On the Ground w Esther Iverem
Latest Episodes
EARTH DAY 2016 PART 2–FROM PARIS TO DC: ACTING FOR AFFORDABLE, CLEAN ENERGY
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-PARIS-TO-DC-RE-EDIT.mp3 This is a special presentation of On the Ground for Earth Day, April 22, 2016. From Paris to DC: Acting for Affordable Clean Energy,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APR. 22, 2016–ON EARTH DAY, FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE IN FLINT, MICHIGAN AND HOW HAS THE 2015 PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT IMPACTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT?
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-APRIL22-2016-EARTH-DAY.mp3 We talk to people fighting for justice for the residents of Flint, Michigan, who have been poisoned by actions of the state.
‘ON THE GROUND’ SPECIAL–AFTER DEMOCRACY SPRING, THE DEMOCRACY AWAKENING RALLY AT THE U.S. CAPITOL, APRIL 17, 2016
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-SPECIAL-DEMOCRACY-AWAKENING-BROADCAST-EDIT.mp3 After a week when hundreds were arrested at the U.S. Capitol in the Democracy Spring movement, thousands gathered at the Capitol for the Democrac...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APR. 15, 2016–DEMOCRACY SPRING AT THE U.S. CAPITOL AND THE NEW POETRY ANTHOLOGY ‘RESISTING ARREST’
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-APRIL15-2016.mp3 - On what is traditionally Tax Day, hundreds at the U.S. Capitol are arrested as a part of Democracy Spring to get money out of politics,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APR. 8, 2016–VOICES FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, AND DOES THE CBC REPRESENT BLACK PEOPLE OR CORPORATIONS?
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-APRIL8-2016.mp3 A new generation of civil rights advocates question whether the Black Congressional Caucus is working for Black people or for corporations.
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAR. 31, 2016–FLINT IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG: CHALLENGES AND VICTORIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-MAR31-2016.mp3 Michele Roberts, national co-chair of the Environmental Justice Health Alliance, kicks off this show’s renewed commitment to cover issues of the environment and sustainability.
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAR. 24, 2016–PROTESTERS IN D.C. SAY ‘DUMP TRUMP,’ ‘DISARM AIPAC’ AND NO TO ISRAELI APARTHEID
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OTG-MAR24-2016.mp3 Voices of protest and civil disobedience at the large DUMP TRUMP AND DISARM AIPAC RALLY outside the Washington, DC gathering of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAR. 17, 2016–‘FREEDOM OF SPEECH’ ISSUES AND PROTO FASCISM IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE; ALSO, SAUDI WOMEN AND MALE ‘GUARDIANS’
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OTG-MAR17-2016.mp3 - The U.S. presidential race continues to be the big story—with violence at Donald Trump rallies, the continued corporate media snub of Bernie Sanders,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAR. 10, 2016–CHRIS HEDGES ON SAUDI ARABIA AND ‘THE EVIL OF CORPORATE CAPITALISM’
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OTG-MARCH10-2016SMALLERFILE.mp3 - This show's focus is on the wide-ranging keynote address by the activist and award-winning author Chris Hedges at the Summit on Saudi Arabia organized by Code Pin...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAR. 3, 2016–MORE VOICES DEMANDING POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN MARYLAND, AND HAS THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE EMBOLDENED WHITE SUPREMACISTS?
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OTG-MAR3-2016F.mp3 More voices from the Maryland Coalition for Justice and Accountability speak out on police brutality and murders in the state. And, has the U.S.