On The Ground

“On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues.
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Episodes
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 23, 2021: Jon Jeter on Critical Race Theory As Just History… The Cuba PSYOP… Arrests for Voting Rights Protesters… Plus Headlines on DOJ, Climate, Libya and More…
Friday, July 23rd, 2021
Whether it is the fight for voting rights, infrastructure or real aid to the suffering Cuban people, progressives are confronting urgent issues. And with a very sophisticated social media WAR waged by the U.S.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 16, 2021: The F-Word: Jim Crow and Dictatorship in Pre-Revolutionary Cuba… With Manolo De Los Santos… Cuba Protests…Hands off Haiti… (White) Protester Privilege in Florida… and More Headlines
Friday, July 16th, 2021
Whether it is a social media bot campaign or a murky assassination plot, the call is: "Hands off Haiti" and "Hands off Cuba." And for this month's episode of the F-Word on fascism, Esther Iverem wonders aloud and about racist Jim Crow conditions and br...
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 9, 2021: Gerald Horne and Brian Becker on July Fourth, Juneteenth, and the 100th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China
Friday, July 9th, 2021
For this hour, our geopolitical analyst professor Gerald Horne, on the real meaning of the July 4th holiday, the new Juneteenth holiday and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, which is also being marked this month,
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 2, 2021: Climate Activists Risk Arrest, Protest at White House… A Celebration of Peru’s Socialist President-Elect and a Defense of the Indigenous Vote… Voter Suppression Wins for Now in U.S.
Friday, July 2nd, 2021
As deadly heat kills hundreds in the Pacific Northwest and Canada, sets fire to entire communities, and overwhelms power grids, climate activists stage demonstrations over three days in front of the White House,
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 25, 2021: Protesters Converge on DC for Voting and Human Rights… Army General Schools Congress on Systemic Racism… Journalist Jon Jeter on U.S. Anti-Intellectualism
Friday, June 25th, 2021
During a week when the right-wing of the Senate blocked debate on voting rights legislation, protesters converged on Washington DC to demand action, not just for voter protections, but for climate justice, housing, healthcare,
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 18, 2021: Exclusive Interview with Father and Brother of Julian Assange… Gerald Horne on Juneteenth… Journalist Deneen Brown in New Film Sheds Light on Tulsa and Other Massacres of African Americans
Friday, June 18th, 2021
An exclusive interview with John Shipton and Gabriel Shipton, father and brother of Julian Assange, imprisoned founder and editor of Wikileaks... Historian Gerald Horne has a new take on Juneteenth... Journalist Deneen L.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 11, 2021: Climate Activists Say No Retreat on Infrastructure… Gerald Horne on Anti-China Bill and Killer Robots… Plus Headlines on Ilhan Omar’s Truth to Power, Line 3 Protests, #BlocktheBoat and More
Friday, June 11th, 2021
Climate, labor and indigenous activists feel betrayed by Biden's negotiations with Republicans to possibly cut his infrastructure bill even more, scuttling already pared-back projects to address the climate crisis and create good jobs.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 4, 2021: Coverage of the National March for Palestine, Including Imam Omar Suleiman, Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison, author Max Blumenthal and more
Friday, June 4th, 2021
In the aftermath of Israel's bombing of Gaza, killing more than 250 people, including 66 children, tens of thousands converged on Washington, DC on Saturday, May 29th for the National March for Palestine. Sparked by violent incidents that went viral of...
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 28, 2021: In an Historic Session of Congress, Lawmakers Speak Up for the Rights of Palestinians and Say the Israeli Occupation Must End … With Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, AOC, Ayanna Pressley and More…
Friday, May 28th, 2021
During an historic evening in Congress, on May 13th 2021, members of the House of Representatives delivered a full hour of speeches in support of rights of the Palestinian people. The impassioned remarks, including by the only Palestinian member of Con...
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 21, 2021: Israel’s Missiles Stop But Apartheid, Occupation and Siege Continue…Headlines on Ronald Greene’s Murder, Mother’s Day Bailout and More…
Friday, May 21st, 2021
Though Israel has ceased missile attacks on Gaza, military occupation, siege and apartheid policies continue. Palestinians say they can't go back to business as usual. Israel's recent attacks have sparked a new mass movement of solidarity with the Pale...
