On the Ground w Esther Iverem
Latest Episodes
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 17, 2020: The ACLU Speaks Up for Protesters Assaulted By Police… The F-Word: Maybe Now FERC Will Stand Up for People Not Pipelines… Headlines on Portland, the COVID Back-to-School… And Much More…
Corporate media and gatekeepers try their best to ignore the national Movement Against Racism. And they also ignore ongoing police brutality against peaceful protesters. We speak to ACLU DC attorney Scott Michelman,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 10, 2020: Baltimore Civil Rights Attorney Latoya Francis-Wiliams on George Floyd and Five Years After Freddie Gray…Liberal Gatekeepers Punch Down… Environmentalists and Indigenous People Get Some Wins.
The national uprising against racism in the U.S. started with Minneapolis police killing George Floyd. And Floyd's murder is five years after Freddy Gray was killed by police in Baltimore. We speak to Baltimore civil rights attorney Latoya Francis-Will...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 3, 2020: Ajamu Baraka: Corporate Media and MIC Change the Subject, from U.S. Police Terror to Russia…Family of Fort Hood Soldier Vanessa Guillen Comes to DC Seeking Justice…Plus Headlines
As the U.S. Movement Against Racism continues to claim victories, corporate media changes the subject from U.S. police terror to Russia. We speak to human rights activist Ajamu Baraka. And, after two months of being ignored,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 26, 2020: Down, Down, Down Go the Racist Monuments…The Fight to Save an African Burial Ground…Police, Lies and Videotape…Plus Many Headlines
Those working to preserve and honor an African burial ground in the DC area say that time is running out to save it as new construction has desecrated the site. And a month after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 19, 2020: The F-Word: Is a Belief in Capitalism Required to Be Truly American? With Erica Ramirez…Juneteenth Marked Amid Pandemic and Protest…George Floyd’s Brother Appeals to the U.N…Plus Headlines
For this month's episode of the F-word on fascism, we speak to Erica Ramirez, director of applied research at the Auburn Seminary, about the protest movement against racism, state violence, and her essay, "Is a Belief in Capitalism Required to be Truly...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 12, 2020: George Floyd’s Death Sparks a Worldwide Anti-Racist Movement…More on Defunding the Police… Can Reforms Make a Difference?
In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, a worldwide anti-racist movement is toppling symbols of white supremacy and inspiring a flurry of new laws designed to protect citizens from police abuse.
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 5, 2020: A National Uprising for Justice…Defund Police, Community Control, Or Both?…A Book On The Roots of Today’s Terror: ‘There Is Something About Edgefield’
In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, a national uprising is continuing, with protesters enduring more police brutality, curfews, and, here in DC, actual U.S. soldiers deployed on the streets. Activists on the ground explain what they want...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 29, 2020: From Minneapolis to Silver Spring, MD, Demanding an End to Police Terror…Comedian Lee Camp on Being Angry and Funny….Plus Headlines on COVID, Unemployment Crisis and More…
From Minneapolis, to the Washington, DC area, where a lesser known police killing of a Black man--Finan Berhe--occurred this month, communities are demanding an end to police terror. And, as we cope with a myriad of crises and an economic system failin...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 22, 2020: COVID Crisis Highlights Bankruptcy of U.S. Journalism…Malcolm X: The Ballot or the Bullet…Headlines on Unemployment and More…
The deadly coronavirus is laying bare the cruelties of the United States neoliberal order. But it is also bringing into sharper focus the sorry state of journalism. We speak to journalist and author Jon Jeter.
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 15, 2020: The F-Word: Vijay Prashad on the 75th Anniversary of Nazi Germany’s Surrender and Today’s Neoliberal Failed State…Nurses Demand Justice…Plus Headlines
As the world marks the 75th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, a discussion about fascism and todays failed neoliberal order with historian Vijay Prashad. And we hear the voices of nurses honoring their colleagues who have died of ...