On the Ground w Esther Iverem

On the Ground w Esther Iverem


Latest Episodes

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 4, 2023: New Trump Charges… Biden Also Under Scrutiny… Whistleblowers Talk Sanctions… Giving Birth While Incarcerated…. Plus Headlines
August 04, 2023

As Trump pleads not guilty to charges that he tried to overturn his loss in 2020, there are new revelations about President Biden's connection to his sons shady business dealings. We speak to a young

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 28, 2023: 70 Years After Armistice, Rallying to Finally End the Korean War… Gerald Horne on Biden, His Ukraine Connection, and the Emerging New World Economic Order  
July 28, 2023

The Korean War, with four million civilians dead and the country destroyed, provides enduring proof that the Cold War was really a hot war against liberation movements of the Global South. Seventy yea

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 21, 2023: Fact Versus Fiction on Apartheid Israel… DeSantis ‘Free Job Training’ for the Enslaved… Monroe Doctrine 2023…
July 21, 2023

In U.S. politics, the fight is on for the right to believe our own eyes and ears, and to teach the truth--especially when it comes the the apartheid state of Israel. You ay have heard of Black August

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 14, 2023: Gerald Horne on NATO Summit, Iran to Zimbabwe… Ben Crump on Demanding Justice for AJ Owens… Plus Headlines 
July 15, 2023

The rhetoric and result of the NATO summit means that there is no end it sight for the U.S. proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. We speak to historian and author Gerald Horne. And are we forgetting to

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 7, 2023: Jon Jeter on Settler Violence… Ben & Jerry’s Founder and Jodi Evans of Code Pink Arrested at Julian Assange Protest…. Poor People’s Campaign Moral Congress in DC… Plus Headlines 
July 07, 2023

From Palestine, to France, to DC, to California, settler violence is on the march and the people are fighting back. We speak to journalist Jon Jeter. Plus, the Poor People's Campaign Moral Congress re

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 30, 2023: One Year After the Police Murder of Jayland Walker… Jon Jeter on Affirmative Action… Take Cuba Off the Terror List… 
June 30, 2023

People came to DC from around the U.S. to demand that Cuba be removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, and to demand police accountability for the murder of Jayland Walker. Also, our medi

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 23, 2023: COINTELPRO Today, Part 2… ‘Dixiecrat’ Vilsack Continues Harm to Black Farmers… Plus Headlines on Indian Fascist Modi in DC and More…
June 23, 2023

As federal funds meant to aid Black farmers continue to be diverted elsewhere, members of the Congressional Black Caucus demand that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reveal who is receiving billions

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 16, 2023: Use of the Foreign Agent Registration Act to Target Movements for Justice & Power… Government Attacks on the African People’s Socialist Party and Cop City Protesters… 
June 17, 2023

With members of the African People's Socialist Party indicted for exercising freedom of speech, #copcity protesters charged with domestic terrorism, and bail fund organizers arrested by a military-sty

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 9, 2023: No To Biden-Manchin Mountain Valley Pipeline… Rally Outside the White House… Plus Headlines on Voting Rights Victory, Alaunte Scott, AJ Owens, and more…
June 09, 2023

As DC suffered Thursday under some of worst air quality in years, brought on by climate-change induced wildfires, those opposed to President Biden's latest massive fossil fuel project rallied outside

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 2, 2023: Rallying to Raise the Wage… NATO Escalates in Ukraine… Plus Headlines
June 04, 2023

While decisions are made in Washington that take food and cash from working families, people speak out at three days of rallies to raise the wage. And there is escalation and not deescalation in the U