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 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

Posted March 11, 202300:54:47

As 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...

‘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’ 

Posted March 3, 202300:54:37

We 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...

‘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’…  

Posted February 24, 202300:55:31

It 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...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2022 – The F-Word: World Renown Palestinian Activist Issa Amro Speaks on Israel as a Fascist State 

Posted February 17, 202300:57:18

For 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...

‘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

Posted February 10, 202300:56:16

What 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...