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 14, 2021: Palestinians Under Siege and Resisting…Corporate Media Is Out to Lunch…New Proposed Law Targets China and More Headlines…
Friday, May 14th, 2021
Global support grows for Occupied Palestine after more than 100 people are killed in Gaza, Israeli forces attack worshippers at the third holiest site in Islam, and after Israel's ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians is caught on video and goes vir...
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 7, 2021: On May Day, Undocumented Immigrants March for Permanent Protection and Respect… A Mother’s Day Program for Those With Sons and Daughters Slain By Police… Ajamu Baraka on Colombia and Haiti… Plus Headlines
Friday, May 7th, 2021
On May Day, International Workers Day, thousands of undocumented immigrants and their allies march on Washington, demanding permanent protection, dignity and respect. Esther interviews a member of Movimiento Cosecha, one of the groups that marched.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 30, 2021-International Panel: Police Killings and Torture of Blacks in the U.S. are “Crimes Against Humanity”…Plus More Headlines
Friday, April 30th, 2021
An international panel finds that police violence and murders of African Americans amount to crimes against humanity. And for family members of those slain, the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd is just the tip of the iceberg o...
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 23, 2021: Truth, Lies and Videotape: A Guilty Verdict for Chauvin But Police Killings Mount… Earth Day 2021… Republicans Move to Criminalize Protest… The Latest on UN Fake Syria Reports… Plus Headlines
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
This jam-packed week included a guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd and Earth Day 2021, as climate experts say we have less than seven years to stave off the worst impacts of climate catastrophe.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 16, 2021: The U.S. System of Policing Remains on Trial… The F-Word: Raoul Peck’s ‘Exterminate All the Brutes’… Plus Headlines…
Friday, April 16th, 2021
While the eyes of the nation are on two high profile cases of police terror in Minnesota, there have been at least four cases of people shot to death by police in the DMV during the last two weeks. Families and communities demand justice.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 9, 2021: Faith Leaders Rally Against the Filibuster… WTU President Elizabeth Davis Killed in Car Crash… Dr. Margaret Flowers on U.S. Sanctions that Kill, the Poison Pill in the For the People Act and COVID Update…Headlines
Friday, April 9th, 2021
Why are basic needs of people in the United States being held hostage by a senate rule, which is not even a law or in the Constitution? Faith leaders say that the filibuster is immoral and speak out on Easter Monday.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 2, 2021: Police Escalation Leads to George Floyd’s Death… Rallying Against Asian Hate and China Bashing… Headlines on Haiti, DAPL, Line 3 Protest and More…
Friday, April 2nd, 2021
Prosecutors may deny it, but policing in the United States is on trial along with Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. We speak the attorney who uncovered the truth in the death of another Black man, Elijah McClain.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 26, 2021: Amazon Workers Speak Out in Bessemer Alabama… Jon Jeter on Lame COVID Relief… Headlines on Teachers, Voting Rights and More…
Friday, March 26th, 2021
From the New Cold War to voting rights, to guns, to labor rights, this is an inflection point for American politics and human rights. We hear voices of Amazon workers and he Rev. William Barber organizing for a union in Bessemer, Alabama.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 19, 2021: U.S. Wars and Violence Against Asians… The F-Word: Roberto Lovato on U.S. Violence in Central and South America… The Poor People’s Campaign and More…
Friday, March 19th, 2021
For peace activists on the frontlines, anti-Asian violence is inextricably linked to the history of U.S. imperialist wars. And for this month's episode of the F-Word on fascism, author Roberto Lovato on the deadly legacy of U.S.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 12, 2021: Youth Climate Activists Take Lawsuit Against Feds to Supreme Court… Police Reform Thwarted in Maryland… Headlines on COVID Relief Package and More…
Friday, March 12th, 2021
As the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin gets under way for the murder of George Floyd last May, efforts at police reform legislation are floundering, including here in the DMV. We speak to activist Jonathan Hutto.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 5, 2021:Max Blumenthal on BBC, Reuters Leaked Docs… Tracking Violence Against Election Workers… Senate ‘Process’ Stifles Dems… Plus Headlines
Friday, March 5th, 2021
As Republicans attempt to enact a raft of voter suppression laws across the U.S. will threats against election workers and officials become the norm too? We speak to reporter Sonam Vashi. And a new expose reveals how some of the largest and supposedly ...
