On the Ground w Esther Iverem

On the Ground w Esther Iverem


Latest Episodes

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 2, 2019: Rebroadcast with Updates: Reporting from Cuba…Cubans March and Speak Out for their Revolution and Against Heightened U.S. Sanctions and Blockade. Plus Headlines
August 02, 2019

ON THE GROUND AUGUST 2, 2019 On the Ground was in Cuba in April and May 2019 as part of the 14th Annual May Day International Brigade of Voluntary Work and Solidarity with Cuba, during which we traveled to throughout Western and Central Cuba,

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 26, 2019–The F-Word: Henry Giroux on Neoliberal Fascism…Gerald Horne on the U.S. Russia-China Obsession…Headlines on Mueller and More…
July 26, 2019

ON THE GROUND JULY 26, 2019 On this month's F-Word segment on fascism, author and cultural critic Henry A. Giroux, says that fascism starts with words. His new book is The Terror of the Unforeseen, in which he describes the rise of neoliberal fasci...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 19, 2019: Freshmen Progressive Congresswomen Speak Out…Historic Meeting in Africa…Headlines on House Passage of $15 Min. Wage and More..
July 19, 2019

After announced immigrant raids all but fizzled, this week, the Trump administration turned to attack four progressive members of Congress, all women of color, who fought back. And as the politics of distraction heats up before the 2020 election,

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 12, 2019: Asylum Seeker Tells Story of Her Daughter’s Death After Stay at U.S. Border Facility…Trump Plans ‘Raids’ on Immigrant Families…Headlines on New Africa Trade Bloc and More…
July 12, 2019

Days before the Trump administration is set to begin raids on immigrant families around the country, Yazmin Juarez, who came to the U.S. seeking asylum, offers heart-wrenching testimony to Congress about the death of her daughter just after she was rel...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 5, 2019: ‘Trump Baby’ Blimp Counters Trump Tanks on July 4…Marking Ten Years Since U.S.Backed Honduras Coup…Headlines on #All Out in DC on July 6 Against White Supremacist Rally and More…
July 05, 2019

'ON THE GROUND' FOR JULY 5, 2019 As Donald Trump spends millions to promote U.S. militarism on Independence Day, anti-war activists gather on the national mall to denounce tanks and war planes used as political props.

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 28, 2019: Journalist and Author Jon Jeter on Corporate Media and the Framing of News…DC Mayor and Police Ordered by Court to Record Stop-and-Frisk Data…Headlines on Border Crisis, Supreme Court Decisions, G20 and More…
June 29, 2019

From U.S. warmongering, to the imprisonment of Julian Assange, to the stories that movies tell us. We have an in-depth conversation about corporate media and national and international news with journalist Jon Jeter.

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 21, 2019: Congress Takes Up Issue of Reparations for African Americans…The Organization Refuse Fascism Details Dangers of the Trump-Pence Regime…Headlines on Iran, Police Cooperation with ICE and Much More…
June 21, 2019

'On the Ground' for June 21, 2019 At a Congressional hearing this week, witnesses offered expert testimony about the need for reparations for the descendants of enslaved Africans living in the United States.

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 14, 2019: The Rev. William Barber and Faith Leaders Hand ‘Moral Indictment’ to Trump…A ‘Persian Gulf of Tonkin?’…Headlines on Bernie Sanders and Democratic Socialism and More
June 14, 2019

'On the Ground' Show for June 14, 2019 Rallying in front of the White House this week, faith leaders from around the country handed down what they called a moral indictment against the Trump administration, for a range of wrongs,

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 7, 2019: Thom Hartmann on the U.S. and Guns…Lawmakers Question the FBI about White Supremacists…And Are Relations with China Turning Dangerous?
June 07, 2019

'ON THE GROUND' FOR JUNE 7, 2019 PART TWO OF THOM HARTMAN ON THE U.S. AND GUNS At the second in a series of congressional hearings on white supremacist violence in the United States, lawmakers questioned this week the priorities and placement of ...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 31, 2019: African Liberation Day 2019…Activists Denounce U.S. Sanctions on Zimbabwe…Saving a Public Hospital in the Nation’s Capital…Plus Headlines
May 31, 2019

'ON THE GROUND' SHOW FOR MAY 31, 2019 Marchers rallied at the White House on May 25th for African Liberation Day and called on the Trump administration to end crippling sanctions against the Southern African country of Zimbabwe. And in DC,