On the Ground w Esther Iverem

On the Ground w Esther Iverem


Latest Episodes

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2022: Dr. Jill Stein and Eugene Puryear on the Real Path to Peace in Ukraine… NYC Conference Looks to Ignite Movement Against U.S.-NATO Proxy War Against Russia in Ukraine…
November 25, 2022

The Real Path to Peace in Ukraine, a conference sponsored this month by the People's Forum and the ANSWER Coalition in New York City, was the kickoff of a new antiwar movement in the United States. Pe

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2022: Canadians Confront Government Support for Nazis in Ukraine and at Home… Petition Seeks Removal of Monuments Honoring Ukrainian WWII Nazi Collaborators… Plus Headlines on the G20, COP27 and More…
November 18, 2022

Unlike in the U.S., Canadians are confronting the fact that their government is supporting Nazis in the war in Ukraine " supporting far right Ukrainian nationals with the same ideology that Canadians

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 11, 2022: The Real Election Story is Racist Voter Suppression… Activists Hold Tribunal For U.S. Weapons Makers, A.K.A. Merchants of Death… Plus Headlines  
November 11, 2022

In the midterm election and in the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia, the real story is racist voter suppression. We speak to Atlanta-based journalist Anoa Changa. And activists stage a people's

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 4, 2022: Agreement is Reached to End Brutal Conflict in Ethiopia… Protesters Rally Outside the White House to End Illegal U.S. Blockade on Cuba… Plus Headlines… 
November 04, 2022

An agreement is reached to end the two-year brutal conflict in Ethiopia that may have claimed up to a half million lives. And as, for the 30th time, the United Nations votes to condemn the U.S. blocka

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 28, 2022: Horne: The Loose Talk Versus Reality of Nuclear Weapons… Jon Jeter on Jeffrey Sachs, Kanye West and ‘The Letter’… Plus More and Headlines 
October 28, 2022

As we continue to mark 60 years since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we speak to historian and author Gerald Horne about the loose talk versus reality of nuclear weapons. And whether it is economic Jeffrey

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 21, 2022: Would Americans Recognize a Slide Toward Fascism?… More Excerpts from ‘Ukraine on Fire’ …Plus Headlines
October 21, 2022

As regions that recently voted to join Russia come under fresh attacks from Kiev, we air two more excerpts from 'Ukraine on Fire," the Oliver Stone-produced movie about the 2014 U.S.-backed coup in Uk

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 14, 2022: Excerpts from the Movie “Ukraine on Fire”… Brian Becker on New Book: Socialist Reconstruction: A Better Future for the United States… Plus Headlines 
October 14, 2022

As there is an escalation in violence in the current conflict in Ukraine, we present excerpts from Ukraine on Fire, the Oliver Stone-produced movie about the 2014 U.S.-backed coup in Ukraine. And Br

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 7, 2022: Escalation in U.S. Proxy War Against Russia… Interview With Lead Plaintiff in Voting Rights Case… Rallying for the Clean Water Act  
October 07, 2022

As an early winter is predicted for Europe, the U.S. proxy war against Russia continues to impact energy, economics, food and the threat of nuclear war. Gerald Horne is in the house. And we go outside

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2022: Vijay Prashad Brings Down House in NY… Brian Becker on Voting Rights Under Attack… Gerald Horne on Nordstream Sabotage and Rising Fascism in Europe…  Plus Headlines
September 30, 2022

The Supreme Court is set to hear a case that might allow the far-right majority further attacks on the democratic rights of Americans. Esther speaks with anti-war activist and host of the Socialist Pr

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2022: Ukraine Information War Leads the World to the Precipice… One-Year Anniversary of Haitian Asylum Seekers Being Attacked in Del Rio, Texas… Plus Headlines 
September 23, 2022

As the U.S. and NATO proxy war against Russia reaches a new stage of escalation, corporate media's information war leads the world to the precipice. We speak to journalist Jon Jeter for this month's e