‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 24, 2016–THE BREXIT, WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING IN VENEZUELA, ANOTHER COP ACQUITTAL IN BALTIMORE

https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OTG-JUNE24-2016.mp3Podcast: Download (25.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastThis week, a continued upswell of activism—and a challenge to business as usual in DC—in the aftermath of the massacre of 49 people inside a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Early in the week, 18 people were arrested after staging a die-in at […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 3, 2016–REPORT FROM LONDON…THE TPP’S GLOBAL CORPORATE GRAB…THE FIGHTBACK AGAINST PERPETUAL U.S. WAR

https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OTG-JUNE3-2016.mp3Podcast: Download (27.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastGerald Horne, just returned from London, gives an exclusive report on what’s happening there and on other current events. Then we present two more voices from the recent ‘Breaking Through Power’ mobilization in DC: Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 20, 2016–LESSONS FOR TODAY FROM WWII JAPANESE INCARCERATION

https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/OTG-MAY20-2016.mp3Podcast: Download (26.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastA National Youth Summit, sponsored by the Smithsonian Museum of American History, focused on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. At that time, the United States government forcibly removed more than 120,000 Japanese Americans from the Pacific Coast. These […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 13, 2016–THE ‘REAL’ MEANING OF MOTHER’S DAY AND GROCERY WORKERS SAY ‘SAVE MY STORE!’

https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/OTG-MAY13-2016.mp3Podcast: Download (25.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastA MOTHER’S DAY PEACE FESTIVAL is held Saturday in front of the White House to mark the original meaning of Mother’s Day–for the world to disarm. Grassroots groups came together to reject war, violence, militarization of the police, mass incarceration and killing […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APR. 15, 2016–DEMOCRACY SPRING AT THE U.S. CAPITOL AND THE NEW POETRY ANTHOLOGY ‘RESISTING ARREST’

https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-APRIL15-2016.mp3Podcast: Download (24.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastOn what is traditionally Tax Day, hundreds at the U.S. Capitol are arrested as a part of Democracy Spring to get money out of politics, to advocate for voting rights and for racial justice. We hear voices from the racial justice rally […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APR. 8, 2016–VOICES FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, AND DOES THE CBC REPRESENT BLACK PEOPLE OR CORPORATIONS?

https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OTG-APRIL8-2016.mp3Podcast: Download (26.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastA new generation of civil rights advocates question whether the Black Congressional Caucus is working for Black people or for corporations. And while leaders of 50 nations gathered here last week to talk about the threat of nuclear terrorism, anti-nuclear forces said […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAR. 17, 2016–‘FREEDOM OF SPEECH’ ISSUES AND PROTO FASCISM IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE; ALSO, SAUDI WOMEN AND MALE ‘GUARDIANS’

https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OTG-MAR17-2016.mp3Podcast: Download (24.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastThe U.S. presidential race continues to be the big story—with violence at Donald Trump rallies, the continued corporate media snub of Bernie Sanders, and a very superficial discussion about what is political freedom of speech and what is proto-fascism. We speak to […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEB. 18, 2016–MAKING THE LINKS FROM LIBYA, TO FLINT, TO DC, TO HAITI WITH AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST GERALD HORNE

https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/OTG-FEB18-2016.mp3Podcast: Download (25.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastMAKING THE LINKS FROM LIBYA, TO FLINT, TO DC, TO HAITI WITH AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST GERALD HORNE —PLUS SIDE-EYE AT THE 2016 Presidential ELECTION and an remarks by DC-based attorney Nkechi Taifa. Guests and voices: Gerald Horne, Nkechi Taifa, Alan Banks, Brianne […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, OCT. 22, 2015–BLACK JACOBINS: THE U.S., THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION AND THE ORIGINS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/OTG-OCTOBER22-2015.mp3Podcast: Download (25.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastOCTOBER 22, 2015 Today, a history of social justice. We speak with prolific author and activist Gerald Horne about his new book, Confronting Black Jacobins: The U.S., the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic. The book chronicles the world […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015–THE MIGRATION CRISIS AND ITS ROOT IN IMPERIALIST WARS, INTERVENTION AND DESTRUCTION. ALSO, ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS CELEBRATE THE IRAN-NUCLEAR DEAL

https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/OTG-SEPT17-2015.mp3Podcast: Download (25.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastSEPTEMBER 17, 2015 This month’s installment of “The F Word” is all about the migration crisis and the root of that crisis in imperialist wars, plunder and destruction. Also, anti-war activists supporting the Iran-nuclear deal celebrate a victory and there are actions […]