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 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’

Posted June 5, 202000:57:47

In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, a national uprising is continuing, with protesters enduring more police brutality, curfews, and,...

‘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…

Posted May 30, 202000:57:55

From Minneapolis, to the Washington, DC area, where a lesser known police killing of a Black man--Finan Berhe--occurred this month, communities are...

‘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…

Posted May 23, 202000:58:42

The deadly coronavirus is laying bare the cruelties of the United States neoliberal order. But it is also bringing into sharper focus the sorry state...

‘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

Posted May 16, 202000:57:55

As 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...

‘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

Posted May 9, 202000:57:55

From 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...