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 JULY 8, 2022: The Farce of You Lie… Little to Celebrate as U.S. Supreme Court Tramples Human Rights and Nation is Besieged by Violence… Gerald Horne and Greg Carr on the Legacy of U.S. Settler Colonialism

Posted July 8, 202200:55:51

With recent extreme rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, striking down abortion rights, gun safety laws, and the ability of the federal government to...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 1, 2022 – Horne: Extreme Right Supreme Court and Jan. 6 Armed Rioters Signal Pre-Fascism in U.S…. Jacquie L’uqman on Abortion, Race and Class… Plus Headlines…

Posted July 1, 202200:58:13

New evidence about heavily armed protesters on January 6 and a series of extreme decisions by the far-right Supreme Court, prompt Gerald Horne’s bleak...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 24, 2022: Voices in Crowd at Moral March on Washington… Jon Jeter on Jan. 6 Hearings, Media and More… Headlines on Far-Right Supreme Court Decisions, Including Abortion, and More…. 

Posted June 24, 202200:55:47

For many of the tens of thousands converged in Washington, DC, for the Poor Peoples Campaign Moral March on Washington, the key demand was to shift...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 17, 2022–Judge: The Next Trump Coup Attempt is Underway… Poor People’s Campaign Steps Off in DC… Chantal James Debut Novel About Post-Hurricane Katrina… Plus More Headlines

Posted June 17, 202200:54:53

As the January 6 Commission reveals details of an attempted coup by Donald Trump, a retired federal judge says that the real threat is the next coup...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE10, 2022: Gerald Horne on the Roots of U.S. Fascism… Headlines on Jan. 6 Commission… Uvalde Testimony… COINTELPRO in DC? and More

Posted June 11, 202200:56:51

What do the attacks of January 6, the horrific massacre of children in Uvalde, and the U.S. obsession with guns all have in common? The answer is the...