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 26, 2021: The Fight for $15… Gerald Horne’s New Book on Boxing… Updates on the Murders of Elijah McClain and Ahmaud Arbery… And more…
Saturday, February 27th, 2021
In the midst of a pandemic and economic meltdown, will corporations keep winning? Progressives say the real Fight for $15 is on. And long before Colin Kaepernick, Black athletes like Jack Johnson Joe Gans unleashed boxing as a weapon against White supr...
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 19, 2021: White Mob Violence of the Reconstruction Era… The Ku Klux Klan Act Invoked Against Trump… Texas as Harbinger of a Failed State
Friday, February 19th, 2021
As the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act is invoked in a lawsuit against former President Trump, we revisit our conversations with author Natonne Elaine Kemp about White mob violence of the Reconstruction Era. And what is happening in Texas?
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 12, 2021: Trump Impeachment… Richard D. Wolff on the Real Street, Not Wall Street… Jacqueline Luqman on Neera Tanden… Plus Headlines
Friday, February 12th, 2021
While Democrats present damning evidence against Trump in his second impeachment trial, will facts matter to a Republican party following its base to the far right? And in her bid to head Biden's Office and Management and Budget,
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 5, 2021: Dems Move Forward with COVID Relief, Trump Impeachment…Immigrants Press For Human Rights…Plus Headlines on Greene, Teachers, Iran and More…
Saturday, February 6th, 2021
In the days leading to the second impeachment of Donald Trump, Washington is as divided as ever over what are the facts and how to move forward. And while some cheer the Biden administration's first steps to fix the broken U.S. immigration system,
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 29, 2021: Will Dems Stand and Deliver or Fold?…Police Kill Another Black Man in Maryland…Dr. Margaret Flowers on Vaccine Madness…Plus Headlines
Friday, January 29th, 2021
The coming weeks will determine whether the Biden Administration can get a handle on the raging pandemic and the economic collapse. Dr Margaret Flowers gives us the lowdown on coronavirus and vaccines. And two days after a right-wing mob attacked the U...
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 22, 2021: Richard D. Wolff and Gerald Horne on What Biden Must Do Now…A Peaceful Transfer of Power Guarded By 25,000 Troops…Plus Headlines on Biden’s Executive Orders, Essential Workers and More, Jon Jeter on Kyrie Irving
Friday, January 22nd, 2021
A peaceful transfer of power to the U.S. presidency is secured with 25,000 National Guard troops. And as the U.S. faces public health, economic and political crises, economist Richard Wolff and historian Gerald Horne discuss the economic and foreign po...
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 15, 2021: The F-Word: Brian Becker on Jan. 6 and the Emboldening of the Violent Far Right…Rev. William Lamar on People Power…Gerald Horne on Mike Pompeo. Plus Headlines
Friday, January 15th, 2021
For the first F-word on fascism for 2021, I speak to national coordinator of the anti-war ANSWER Coalition, veteran activist Brian Becker, who gives his take on the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the emboldening of the violent far right.
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 8, 2021: Violent Coup Attempt at U.S. Capitol… Protesters Outside In Their Own Words… Rallying for Julian Assange… Gerald Horne Weighs In…
Saturday, January 9th, 2021
A violent coup attempt rocks the U.S. Capitol, raising new questions about domestic terrorism and the police state...And as rioters turn their fury towards corporate media, there are important updates about the world's most important journalist,
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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR January 1, 2021: Unheard Voices on COVID Relief, ‘Forcing the Vote’ on Medicare For All, and the Neoliberal Legacy of Barack Obama
Friday, January 1st, 2021
On this show, unheard voices from 2020 on issues that will continue to resonate in 2021. First, on health care, which in the United States is not a human right, we hear independent podcaster Joy Marie Mann and Scott Desnoyers,
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