On the Ground w Esther Iverem

Apr 11 2025 300 ep. 57 mins 142
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"On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital," produced and hosted by Esther Iverem, reports from Washington, DC on social justice activism addressing local, national and international issues.

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 11, 2025: Voices from the April 5 National March on Washington to End the Genocide and End the Repression, the F-Word on Fascism with Gerald Horne, Plus the Tariffs War

Apr 11 2025 58 mins  
For most of this show, we hear from speakers and attendees we interviewed at the April 5th National March on Washington to Stop the Genocide in Gaza and Stop the Repression here at home. Then we speak to our geopolitical analyst Gerald Horne for part one of this month's episode of the F-Word on Fascism. Horne takes the pulse of this moment of seemingly nonstop chaos of tariffs, br

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 4, 2025: April 5 March on Washington for Palestine and Free Speech… CFPB Workers Fight for their Jobs and for Justice… Plus Headlines

Apr 04 2025 55 mins  
Organizers of the April 5th March on Washington say the time is now to save hundreds of thousands of people in Palestine, and to save basic constitutional rights here in the U.S. And another crisis is brewing as the Trump administration defies a judges order to reopen the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and as it appeals a court ruling to rehire thousands of illegally termin

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 28, 2025: Occupation of Palestine Comes to the U.S… Will Americans Fight for the First Amendment? With Journalist Jon Jeter and Remarks from Actress Susan Sarandon. Plus Headlines 

Mar 28 2025 56 mins  
Some say that the Trump administration's abduction and imprisonment of pro-Palestinian students at U.S. colleges and universities is a sure sign that the Zionist occupation of Palestine now threatens us on these shores. But the question remains: will Americans fight to preserve our right to freedom of speech and assembly? We speak to our media critic Jon Jeter. Plus headlines, a p

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR March 21, 2025: How the U.S. Military Left a Deadly Toxic Legacy on an Alaska Island… 60 Years After Selma’s Bloody Sunday… Plus Headlines on Gaza and More with Gerald Horne 

Mar 21 2025 58 mins  
An annual gathering to celebrate the successful fight for voting rights turns into a movement update for all citizen rights in the United States. And as the Trump administration eyes Greenland for 21st century colonization, a human rights complaint was just filed with United Nations because of the toxic waste LEFT by the U.S. military on Sivuqaq, also known as St. Lawrence Island

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 14, 2025: UN Human Rights Experts: Israel’s Attack on Gaza Destroys International Law, Human Rights, and is an Attack on All of Us 

Mar 14 2025 58 mins  
SUPPORT ESTHER'S BIRTHDAY FUNDRAISER FOR ON THE GROUND UNTIL MARCH 22, 2025: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1153324579630758/?fundraiser_source=external_url UN human rights experts say that the genocide against Palestinians, perpetrated by Israel and supported by the US and NATO countries, is also destroying international and human rights laws enacted after the carnage of Worl

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 7, 2025: Trump’s Unkindest Cut to NOAA’s Scientists and to Humanity’s Future… Europe Talks Loud but Says Nothing on Ukraine… Plus more Headlines with Gerald Horne 

Mar 07 2025 56 mins  
As the Trump-Musk administration fires hundreds of federal workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration, we hear from scientists, researchers and lawmakers speaking out at a protest in Silver Spring, MD, against this attack on the nation's premier public science agency. The ongoing illegal firings, along with dismantling and attacks on vital public services, is d

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 28, 2025: Jon Jeter on Corporate Media Failing to Meet the Moment… Americans Speak Against Dismantling of Government Services… Plus Headlines with Gerald Horne…  And More…

Feb 28 2025 58 mins  
Dramatic changes in the world require news organizations to be fearless truth tellers, but in this heady moment, corporate media are falling down on the job. We speak to journalist Jon Jeter. And here in DC, and across the country, Americans are speaking up for federal workers and against the dismantling of government for the people. Plus headlines on national and international af

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 21, 2025: Trump Ditches Europe and Ukraine… U.S. Federal Workers Organize to Fight Back… Marking 60th Anniversary of Malcolm X Assassination 

Feb 21 2025 55 mins  
As the Trump administration shatters traditional alliances abroad, at home it is firing thousands of federal workers, upending countless lives and the work done for the American people. We speak to a federal worker, Dante O'Hara. And 60 years ago, on February 21, 1965, the human rights leader Malcolm X, or El-Hajj Malik Shabazz, was murdered at the Audubon Ballroom in New York Cit

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2025: Is the U.S.-Provoked War in Ukraine Finally Ending?… In Washington, Federal Worker Protests and Lawsuits Counter Musk-Trump Billionaire Agenda… Plus Headlines  

Feb 14 2025 53 mins  
Is it possible that the U.S.-provoked war in Ukraine is ending? We speak to historian Gerald Horne... And, here in DC, workers and unions are fighting back against the Trump-Musk billionaire agenda. We hear from workers, union officials, legislators and activists attending a labor rally on Capitol Hill, one of many rallies where public sector workers are speaking truth to power. P

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 7, 2025: Trump’s Gaza ‘Takeover’….Musk’s U.S Government Takeover… The Trade War That Wasn’t…. Voices of Protest… And More…  

Feb 07 2025 59 mins  
Inside the White House on February 5th, Donald Trump entertained wanted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu and announced a so-called U.S. takeover of Gaza. But outside the White House, we the people had our say. And after an unprecedented week of the billionaire Elon Musk accessing confidential files at federal agencies and threatening mass layoffs, will the DOGE train finally get st