Episodes

Progressives in Congress stand up for American working families… On Meng Wanzhou’s release and the New U.S. cold war with China… Congresswomen offer their own stories of abortion to support abortion rights. Plus headlines on funding human needs versus war, cancel the rents protests in more than 50 cities, report about plot to assassinate Julian Assange, rallies to support Haitian asylum seekers. Voices: Jon Jeter, Cori Bush, Pramila Jayapal, Gerald Horne. The show is made possible only by our ...

With the broken U.S. immigration system is in the news, we hear voices of those rallying on the National Mall at the March for Citizenship, Climate and Care. And we speak to Jemima Pierre of the Black Alliance for Peace about Haitian migrants at the Southern border. And finally, when it comes to these and other complex issues, corporate media obscures more than it explains. Journalist Jon Jeter is in the house. Plus headlines on the infrastructure showdown and much more. Bonus coverage with Jon...

The F-Word: Twenty Years Since 9/11…USA Gymnasts Ask Why FBI and USA Olympics Have Not Been Held Accountable for Ignoring Sexual Abuse…Plus Headlines on Philadelphia Mother Assaulted by Cops Awarded $2 Million… And Much More… With Voices: Gerald Horne, Makani Themba, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and...

A summer of activism in DC -– protests for voting rights, for housing, for a living wage, for climate policy, for the right to tell the truth about Black History and be protected from police terror– culminated on August 28th in a day of actions, including the Make Good Trouble Rally, which brought together a coalition of organizations on the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Plus headlines on pandemic unemployment; Biden vaccine mandates; indictments in case...

During an historic evening in Congress, on May 13th 2021, members of the House of Representatives delivered a full hour of speeches in support of rights of the Palestinian people. The impassioned remarks, including by the only Palestinian member of Congress, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, were the first such efforts in Congress, which approves annually nearly $4 billion dollars for the apartheid state of Israel, and where there is growing pressure to have that aid be conditioned due to Israel’s war ...

For this hour, the subject is Afghanistan and the future of U.S. empire. Our geopolitical analyst professor Gerald Horne spoke on the podcast ‘The Socialist Program with Brian Becker‘ on August 19th, before the August 26th deadly terrorist bombings at the Kabul airport that killed dozens of Afghan civilians and at least 13 members of the U.S. military. Brian has also joined us here on ‘On the Ground’ as national organizer for the ANSWER Coalition, which stands for Act Now Stop War and End Racism...

While we may have given our eulogy for the Afghanistan War, what does this defeat mean for U.S. empire? On the National Mall, Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians, is among the indigenous leaders vowing to fight back against continued violation and pollution of treaty lands. DC Residents Sue to Save Historic, Last Green Space. Plus headlines. With Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians. Daniel Wolkoff of the Committee for the McMillan Pa...

An occupation on the steps of the U.S. Capitol leads to a victory for millions of families facing the threat of eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic. And while the Russiagate hoax still bubbles up among Hillary Democrats and corporate media, an actual multi-million-dollar campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists interfering in Nina Turner’s bid for Congressional seat is ignored. Plus headlines on climate, Black Lives Matter, policing, media and more. Richard Trumka and Glen Ford remembered. Interviews ...

Hundreds of protesters rally in front of the White House to say “Let Cuba Live” and to demand that the illegal U.S.embargo and sanctions on Cuba be lifted. While supporting a campaign led by Cuban Americans to end the blockade, these protesters were also the target of hostile far-right demonstrators who tried but failed in their attempt to stop this action for Cuba solidarity, which is shared by almost every country on the planet. The rally welcomed the Bridges of Love / Puentes De Amor project ...

Whether it is the fight for voting rights, infrastructure or real aid to the suffering Cuban people, progressives are confronting urgent issues. And with a very sophisticated social media WAR waged by the U.S. against Cuba and ongoing attacks in the U.S. on teaching historical facts, it’s time, once again, to talk with our media critic Jon Jeter. Plus headlines: President Biden issued new sanctions against Cuba but has not fulfilled his campaign promise to roll back Trump sanctions… Code Pink a...

Whether it is a social media bot campaign or a murky assassination plot, the call is: “Hands off Haiti” and “Hands off Cuba.” And for this month’s episode of the F-Word on fascism, Esther Iverem wonders aloud and about racist Jim Crow conditions and brutal dictatorship before the Cuban Revolution and asks writer and activist Manolo De Los Santos if this is the throwback reality that right-wing plotters want to revive. Plus headlines. Bonus content on Patreon: Professor Gerald Horne on the comin...

