On the Ground w Esther Iverem

On the Ground w Esther Iverem


Latest Episodes

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2024: ‘The Occupation of the American Mind’ With Sut Jhally…Israel as the Victim… Plus Headlines
February 16, 2024

If corporate media's coverage of the genocide in Gaza leaves you with that upside down feeling, you re not alone. Throughout Israel's brutal 76-year system of occupation, ethnic cleansing and aparthei

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 9, 2024: John Pilger’s ‘Palestine is Still The Issue,’ With Excerpts, Discussion and Headlines with Gerald Horne
February 09, 2024

John Pilger's documentary, 'Palestine is Still the Issue,' is an unflinching analysis of state terrorism perpetrated by Israel. It is as relevant today as it was when he completed it more than 20 year

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 2, 2024: Chris Hedges on the Death of Israel and How a Settler Colonial State Destroyed Itself. BONUS Extended Podcast with Headlines, Q&A with Hedges and Remarks from New Jersey Muslim Community
February 02, 2024

As more than 100,000 Palestinians have been killed or seriously injured in Israel's ongoing attack on Gaza, we present for this hour journalist and author Chris Hedges speaking on "The Death of Israel

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 26, 2024: World Court Stops Short of Ordering Ceasefire in Gaza But Genocide Case Against Israel Will Go Forward… Bigger Than Roe Women’s March in DC… Plus Headlines
January 26, 2024

In its highly anticipated preliminary ruling, the International Court of Justice stops short of ordering a ceasefire in Gaza but will allow South Africa's case of genocide against Israel to go forward

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 19, 2024: The F-Word on Fascism: From Gaza to Texas… Palestinian Americans Speak On Relatives Murdered By Israel… Plus Headlines 
January 19, 2024

At the historic National March on Washington for Gaza, Palestinian Americans spoke out about the murder of family members, and about the terror and destruction of their homeland by Israel. And in our

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 12, 2024: Jon Jeter on Settler Colonialism… S. Africa Brings Genocide Case Against Israel… MD Supreme Court Hears Case About Historic African American Cemetery… Plus Headlines 
January 13, 2024

At the International Court of Justice at the Hague, South Africa presents a damning case against Israel for committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. And descendants of those buried at a de

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 5, 2024: Escalation by Israel and U.S. Could Widen War… Family of Man Slain in 2020 by MD Cops Still Fights for Justice… Plus Headlines  
January 05, 2024

The Biden administration may say it doesn't want genocide in Gaza to explode into a regional war, but actions speak louder than words. And four years later, the family of a Maryland man shot to death

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 29, 2023: The Year In Review Part 2: Ukraine War Sinks Europe’s Economy… 200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine… The Sahel Stands Up… And More…  
December 30, 2023

This is part two of our look back at 2023, which, as we stated in part one, was a year of resistance. Key to that resistance was telling the true history of exploitation of the Global South by U.S. an

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 22, 2023: The Year In Review Part 1: Issa Amro on Israel as a Fascist State, Jill Stein on Ukraine, the Tyre Nichols Police Murder, More Pipelines as Our Planet Burns, And More… 
December 22, 2023

SUPPORT US! This is part one of our look back at 2023. From Palestine to a myriad of protests; from the climate crisis, to police terror, to the African Sahel: this year was a time of continuing and

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 15, 2023: Zein El-Amine on Murdered Gaza Poet Refaat Alareer… Protesters Target Pentagon and Boeing… Headlines on Gaza, Unions, Massive Military Spending and More…
December 15, 2023

The murder of renowned Gaza-based writer and teacher Refaat Alareer galvanizes artists, activists and children to continue resistance to Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine. We spe