On the Ground w Esther Iverem

Whether the subject is Israeli soccer hooligans, the U.S. elections, or possible World War, Western corporate media surely missed the mark during November 2024. We speak to our media critic Jon Jeter. And what can movies teach us about our precious planet? Everything! We speak with Michelle Lewis, director of the Outer Banks Environmental Film Festival. Plus headlines on Ukraine, ICC warrant for Netanyahu, Trump transition, plan to cut 1000 trees in Rock Creek Park, new Go-Go museum in DC.  

The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!

“On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” gives a voice to the voiceless 99 percent at the heart of American empire. The award-winning, weekly hour, produced and hosted by Esther Iverem, covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues, with a special emphasis on militarization and war, the police state, the corporate state, environmental justice and the left edge of culture and media. The show is heard on three dozen stations across the United States, on podcast, and is archived on the world wide web at https://onthegroundshow.org/  Please support us on Patreon or Paypal. Links for all ways to support are on our website or at Esther Iverem’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/esther_iverem

As Donald Trump threatens to deport up to 20 million undocumented workers in the United States. we speak to immigrant rights attorney Heather Benno for this month’s episode of “The F-Word” on fascism. And as lawyers, advocates and neighborhoods prepare to fight back, the U.S. building brand of fascism could include a melding of the military and the prison industrial complex. Headlines with Gerald Horne, and day laborer organizer Jorge Torres speaks at the People’s Forum in New York City. 

The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!

“On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” gives a voice to the voiceless 99 percent at the heart of American empire. The award-winning, weekly hour, produced and hosted by Esther Iverem, covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues, with a special emphasis on militarization and war, the police state, the corporate state, environmental justice and the left edge of culture and media. The show is heard on three dozen stations across the United States, on podcast, and is archived on the world wide web at https://onthegroundshow.org/  Please support us on Patreon or Paypal. Links for all ways to support are on our website or at Esther Iverem’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/esther_iverem

As millions of Democratic voters declined to cast ballots for their party’s nominee for president, we hear from those who chose to protest instead on election night near the White House. For many protesters, the election marked 13 months into the U.S.-backed Holocaust in Gaza and 13 months of their resistance. Headlines on the U.S. presidential election and the impact, nationally and internationally, with Gerald Horne. 

“On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” gives a voice to the voiceless 99 percent at the heart of American empire. The award-winning, weekly hour, produced and hosted by Esther Iverem, covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues, with a special emphasis on militarization and war, the police state, the corporate state, environmental justice and the left edge of culture and media. The show is heard on three dozen stations across the United States, on podcast, and is archived on the world wide web at https://onthegroundshow.org/  Please support us on Patreon or Paypal. Links for all ways to support are on our website or at Esther Iverem’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/esther_iverem

The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!

New documentary by Sut Jhally and Max Blumenthal exposes lies created by Israel about the Hamas military attack on October 7, 2023, and how U.S. and European corporate media and politicians allowed Israel to use this propaganda in order to gain cover for its extermination campaign against Palestinians. We air excerpts from “Atrocity Inc.” Plus, Gerald Horne on the election, Israel and Iran… And More 

“On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” gives a voice to the voiceless 99 percent at the heart of American empire. The award-winning, weekly hour, produced and hosted by Esther Iverem, covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues, with a special emphasis on militarization and war, the police state, the corporate state, environmental justice and the left edge of culture and media. The show is heard on three dozen stations across the United States, on podcast, and is archived on the world wide web at https://onthegroundshow.org/  Please support us on Patreon or Paypal. Links for all ways to support are on our website or at Esther Iverem’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/esther_iverem

When it comes to enabling the genocide in Gaza, Western corporate media are as complicit as those sending and dropping bombs. We speak to Jon Jeter for this month’s episode of “On the Media.” And the Muwekma Ohlone tribe continue their mission in DC to regain federal recognition but are met with more closed doors. Plus, headlines with Gerald Horne on the Historic BRICS Summit, West Asia and Cuba.