For this hour, our geopolitical analyst professor Gerald Horne, on the real meaning of the July 4th holiday, the new Juneteenth holiday and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, which is also being marked this month, starring on July 1st, 2021. Gerald speaks with Brian Becker, host of the The Socialist Program podcast, which I also contributed to every week. Brian has also joined us here on On the Ground as national organizer for the ANSWER Coalition, which stand...

As deadly heat kills hundreds in the Pacific Northwest and Canada, sets fire to entire communities, and overwhelms power grids, climate activists stage demonstrations over three days in front of the White House, demanding that President Biden not abandon his promise to fight the climate catastrophe. And, outside the Organization of American States, Peruvians and their supporters celebrate the socialist President-elect of Peru, Pedro Castillo, and defend him against fascist attempts to overturn h...

During a week when the right-wing of the Senate blocked debate on voting rights legislation, protesters converged on Washington DC to demand action, not just for voter protections, but for climate justice, housing, healthcare, immigrant rights and jobs. Meanwhile, As Republican lawmakers disparage education about systemic racism, they get schooled by an army general. Also, I speak to Journalist Jon Jeter about the latest effort of government and corporate media to suppress ideas and facts. Voic...

An exclusive interview with John Shipton and Gabriel Shipton, father and brother of Julian Assange, imprisoned founder and editor of Wikileaks… Historian Gerald Horne has a new take on Juneteenth… Journalist Deneen L. Brown gives an update on the Tulsa Massacre investigation and is featured in a new documentary, ‘Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer.’ Plus other headlines on Biden at the G7, NATO and with Putin… Ilhan Omar… Palestine… The Poor People’s Campaign marches on Senator Joe Manchin and...

Climate, labor and indigenous activists feel betrayed by Biden’s negotiations with Republicans to possibly cut his infrastructure bill even more, scuttling already pared-back projects to address the climate crisis and create good jobs. We hear from activists speaking at a rally on May 24, 2021 organized by the Sunrise Movement in front of the White House. Gerald Horne weighs in on the anti-China US Innovation and Competition Act passed by Congress and “autonomous” drones killing Libyans. Plus H...

In the aftermath of Israel’s bombing of Gaza, killing more than 250 people, including 66 children, tens of thousands converged on Washington, DC on Saturday, May 29th for the National March for Palestine. Sparked by violent incidents that went viral of Israel’s seizure of homes of Palestinians in East Jerusalem and Israeli soldiers firing on worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the march is part of a mass, global solidarity movement that is demanding an end to Israel’s system of occupation and apa...

During an historic evening in Congress, on May 13th 2021, members of the House of Representatives delivered a full hour of speeches in support of rights of the Palestinian people. The impassioned remarks, including by the only Palestinian member of Congress, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, were the first such efforts in Congress, which approves annually nearly $4 billion dollars for the apartheid state of Israel, and where there is growing pressure to have that aid be conditioned due to Isreal’s war ...

Though Israel has ceased missile attacks on Gaza, military occupation, siege and apartheid policies continue. Palestinians say they can’t go back to business as usual. Israel’s recent attacks have sparked a new mass movement of solidarity with the Palestinian struggle. Interviews with the Palestinian Youth Movement and Professor Gerald Horne. Voices from the massive DC Nakba 73 march in Washington, DC May 15, 2021. Headlines on Gaza, new cases of Black men murdered by the police, including the ...

Global support grows for Occupied Palestine after more than 100 people are killed in Gaza, Israeli forces attack worshippers at the third holiest site in Islam, and after Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians is caught on video and goes viral. And, as in the case of George Floyd, murdered by ex-cop Derek Chauvin, what is happening on the ground in the apartheid state of Israel is being documented truthfully by citizens, not by occupiers, the state or corporate media. Interviews with...

On May Day, International Workers Day, thousands of undocumented immigrants and their allies march on Washington, demanding permanent protection, dignity and respect. Esther interviews a member of Movimiento Cosecha, one of the groups that marched. And a DC rally celebrates Mothers Day in a different way. Honoring so many whose sons and daughters were killed by police but whose names are not known. Also, Ajamu Baraka talks about state violence in Colombia and Haiti and the connection to U.S. fo...

An international panel finds that police violence and murders of African Americans amount to crimes against humanity. And for family members of those slain, the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd is just the tip of the iceberg of accountability. We devote the hour to the April 27, 2021 press conference of the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence against People of African Descent in the United States. Plus Lydia Curtis covers birthday cele...

This jam-packed week included a guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd and Earth Day 2021, as climate experts say we have less than seven years to stave off the worst impacts of climate catastrophe. And in our monthly extended segment on culture and media: TRUTH, LIES and VIDEOTAPE; How one 17-year-old stepped forward in history; first they came for your vote, now they’re coming for your protest sign. And the latest in the scandal of fake UN reporting on Syria. With Jon...