On the Ground w Esther Iverem

On the Ground w Esther Iverem


Latest Episodes

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JAN. 19, 2018: National Mall Exhibit Documents MLK’s Poor People’s ‘Resurrection City’ 50 Years Later…Headlines on DACA, Government Surveillance, Yemen and More
January 19, 2018

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/OTG-JAN19-2018-DISTsmall.mp3 This week marks many milestones. The holiday honoring the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is being celebrated as the world also remembers the 50th annivers...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JAN. 12, 2018 – The People’s Tribunal on the Iraq War, Day Two: The Costs (Rebroadcast)
January 12, 2018

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2.OTG-JAN12-2018-REBROADCAST-DISTsmall.mp3 Voices from day two of the People's Tribunal on the Iraq War. The tribunal was sponsored by Code Pink Dec. 1-2,

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JAN. 5, 2018 – The People’s Tribunal on the Iraq War, Day One: The Lies (Rebroadcast)
January 05, 2018

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1.OTG-JAN5-2018-RE-BROADCAST-DISTSMALL.mp3 Voices from the Peoples Tribunal on the Iraq War. The tribunal was sponsored by Code Pink Dec. 1-2, 2016 in Washington DC at the University of the Distri...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DEC. 29, 2017-2017 in Review: From Alternative Facts, to the Tax Scam, to Slave Markets in Libya, to Resistance and Victories…
December 29, 2017

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/OTG-DEC29-2017-DISTS-SMALL.mp3 This is our final, jam-packed show for 2017. Extended conversations about this year-- the notorious 017 --with media critic Janine Jackson an geopolitical analyst Ge...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DEC. 22, 2017–The F-Word: Christopher Chambers on Corporate Media…DC in the Era of Climate Change: The ‘Potomac Pipeline’ Threatens DC Area…Headlines on DACA, Tax Scam, Medical Marijuana…Gerald Horne on ANC Elections and Inte
December 22, 2017

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/OTG-DEC22-2017DISTSMALL.mp3 This year's final segment of The F-Word, our monthly discussion of fascism and fascist directions, this month with Georgetown media studies professor Christopher Chambe...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DEC. 15, 2017: Activists, Legislators and Policymakers Rally at the FCC , Vow to Fight the Killing of Net Neutrality…Headlines on Germany, EU and Rwanda
December 15, 2017

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/OTG-DEC15-2017-DISTSMALL.mp3 The Federal Communications Commission votes to scrap Net Neutrality rules that ensure equal access to the Internet for everyone. Now,

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DEC. 8, 2017: Richard Wolff on the GOP Tax ‘Flim-Flam’…Gerald Horne on Jerusalem and Honduras…Millennials Protest Environmental Destruction.
December 08, 2017

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/OTG-DEC8-2017DISTSMALL.mp3 - On this show, economist Richard Wolff discusses the GOP tax plan"some call it a tax scam" which experts say would be one of the largest transfers of wealth to the one ...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DEC. 1, 2017: Residents of Public Housing Speak Out…Palestine 101: It’s Not That Complicated…Making a Movie About John Brown…Working Families Priced Out of DC’s New Waterfront
December 01, 2017

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/OTG-DEC1-2017-distsmall.mp3 On this show, voices of residents of public housing in DC who are fighting--like many urban poor and working class people around the country--displacement,

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOV. 24, 2017: The FCC Goes Rogue…A Close Look at Zimbabwe…Thousands March for Puerto Rico and More…
November 24, 2017

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/OTG-NOV24-2017DISTSMALL.mp3 Today we discuss what is really happening in Zimbabwe with historian and author Gerald Horne and, in the second half, media critic Janine Jackson says that the Federal ...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOV. 17, 2017: Richard Wolff on the Russian Revolution…DC in the Era of Climate Change: Activists Head to Puerto Rico to Help Build Sustainable Communities…Headlines on Zimbabwe, GOP Tax Plan, UN Climate Summit, Maryland Afri
November 17, 2017

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/OTG-NOV17-2017DISTSUBSMALL.mp3 Today, a second examination of the Russian Revolution at its centennial. Today's remarks are by the economist Richard Wolff,