On the Ground w Esther Iverem

“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 MARCH 22, 2024: REBROADCAST of Keynote Address, ‘Israel Beyond Apartheid’ by Author and Activist Susan Abulhawa at the Israel and American Policy Conference in 2019 in Washington, DC

Posted March 22, 202400:58:51

For this show, a rebroadcast of the keynote address, “Israel Beyond Apartheid,” by author and activist Susan Albulhawa, delivered at the Israel...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 15, 2024: Part Two – At the Table and on the Menu: Respectability Politics and Tokenism in Genocidal Times… Do So-Called ‘Inside Strategies’ Build Power Or Sell Out the Movement? Plus Headlines 

Posted March 16, 202400:58:58

Part Two – “At the Table and on the Menu: Respectability Politics and Tokenism in Genocidal Times. A Conversation Between Muslim, Arab and Palestinian...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 8, 2024 – At the Table and on the Menu: Respectability Politics and Tokenism in Genocidal Times… Part One of a Conversation Between Muslim, Arab and Palestinian Women for International Working Women’s Day…

Posted March 8, 202400:56:10

For International Working Womens Day –“At the Table and on the Menu: Respectability Politics and Tokenism in Genocidal Times,” part one of a conversation...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 1, 2024: Vigil for U.S. Airman Aaron Bushnell Outside Israeli Embassy… Gerald Horne on Michigan Uncommitted Vote… Plus Headlines on the Flour Massacre and More… 

Posted March 2, 202400:58:01

A vigil for Aaron Bushnell outside Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC draws hundreds one day after the U.S. Airman lit himself on fire in front of the...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 23, 2024: Richard Becker on Palestine, Israel and the American Empire… Gerald Horne on the ICJ and Navalny… More from “The Occupation of the American Mind…

Posted February 23, 202400:54:55

In our second excerpt from the documentary, “The Occupation of the American Mind,” Israel’s 1982 attack on Lebanon, and the massacre of hundreds...