The call for a general strike was the most concrete demand coming from the massive no kings day protests. And labor and pro-Palestine advocates are picking up the baton, demanding that unions in the U.S. shut it down and end US weapons and shipments to the apartheid state of Israel. And, after a border patrol agent shoots at man in DC during a routine traffic stop, a coalition of African American and Latinx activists demand that attacks in DC by ice and federal police end immediately.  Plus Headlines, Federal workers line up for food aid, and more… 

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“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

This week, the Trump administration presented a Gaza peace plan that was neither about peace nor a plan. It claimed that U.S. cities should be used for military training. Then chose to standby its wealth transfer to the rich and shut down the government. We speak to historian Gerald Horne.

Five cities threatened by Trump ban together for the fightback. And a celebration of life is held for community organizer and labor activist Arturo Griffiths Jr.  

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During the final days of Trump’s so-called crime emergency declared in DC, residents and lawmakers tell Congress that they want armed soldiers, masked ICE agents and federal police out of their neighborhoods. And survivors of serial sexual predators Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell speak out on Capitol Hill, demanding that all files in the case be released, and saying that they will create their own list of Epstein’s predators., Gerald Horne on India and the SCO, and on the illegal U.S. bombing of a speedboat. And more headlines.  ‘

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“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

Trump just fired half of the staff at the U.S. Department of Education, which serves more than 60 million people in the country. So for this month’s episode of the F-word, we speak to political scientist Wilmer Leon about fascism and education. And speaking education and information, Trump is placing economic sanctions on the UN special rapporteur for Palestine, after she exposed the truth about dozens of companies, including American companies, profiting from mass murder and occupation of the Palestinian people. Well hear her report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Plus headlines with Kei Pritsker, Chantal James and Lydia Curtis.  

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As the possibility of a new U.S. war looms in West Asia, we speak to political scientist Wilmer Lemon for this month’s episode of the F-Word on fascism. And a U.S. veteran was among those speaking out in front of the White House at a protest against Israel’s attack on Iran. Plus headlines on Gaza, Iran, Minnesota shooter, and the DC budget.  

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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 Iverems Linktree: https://linktr.ee/esther_iverem

As Israel commits a horrific genocide in Gaza, more and more U.S. lawmakers want to make it illegal to tell the truth about the murders, or about 75 years of occupation and displacement.  And as we refuse to turn away from Gaza, continued attacks on Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank further illustrates Israels plan to remove all Palestinians from Palestine.  With Miko Peled and Gerald Horne. PLUS BONUS CONTENT THAT COULD NOT FIT INTO BROADCAST.

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Post photo screenshot from video in Gaza by IG @everydaypalestine

In South Korea, Taiwan, and Ukraine, the U.S. ratchets up Cold War 2.0. I speak to historian Gerald Horne. And though the U.S.and allies bellow about democracy, the inconvenient truths about slavery, colonialism and genocide are ever present. Journalist Juan Gonzalez gives a major address about the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine.  

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In the midterm election and in the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia, the real story is racist voter suppression. We speak to Atlanta-based journalist Anoa Changa. And activists stage a people’s tribunal, charging U.S. weapons makers, also known as the merchants of death, with war crimes. Plus headlines on Ukraine, COP27, police brutality, and more.  

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As regions that recently voted to join Russia come under fresh attacks from Kiev, we air two more excerpts from ‘Ukraine on Fire,” the Oliver Stone-produced movie about the 2014 U.S.-backed coup in Ukraine. And for this month’s episode of the F-Word on fascism, I ask journalist Jacquie L’uqman if Americans would recognize if the United States is devolving into a fascist state?

Bonus talk with Jacquie L’uqman on Patreon

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Photo: Image from “Ukraine on Fire”

Aftershocks from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan continue to reverberate as China stages live-fire military drills around the island. And the global left continues to react after the FBI raids properties and affiliates of the African People’s Socialist Party in St. Louis and St. Petersburg, Florida, accusing party leadership of being led by Russians and Russian propaganda. All that, plus the poison pills in the so-called the inflation reduction act, Police charged in death of Breonna Taylor, and more headlines.

U.S. assassination of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri… Senate passes legislation to compensate burn pit victims… Sen. Bernie Sanders slams so-called Inflation Reduction Act… WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years as prisoner swap talks continue… Ex-Black Panther Albert Woodfox dead at the age 75… Louisville, Kentucky police officers charged in the death of Breonna Taylor… In DC, two police officers are charged  connection with the 2020 death of Karon Hylton-Brown. A vigil was held in DC Tuesday August 2nd for Kevin Hargraves-Shird who was reportedly shot in the back of his head by police while running away… Alex Jones ordered to pay the parents of a child killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School  4.1 million dollars in compensatory damages… Culture and Media: “The Bridge that Carried Us Over” exhibit closes… African Diaspora International Film Festival DC and the 13th annual BLACK IS BACK conference is happening august 6th and 7th i St. Loius Missouri this year and virtually online.

Voices: Omali Yeshitela, Gerald Horne, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Nkechi Feaster 

Bonus coverage: More remarks by Omali Yeshitela after FBI raid.

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Links: African Diaspora International Film Festival DC