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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 16, 2022: Railroad Workers and Supporters Rally on Capitol Hill and Across the Country to Have More than One Sick Day a Year … With Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and more…
Two weeks after Congress disgraced itself by denying freight railroad workers seven days of sick leave, workers and their supporters rallied on Capitol Hill and across the country for what they said i
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 9, 2022: Brian Becker on Moore v. Harper and the Right-Wing Assault on Democratic Rights… From Our Archives: Pedro Castillo Supporters Rally at the OAS… Plus Headlines on Countering the U.S.-Africa Leaders S
The Moore v. Harper case before the Supreme Court could give the far right in the United States what they cannot get through free and fair elections--and that is permanent rule. We speak to veteran ac
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 2, 2022: Vijay Prashad, Noam Chomsky and Medea Benjamin on “The Real Path to Peace in Ukraine”… Part 2 on Organizing Against U.S. Proxy War Against Russia in Ukraine…
For this hour, part two of our coverage of the conference, The Real Path to Peace in Ukraine, held November 19, 2022 at the Peoples Forum in New York City. On this show, three more well-known au
‘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…
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…
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 
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…
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 
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
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 
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





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