On the Ground w Esther Iverem

On the Ground w Esther Iverem


Latest Episodes

‘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...

‘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.