“On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” gives a voice to the voiceless 99 percent at the heart of American empire. The award-winning, weekly hour, produced and hosted by Esther Iverem, covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues, with a special emphasis on militarization and war, the police state, the corporate state, environmental justice and the left edge of culture and media. The show is heard on three dozen stations across the United States, on podcast, and is archived on the world wide web at https://onthegroundshow.org/  Please support us on Patreon or Paypal. Links for all ways to support are on our website or at Esther Iverem’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/esther_iverem

Though there is growing alarm about the rise of the far right, there is little difference between the policies of the extreme right and and the extreme center. For this month’s episode of the F-Word on fascism, we speak to journalist and historian Vijay Prashad. And Native Americans visiting DC to gain tribal recognition are arrested on the National Mall. Plus headlines on the death of Yahya Sinwar, Ukraine asks for nukes or NATO, U.S. sanctions force Sputnik Radio off the air. And more… 

“On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” gives a voice to the voiceless 99 percent at the heart of American empire. The award-winning, weekly hour, produced and hosted by Esther Iverem, covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues, with a special emphasis on militarization and war, the police state, the corporate state, environmental justice and the left edge of culture and media. The show is heard on three dozen stations across the United States, on podcast, and is archived on the world wide web at https://onthegroundshow.org/  Please support us on Patreon or Paypal. Links for all ways to support are on our website or at Esther Iverem’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/esther_iverem

Is humanity’s fate in the hands of an out-of-control Israeli regime? We speak to author and historian Professor Gerald Horne about the escalation ladder in West Asia. And as the U.S. fails to reign in its outpost of settler colonialism, Latin America and the Global South have their say at the event: “Latin America Speaks: Solidarity vs. Empire” held September 28, 2024 at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Remarks by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and journalist and historian Vijay Prashad. Headlines on Gaza, Lebanon, Campus Protests and More…  

The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!

As Israel provokes a wider regional war, global protests on October 5th are marking one year of genocide, and one year of resistance. And part one of a broadcast from an historic gathering at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, celebrating solidarity between Latin America, the African diaspora and Palestine. Plus headlines on Palestine, Lebanon and Iran, the VP presidential debate, and Julian Assange’s first public remarks.  Voices: Gerald Horne, Manolo de los Santos, Lamess Mehanna, and Naheda Dahleh.

The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!

Journalism, freedom of speech and the first amendment are under attack. As journalists and truth-tellers are arrested, jailed in some cases, or de-platformed for for simply telling the truth, freedom of speech, the first amendment re under attack.We speck to author and journalist Jon Jeter for this months episode of “On the Media.” And like in cities across the U.S. and world, people take to the streets of D.C. to protest Israel’s attack on Lebanon. 

Plus headlines on Israel bombing of Lebanon: The 79th Meeting of the United Nation’s General Assembly is underway in New York. In DC and around he county and world, people took to the streets to protest Israel’s bombing of Lebanon. At the White House, protesters also denounced Missouri’s execution of  Marcellus Williams. In observance of Climate Week, 350.org cosponsored the panel, “Indigenous Resistance to Colonialism, Militarism and Climate Crisis. Celebrations for the release of Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange are being held in New York, Berkeley and here in DC. 

The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!

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As journalists are targeted by federal law enforcement, news organizations are de-platformed, and human rights activists face arrest and trumped up charges, freedom of speech is under attack. For this month’s episode of the F-Word on fascism, we speak to political commentator Garland Nixon. And for the second time in three years, DC police shoot and kill a man who had been sleeping or unconscious in his car. Plus headlines with Gerald Horne on Lebanon-Israel and much more.

Voices: Garland Nixon, Gerald Horne, Scott Ritter, Maya Berry, Alicia Robinson-mother of Justin Robinson, Attorney Andrew Clark, Attorney Brandon Burrell.

The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!

Photo: Alicia Robinson, mother of Justin Robinson, who was shot and killed by DC police on September 1, 2024, speaks at a press conference in front of the U.S. Department of Justice September 16, 2024.