On the Ground w Esther Iverem
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, SEPT. 24, 2015–TWO-HOUR PLUS SPECIAL ON POPE FRANCIS IN DC, CLIMATE JUSTICE, IMMIGRATION, INCOME INEQUALITY AND THE CONTROVERSIAL CANONIZATION OF JUNIPERO SERRA
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 This expanded, two-and-a-half-hour edition includes coverage of Pope Francis in Washington, DC and what he and activists have to say on issues of climate justice, immigration, income inequality and the controversial canonization of ...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015–THE MIGRATION CRISIS AND ITS ROOT IN IMPERIALIST WARS, INTERVENTION AND DESTRUCTION. ALSO, ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS CELEBRATE THE IRAN-NUCLEAR DEAL
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 This month’s installment of “The F Word” is all about the migration crisis and the root of that crisis in imperialist wars, plunder and destruction. Also, anti-war activists supporting the Iran-nuclear deal celebrate a victory and t...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, SEPT. 10, 2015–DC’S NEW ‘ANTI-CRIME’ BILL AND PROTESTERS GIVE SAUDI ARABIA’S KING AN ‘UN-ROYAL’ WELCOME AT THE WHITE HOUSE
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 At a town hall meeting called by the ACLU, residents of Ward 8 in Washington, DC express frustration with Mayor Muriel Bowser's new anti-crime plan that they say targets their community without helping it. Also,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, SEPT. 3, 2015–CAN A NEW LAW IN ILLINOIS SET A STANDARD TO END KILLINGS AND TORTURE BY POLICE? ALSO, VOICES OF ‘HEROES, NOT LOOTERS’ AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 Can a new law in Illinois set a national standard to end killings and torture by police? We talk to attorney Flint Taylor who has been revealing what is criminal in the criminal justice system for more than 45 years,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, AUG. 27, 2015–PROPOSAL DENIED FOR EXELON TO TAKE OVER DC’S ELECTRIC UTILITY, ALSO, ‘THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION’ AND ‘ROSENWALD’–
AUGUST 27, 2015 In a huge David-versus-Goliath victory for activists, The D.C. Public Service Commission denies the proposal by Exelon for a $6.4 billion takeover of the DMV's electrical utility Pepco. And,
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, AUG. 20, 2015–POLICE AND ‘THE TRUE FACE OF AMERICAN FASCISM,’ THE DISENFRANCHISED TO THE STREETS OF BALTIMORE
AUGUST 20, 2015 Salon writer Andrew O’Hehir and WPFW host Garland Nixon join us to talk about police and the "true face of American fascism" for this month’s installment of "The F Word." Also, disenfranchised men and women in Baltimore take to the str...
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, AUG. 13, 2015–ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FERGUSON UPRISING, CONTINUED RESISTANCE TO POLICE TERROR, AN ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION WARS AND THE POLITICAL ROOTS OF RACIAL TRACKING IN THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
AUGUST 13, 2015 ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FERGUSON UPRISING, CONTINUED RESISTANCE TO POLICE TERROR, AN ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION WARS AND THE POLITICAL ROOTS OF RACIAL TRACKING IN THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, AUG. 6, 2015–50 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW. AND THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES TODAY, INCLUDING FOR 40,000 PEOPLE RIGHT IN THE DMV
AUGUST 6, 2015 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW. AND THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES TODAY, INCLUDING FOR 40,000 PEOPLE RIGHT IN THE DMV. ALSO, ANNIVERSARIES FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER AND HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI ACTIVISTS.
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JULY 30, 2015–A POLICE INDICTMENT IN CINCINNATI, A NATIONAL CONVENING OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND NEW PETITIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
JULY 30, 2015 As we near the one-year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown and the Ferguson uprising, a police INDICTMENT IN CINCINNATI, A NATIONAL CONVENING OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND NEW PETITIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JULY 23, 2015–THE LINKS BETWEEN CUBA AND THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, SANDRA BLAND DIES IN POLICE CUSTODY
JULY 23, 2015 A new video shows the racist bullying, assault and arrest of Sandra Bland by Texas state trooper Brian Encinia. And the island nation of Cuba scores a victory against its big racist, bullying neighbor to its North.
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