On the Ground w Esther Iverem

On the Ground w Esther Iverem


Latest Episodes

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 11, 2019: Rage Against the War Machine…Methane Danger in the Arctic…Competing Impeachment Narratives and More Headlines
October 15, 2019

From housing displacement, to police abuse, to raging against the war machine, people are raising their voices and fists against the forces of exploitation. And scientists make a shocking discovery in the Arctic ocean.

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 4, 2019: Khashoggi Murder One Year Later…70 Years of the People’s Republic of China…Headlines on Guaido Gang Looting Venezuela, Prison Abolition and More…
October 04, 2019

ON THE GROUND FOR OCTOBER 4, 2019 On this show, calls for justice for Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered one year ago in Saudi Arabia's embassy in Turkey. And this week also marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2019: The Other U.S.-Ukraine Story…Families Impacted by ‘Muslim Ban’ Testify in Congress…Headlines on Trump at UN and More…
September 27, 2019

ON THE GROUND FOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 While the media swarm focuses on Trump's telephone conversation with Ukraine's president, why is it ignoring a bigger Ukraine story involving U.S. military support for neo-Nazis?

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2019: The Youth Climate Movement Takes D.C. By Storm…All Out for the Global Climate Strike and Shutdown DC
September 20, 2019

For young people on the front lines of climate change, the crisis is not a future reality, but, rather, a clear and present danger that fills them with anxiety, depression and uncertainty about what is permanent.

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 13, 2019: Family Members of Those Killed on Boeing 737 Max Speak Out in DC…John Bolton is FIRED…Headlines on No Asylum for Bahamians, Voter Suppression and More…
September 13, 2019

Family Members of Those Killed on Boeing 737 Max Speak Out in DC…John Bolton is OUT…Headlines on No Asylum for Bahamians, Voter Suppression, Trump Appoints Lifetime Arch Conservative Judges and More… If you enjoy our grassroots news show,

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 6, 2019: Poetry for Puerto Rico…Writers Gather to Raise Funds on Anniversary of Hurricane Maria. (Rebroadcast)
September 05, 2019

On this show, writers speak out at the Poets for Puerto Rico fundraiser held at the American Poetry Museum in Northeast DC on September 22nd 2018, one year after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, killing 3,000 TO 8,

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 30, 2019: Rallying for the Amazon Rainforest and Against a Child Migrant ‘Detention Facility’ in DC
August 30, 2019

ON THE GROUND FOR AUGUST 30, 2019 With a combination of anger and mourning at the intentional burning of the Amazon Rainforest, activists from Extinction Rebellion and other groups rally outside the Brazilian Embassy,

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 23, 2019: Walter Hixson on the Israel Lobby, Israel and the Violence of Settler Colonial States–(Rebroadcast with Updates)
August 23, 2019

ON THE GROUND AUGUST 23, 2019 Israel’s banning of two Congresswomen, two Muslim women of color, because of their support for the Boycott, Divestment Sanctions movement, was just the latest in an ongoing series of political firestorms involving the ...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 16, 2019: Marking the August Date of African Presence in Jamestown 1619…Anniversaries of Ferguson and Bombings in Yemen…Headlines on Climate, Israel’s Banning of Tlaib and Omar…And More
August 18, 2019

Late August 2019 is the actual time period marking the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in the English colony of Jamestown in 1619. So we have a rebroadcast of our interview with historian Gerald Horne about this international commemoration...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 9, 2019: The Fightback: From DC, to Mississippi, to Venezuela, to Mozambique…Headlines on the U.S. and Guns and More…
August 12, 2019

ON THE GROUND AUGUST 9, 2019 From DC, to Mississippi, to Venezuela, to Mozambique, people all over the globe are fighting back against white supremacy and U.S. imperialist violence. And with accused mass murderers echoing the racist rhetoric of Dona...