber says f...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 8, 2020: Past as Present: The Killing of Ahmaud Aubrey…May Day Protests, Labor Rights and The People’s Bailout…Plus Headlines and Much More
May 09, 2020 17:16 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBFrom the cold-blooded killing of a young black man in Georgia, to imperialist attacks by the US around the world, the present is echoing the past. We speak to our geopolitical analyst professor Gerald Horne. And we go to the streets of DC to hear voices from the Shutdown DC-Climate Strike protest on May Day. Also, voices from the National People's Bailout action. Plus headlines: --Dems promise to unveil a “Rooseveltian” coronavirus aid package for the American people. --Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 1, 2020: U.S. Workers Plan Strikes and Walkouts for May Day…May 1 Caps Ten Days of Actions, Including ‘Cancel the Rents’…The View from an Employer After Laying Off 450 Staff…Plus Headlines
May 01, 2020 16:06 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBMay Day 2020 culminates of a week of action in the midst of massive unemployment in the United States, and often dangerous working conditions during the COVID-19 crisis. We go to the streets of DC to hear from workers and activists who say this day marks the launch of a new era for the U.S. labor movement. Voices: April Goggans, Deborah Washington, Brian Becker, Sean Blackmon, Yasmin Zhara and Mara Verheyden-Hilliard. And as the District of Columbia, like other states, looks to reopen the eco...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 24, 2020: U.S. Blames China for Its Own Failures…It’s a Go for the Left Amid Capitalist Meltdown…Cancel the Rents…Gerald Horne on Iran…Plus Headlines
April 25, 2020 15:47 - 39.8 MBAs the United States remains the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, a concerted effort by lawmakers, their funders and corporate media blames China for the U.S. failure to protect its own population. We speak with Dr. Margaret Flowers and Professor Gerald Horne. And with 26 million Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the last five weeks, and promised government aid slow to arrive or not arriving at all, organizers on the left, say that it's time for a REAL political revolution. We ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 17, 2020: Earth Day at 50 Amid Emboldened Polluters and a Pandemic…The F-Word: COVID-19 and U.S. Policing, Surveillance and Militarism…Plus Headlines on Unemployment and More
April 18, 2020 15:23 - 39.5 MBAt the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Americans are fighting for survival, not only against COVID-19 and economic collapse, but also against polluters and their friends in DC who destroying our environment for profit. We speak to Ryan Schleeter of Greenpeace. And for this month's episode of the F-Word on fascism, voices on policing, surveillance and militarism in the midst of a pandemic. We speak of Chop Gibbons of Rights and Dissent and hear from recent virtual gatherings of activists, inclu...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 10, 2020: Richard Wolff on the Economic Crisis, Pandemic and Bernie…The Impact of COVID-19 on African Americans in DC…Mutual Aid Offers a Lifeline…And Headlines
April 11, 2020 16:23 - 39.6 MBON THE GROUND FOR APRIL10, As the one man with a plan, Senator Bernie Sanders, drops out of the presidential race, millions more Americans file unemployment claims while U.S. proves unable to meet its needs during a pandemic. We speak to activists the Rev. Graylan Hagler, senior minister of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ and April Goggans of Black Lives Matter DC. But is the worse yet to come? Will corporations try to push American workers back into unsafe jobs just to save...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 3, 2020: U.S. Enters Uncharted Economic and Pandemic Territory…The Crisis Does Not Stop U.S. Capitalism from Threatening Lives Around the Globe…A Voice from Chinatown, San Francisco…Plus Headlines
April 03, 2020 22:37 - 39.8 MBON THE GROUND APRIL 3, 2020 Whether it is the pandemic, the toll of sick and dying, or the unprecedented army of the unemployed, the United States has entered uncharted territory. We speak to activists, including Pam Tau Lee of San Francisco. And even with a quarter million confirmed cases and more than 6000 dead, the pandemic has not stopped U.S. capitalism from threatening lives around the globe and here at home. We speak to Professor Gerald Horne and Dr. Margaret Flowers. Part 2 bonus in...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 27, 2020: U.S. Now Has Most Coronavirus Cases… Federal Government Response Leaves Americans with Poor Prospects for Testing, Treatment or Sustained Economic Relief…Journalist Jon Jeter on Culture and Media…Plus Headlines
March 28, 2020 00:58 - 39.8 MBAs the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. now exceeds the number in any other country, including China, the federal government response leaves Americans with poor prospects for testing, treatment or sustained economic relief. We speak to political scientist and author Niambi Carter. And leave it to corporate media to provide only superficial coverage of the coronavirus crisis and the all-but-disappeared presidential race. We speak to journalist Jon Jeter. Plus many headlines on the fallout ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 20, 2020: GOP Out-Lefts Dems in Dismal Response to COVID Crisis…U.S.-China Relations Reach New Low…The F-Word: 17 Years of U.S. Invasion of Iraq…Plus Headlines
March 20, 2020 23:11 - 39.5 MBON TH GROUND FOR MARCH 20, 2020 U.S.-China relations reach a new low point, as GOP Out-Lefts Dems Responding to COVID Crisis...And for this month's episode of the F-Word on fascism: on the 17th anniversary, the U.S. invasion of Iraq still lives on in infamy as an illegal war of aggression and terror. We speak to journalist and author Nicolas J.S. Davies and historian and author Gerald Horne. Plus headlines: --The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States exceeded 10...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 13, 2020: As Coronavirus is Declared a Pandemic, the U.S. is Woefully Unprepared…The Evidence for Vote Tampering and Suppression in the Dem Primaries…Plus Headlines on Chelsea Manning and More…
March 14, 2020 16:56 - 39.8 MB'ON THE GROUND' FOR MARCH 13, 2020 As coronavirus is declared to be an official pandemic by the World Health Organization, the United States proves to be a drag on testing, on treatment and on the world economy. We speak to Gerald Horne. Plus nurses speak out on safety for healthcare workers on a national day of action, while Code Pink protests at the U.S. Treasury Department against sanctions on countries like Iran and Venezuela that are preventing those countries from fighting the coronav...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 6, 2020: Dr. Margaret Flowers on the Coronavirus and Medicare for All…Women Rally at the Supreme Court to Uphold Roe v. Wade…Gerald Horne on Super Tuesday, Syria and the ICC Bears Down on U.S.
