On the Ground w Esther Iverem

On the Ground w Esther Iverem


Latest Episodes

‘ON THE GROUND’ FOR AUGUST 19, 2022: Headlines on Trump’s Triple Legal Woes and More… Rebroadcast Plus Bonus Audio of Gerald Horne on The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism
August 19, 2022

With corporations amassing more power and with more violence introduced into U.S. politics, we present a rebroadcast of our interview with Gerald Horne about his latest book: THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION OF

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 12, 2022: The Inflation Reduction Act, Climate, Environmental Justice and Black Farmers, Plus Headlines
August 12, 2022

While Democrats claim the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 as a win, activists are left to assess all that was cut that would have addressed human rights, human needs and a livable planet. I speak to O

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 5, 2022: Aftershocks from Pelosi Trip to Taiwan… Left Reacts After FBI Raids the African People’s Socialist Party… Headlines on ‘Poison Pill’ Budget Bill, Charges in Breonna Taylor Death and Much More
August 05, 2022

Aftershocks from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan continue to reverberate as China stages live-fire military drills around the island. And the global left continues to react after the FBI r

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 29, 2022: Family of Murdered Palestinian-American Journalist Appeals to Congress for a U.S. Investigation… Esther Iverem and Jon Jeter Discuss Perception Management, Ukraine and the Economy… Plus Headlines on th
July 29, 2022

The family of murdered Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh appeals to Congress for a U.S. investigation of the crime. And for this month's deep dive into media and culture, I discuss wit

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 22, 2022: BYP100 Charts “Explicitly Socialist” Course… Gerald Horne on Pelosi’s Junket to Taiwan… Headlines on Abortion, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, New Developments in Emmett Till Murder, and More…. 
July 22, 2022

Speaking at the People's Summit, D'Atra Jackson, national director of BYP100, embraces socialism as the cure for systemic inequality and racist policing. Gerald Horne weighs in on the plans of House S

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 15, 2022: Should We Really Blame NATO for the Ukraine War? (Yes) With Eugene Puryear and Brian Becker
July 15, 2022

During a week when imperialist hubris was on full display, Eugene Puryear and Brian Becker examine how the U.S. fomented war in Ukraine in a bid to maintain unipolar hegemony. Plus headlines on Jaylan

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 8, 2022: The Farce of You Lie… Little to Celebrate as U.S. Supreme Court Tramples Human Rights and Nation is Besieged by Violence… Gerald Horne and Greg Carr on the Legacy of U.S. Settler Colonialism
July 08, 2022

With recent extreme rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, striking down abortion rights, gun safety laws, and the ability of the federal government to curb fossil fuel emissions, even politicians are des

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 1, 2022 – Horne: Extreme Right Supreme Court and Jan. 6 Armed Rioters Signal Pre-Fascism in U.S…. Jacquie L’uqman on Abortion, Race and Class… Plus Headlines…
July 01, 2022

New evidence about heavily armed protesters on January 6 and a series of extreme decisions by the far-right Supreme Court, prompt Gerald Horne's bleak prognosis for United States. And as demonstration

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 24, 2022: Voices in Crowd at Moral March on Washington… Jon Jeter on Jan. 6 Hearings, Media and More… Headlines on Far-Right Supreme Court Decisions, Including Abortion, and More…. 
June 24, 2022

For many of the tens of thousands converged in Washington, DC, for the Poor Peoples Campaign Moral March on Washington, the key demand was to shift billions spent on war and overseas to instead be spe

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 17, 2022–Judge: The Next Trump Coup Attempt is Underway… Poor People’s Campaign Steps Off in DC… Chantal James Debut Novel About Post-Hurricane Katrina… Plus More Headlines
June 17, 2022

As the January 6 Commission reveals details of an attempted coup by Donald Trump, a retired federal judge says that the real threat is the next coup being planned in plain sight. We speak historian an