On the Ground w Esther Iverem

On the Ground w Esther Iverem


Latest Episodes

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 24, 2023: The War in Ukraine Did Not Start One Year Ago… With Joe Lauria and Gerald Horne… Plus Excerpts from ‘Ukraine on Fire’…  
February 24, 2023

It is one year after Russia invaded Ukraine and most people in the United States and Europe still think that is when the war started. I speak to Consortium News editor Joe Lauria and our geopolitical

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2022 – The F-Word: World Renown Palestinian Activist Issa Amro Speaks on Israel as a Fascist State 
February 17, 2023

For this episode of "The F-Word," we hear from world renown Palestinian activist Issa Amro, awarded by the United Nations for his non-violent resistance to the Israeli government, which he says is an

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2023: The People Speak On the State of the Union… Seymour Hersh Says U.S. Bombed Nord Stream Pipeline… Vigilante Charged With Murder of DC Teen… And More
February 10, 2023

What do the people have to say about the State of the Union? A rebroadcast of Esther Iverem's interviews with a panel of people working around social justice and human rights for the national Pacific

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2023: Gerald Horne on U.S. Violence at Home and Abroad… Nichols Murder Reawakens BLM Movement… Plus Headlines
February 03, 2023

As Tyre Nichols, the most recent high-profile target of police terror is laid to rest, we speak to historian Gerald Horne about the links between violence inside and outside the United States.The brut

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 27, 2023: From Palestine to DC: Ali Abunimah on Apartheid Israel’s Killing Machine…Ajamu Baraka and Jacquie L’uqman Take on the Ukraine Solidarity Network…
January 28, 2023

At least nine Palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded by Israeli troops in the Jenin refugee camp on Thursday. On this show, we hear voices of Palestinians, including Electronic Intifada edit

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 20, 2023: Voices to Free Wikileaks Editor Julian Assange: Scott Ritter, Dr. Jill Stein, Journalists Dan Cohen and Esther Iverem and Much More
January 20, 2023

For supporters of imprisoned journalist Julian Assange, all eyes are on DC for the January 20, 2023 Belmarsh Tribunal at the National Press Club, where experts will present evidence of the current att

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 13, 2023: A Vigil at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington DC Remembers and Honors the Radical King
January 13, 2023

With U.S.-backed wars and violence spreading abroad, and more senseless violence here are home, activists remember the radical legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Fifty-five years after Kings a

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 6, 2023: Voices from the DC Emergency Rally for Returning Citizens for Affordable Housing and Jobs 
January 06, 2023

Voices from the DC Emergency Rally for Returning Citizens, held December 19, 2022. Here in the expensive capital, where the first Gen Z member of Congress, Maxwell Frost of Florida, struggles to rent

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 30, 2022: A Look Back at 2022 with Historian and Author Gerald Horne 
December 30, 2022

The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 23, 2022: 30th Anniversary of the Ambrose I. Lane Sr. Radio Series ‘Never Again for White Men Only’… Plus Headlines on Jan. 6 Report… D.C. Cop Convicted of Murder 
December 23, 2022

The journalist. author and social justice activist Ambrose I. Lane Sr. hosted shows, including We Ourselves for decades on WPFW and other Pacifica stations before his death in 2010. And for our year-e