On the Ground w Esther Iverem
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEB. 25, 2016–ACTIVISTS FOR POLICE REFORM IN MARYLAND, THE SOUTH CAROLINA BLACK VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON, AND THE BLACK LOVE EXPERIENCE IN DC
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OTG-FEB25-2016.mp3 Why are Black voters in South Carolina a firewall for Hillary Clinton? We get perspectives from James Early and hear from Danny Glover and Spike Lee. Also,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEB. 18, 2016–MAKING THE LINKS FROM LIBYA, TO FLINT, TO DC, TO HAITI WITH AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST GERALD HORNE
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/OTG-FEB18-2016.mp3 - MAKING THE LINKS FROM LIBYA, TO FLINT, TO DC, TO HAITI WITH AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST GERALD HORNE —PLUS SIDE-EYE AT THE 2016 Presidential ELECTION and an remarks by DC-based attorn...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEB. 11, 2016–AFTER HILLARY CLINTON’S DEFEAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, A CONVERSATION WITH LESTER SPENCE ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK ON NEOLIBERALISM. ALSO, ‘WHERE TO INVADE NEXT,’ MICHAEL MOORE’S NEW MOVIE
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/OTG-FEB11-2016.mp3 We unpack this political moment—the presidential election, a democratic socialist winning a presidential primary, this collision between neoliberal and neoconservative politics ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEB. 4, 2016–LAUNCHING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THAT U.N. REPORT ON AFRICAN AMERICANS, CONVERSATIONS WITH GULLAH PEOPLE AND ANGELA DAVIS SPEAKS ON THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FINAL-OTG-FEB4-2016.mp3 - Launching Black History Month, what the U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent reported at the end of their recent visit to the United States,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JAN. 28, 2016–THE UNITED NATIONS HEARS FROM AFRICAN AMERICANS AND A CONVERSATION WITH MARK ANTHONY NEAL ON FILM AND MUSIC
The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent end their U.S. visit by hearing testimony from residents in the DMV on issues of criminal justice, economic justice and cultural rights. Also,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JAN. 21, 2016–ACTIVISTS DEMAND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN MARYLAND AND IT’S THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF ‘THE F-WORD’
Thousands of activists around the country reclaimed the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend with rallies, protests and acts of civil disobedience. Black Lives Matter activists shut down the San Francisco Bay Bridge for an hour and airport workers in...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JAN. 14, 2016–PROTESTERS SAY SHUT DOWN GUANTANAMO AND A NEW BOOK SAYS, WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!
During the week when President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address, we went OUTSIDE the White House, where the cry was SHUT IT DOWN, meaning shut down the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay Prison, site of indefinite detention and torture. Also,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JAN. 7, 2016–WITNESS AGAINST TORTURE, THE BLACK RADICAL TRADITION CONFERENCE, ‘Y’ALL QAEDA’ IN OREGON AND MORE
Activists gear up for President Obama's final State of the Union Address. Topics include Witness Against Torture, the Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty, the Black Radical Tradition Conference in Philadelphia and "Y'All Qaeda" in Oregon.
‘CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP’ – WPFW’S YEAR-END LIVE SPECIAL ON SOCIAL JUSTICE FROM THE NATION’S CAPITAL, DECEMBER 2015
‘Can’t Stop, Wont Stop’—WPFW Pacifica’s year-end live special on social activism in the nation’s capital, reviewing 2015 and looking forward to 2016 for such urgent issues and movements, including Black Lives Matter, Climate Justice,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, DEC. 24, 2015–VOICES FROM THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE POETRY SERIES, SPLIT THIS ROCK, POEMS OF PROVOCATION AND WITNESS
Voices from the 10th Anniversary of the Sunday Kind of Love poetry series held December 20, 2015 at Busboys and Poets in DC. Like WPFW’s Sunday Kind of Love music program, the poetry series takes its name from the popular 1940’s jazz standard.
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