‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 17, 2022–Judge: The Next Trump Coup Attempt is Underway… Poor People’s Campaign Steps Off in DC… Chantal James Debut Novel About Post-Hurricane Katrina… Plus More Headlines


As the January 6 Commission reveals details of an attempted coup by Donald Trump, a retired federal judge says that the real threat is the next coup being planned in plain sight. We speak historian and author Gerald Horne on the hearings. We also speak to “On the Ground” contributor Chantal James about her critically acclaimed debut novel, None But the Righteous, set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ” And the the Poor People’s Campaign steps off in DC. Plus more headlines on the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC), Black Alliance for Peace, The Grayzone and Julian Assange. (After our broadcast we learned that the UK had authorized extradition of Assange to the U.S.)

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