On the Ground w Esther Iverem

On the Ground w Esther Iverem


Latest Episodes

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 20, 2025: The F-Word on Fascism with Wilmer Leon…Vet Speaks at Rally Against War with Iran… Plus Headlines .. 
June 20, 2025

As the possibility of a new U.S. war looms in West Asia, we speak to political scientist Wilmer Lemon for this month's episode of the F-Word on fascism. And a U.S. veteran was among those speaking out

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 13, 2025: Israel Goes to War On Iran… Trump Tests Illegal Domestic Use of Military… Federal Workers Continue to Fight For Jobs and Public Services 
June 13, 2025

Israel, the U.S. armed outpost in West Asia, bombs Iran, assassinating several military leaders and at least one nuclear scientist. We speak to historian Gerald Horne. And here at home, the Trump admi

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 6, 2025: U.S. Vetoes Fifth U.N. Gaza Ceasefire Resolution… Algeria, Pakistan and Somalia Speak Up for Palestine… Gerald Horne on Ukraine’s Attack on Russia and the End of Trump-Musk Bromance
June 06, 2025

After the United States vetoes, for a fifth time, a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, the U.S. and Israel are more isolated than ever on the world stage. We hear from some countries, Alge

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 30, 2025: No to NATO in Dayton, Ohio… Trump As the Anti-Peace President… Five Years Since George Floyd’s Murder… And Much More 
May 30, 2025

Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric of being a peace president is fading fast, as Russia, West Asia and China remain in the crosshairs. We speak to historian Gerald Horne. And then we go to Dayton Ohio,

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 23, 2025: Jon Jeter: What More Do We Need to See in Gaza To Act?… 90 Percent of Federal Job Safety Workers Have Been Fired But Are Fighting Back… Plus Headlines 
May 23, 2025

Despite a myriad of human crises here in the U.S. and around the world, the story is still Gaza, where Israel's genocidal attacks are intensifying. We speak to Jon Jeter for this month's episode of "O

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 16, 2025: Trump Challenges Birthright Citizenship, Grants White South Africans Refugee Status While Deporting Black and Brown People…Judge Frees Georgetown Scholar from ICE Detention… Plus Headlines  
May 16, 2025

The Trump administration challenges birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court the same week it grants refugee status to white South Africans fleeing the post-apartheid state.And even as the horror o

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 9, 2025: What May 9 in Russia Means for the World… Georgetown Professor Likens Congressional Hearings to Red Scare McCarthyism… Plus Headlines  
May 09, 2025

On May 9, 2025, 29 world leaders are in Moscow to celebrate the Soviet Unions victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. To explain the significance of that victory 80 years later, we speak to Profess

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 2, 2025: Federal Workers Speak Out on May Day…Tom Porter on Trump’s First 100 Days and American Decline… Plus Headlines 
May 02, 2025

Workers in DC stand up for their rights and take to the streets on May Day. And, for some, the issue is not Trump's first 100 Days but, rather, the American empire, built on genocide, entering its dec

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 25, 2025: Jon Jeter on the War on Free Speech… Speaking Out for Worker Rights on Emancipation Day in DC… Plus Headlines  
April 25, 2025

At an Emancipation Day speakout in DC, by a call for solidarity among American workers to fight back. And, as the Trump administration continues to trample on the first amendment, due process and othe

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 18, 2025 – The F-Word: Gerald Horne on the U.S. as an ‘Empire of Fear’… Prayer Vigil Outside White House for Wrongly Deported Maryland Man… Plus Headlines  
April 18, 2025

As Trump and the President of El Salvador met at the White House, refusing to return a wrongly deported man to the U.S., faith leaders met outside and held a prayer vigil with the family of the man, K