March 06, 2020 20:10 - 39.8 MBON THE GROUND FOR MARCH 6, 2020 With 'Super Tuesday' in the rearview mirror, the United States turns its attention to the Coronavirus. We speak to Dr. Margaret Flowers. And women tell the Supreme Court that they are not going back to the days of back-alley, illegal abortions. Plus headlines with Gerald Horne and Chantal James on Super Tuesday, Black Southern voters, Syria and the ICC Bears Down on U.S. for suspected war crimes. Esther Iverem with Dr. Margaret Flowers, Gerald Horne and C...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 28, 2020: The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act Passes Congress…Author Jon Jeter on the Bad and Sad Corporate Media…Headlines on Julian Assange, Pipelines, The Anti-Bernie Push and More
February 28, 2020 17:07 - 38.7 MBON THE GROUND FOR FEBRUARY 28, 2020 Sixty five years after the lynching of Emmett Till shocked the nation and spurred the civil rights movement, Congress passes legislation making lynching a federal hate crime. Meanwhile, slanted news coverage of the U.S. presidential race continues to reveal the true face of corporate media as media for the one percent. Plus headlines: -Frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders faces barrage at debate.-Bloomberg and Buttigieg display their one percent credentials...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 21, 2020: The F-Word: Omali Yeshitela on Fighting Colonialism Versus Fascism…Billionaire Smackdown at Presidential Debate…Remembering Marcelino dos Santos
February 22, 2020 16:11 - 39.8 MBON THE GROUND FOR FEBRUARY 21, 2020 As Bernie Sanders continues to surge in the presidential race , he gets an assist in putting billionaires in their place. We speak to political scientist Niambi Carter about the competition in the Democratic Party and the Trump administration's proposed budget. And in this month's episode of "The F-Word," Omali Yeshitela, head of the African People's Socialist Party, says that the majority of the world needs to fight colonialism rather than fascism. Histo...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2020: Venezuela Embassy Protectors on Trial in U.S. ‘Banana Republic’ Court…Congressional Hearing on White Supremacists in the Military…’Just Mercy’ and other ‘Social Justice Oscars’ Winners
February 15, 2020 07:17 - 40.2 MBON THE GROUND FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2020 If you think that this year's Iowa Caucus is proof that the U.S. is quickly becoming a banana republic, wait until you hear about the proceedings inside the federal court where the Venezuela Embassy Protectors are on trial. And then to the movies: What other flicks from 2019, in addition to the Oscar-winning 'Parasite,' offered sharp critiques of the neoliberal order? I speak with writer and activist Kymone Freeman. Gerald Horne on White supremacists in th...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 7, 2020: A State of the Union Reality Show…A Dubious Beginning to the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary…Is DC Too Cozy with Land Developers?
February 07, 2020 16:50 - 39.8 MBA tumultuous week in U.S. politics includes a State of the Union reality show, an acquittal for the third U.S. president impeached, and a dubious beginning to the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. Also, Lydia Curtis reports: a DC Council member says that District officials are working more for developers than for the most vulnerable residents in public housing. We speak to journalist Max Blumenthal and the prolific historian Gerald Horne. Plus headlines: --Iowa Caucus debacle, Trump's ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 31, 2020: Trump Impeachment Winds Down but Gross Policies Roll On…Cop Charged With Murder in DC Suburbs…Rallying Against War and For Human Needs…Plus Headlines
January 31, 2020 23:31 - 38.1 MBThe impeachment trial of Donald Trump may be winding down but the assault by the U.S. on human rights here and abroad goes on unabated. And we speak to April Goggans of Black Lives Matter DC about the case of a police officer arrested and charged with murder in the DC suburbs. Plus headlines and much more. Voices: Esther Iverem, Chantal James, Gerald Horne, Rev. Graylan Hagler, Carl Dix, April Goggans. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people'...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 24, 2020: Despite Attacks, Sanders Surges in Polls…The Assault on Reporters, Whistleblowers and Truthtellers…Honoring King on his 91st Birthday…Plus Headlines
January 24, 2020 21:12 - 39.8 MBWith increased attacks on presidential candidate Bernie Sanders by corporate media, and with reporters, whistleblowers and truthtellers around the world under assault, we talk to journalist Jon Jeter about today's world of news, lies and videotape. And on the holiday celebrating what would have been the Rev. Martin Luther Kings 91st birthday, activists marched and rallied for a variety of causes related to human rights and human survival. Plus headlines: -Sanders Surges in Polls -Trump finali...