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 SEPTEMBER 2, 2016: Rally For Refugees on the National Mall, August 28, 2016

Posted September 2, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/OTG-SEPT2-2016-MONO.mp3 There is a global refugee crisis with 65 million people displaced in...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 26, 2016: Nate Parker, ‘The Birth of a Nation’ and Rape Culture…Update on BDS…Protesting Environmental ‘Sacrifice Zones’

Posted August 26, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/OTG-AUGUST26-2016-MONO-EDIT.mp3 As Black August draws to a close, activists continue to mark...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 19, 2016: Stop the FOP…A Town Hall Against Police Murders and Mass Incarceration…’The F-Word’ about Fascism in the U.S. with Historian and Author Robin Kelley

Posted August 19, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/OTG-AUGUST19-2016-MONOf.mp3 In this show, we speak to one of the organizers who shut down a gathering...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 12, 2016–Baltimore’s Police State…A Back-To-School Boycott of Walmart…Gerald Horne on South Africa’s Elections, Brazil and the West’s ‘Loose Talk’ of War with Russia

Posted August 12, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/OTG-AUG12-2016.mp3 Gerald Horne discusses the latest Department of Justice Report detailing the...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 5, 2016–A New National Platform for the Movement for Black Lives…The “After Bern” in DC…Thousands of Journalists of Color Descend on DC

Posted August 5, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/OTG-AUG5-2016.MONO_.mp3 A New National Platform for the Movement for Black Lives...The "After...