‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEB. 9, 2018: Gerald Horne on his New Book–The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in Seventeenth-Century North America and the Caribbean…Launch of Poor People’s

On this show, we spend the hour with historian, author and activist Gerald Horne and his new critically praised book, The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in Seventeenth-Century North America and the Caribbean. Headlines on launch of the Poor People’s Campaign, workers at George Washington University Hospital seek unpaid wages, a stop to union-busting tactics and a new contract.