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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 23, 2019: Walter Hixson on the Israel Lobby, Israel and the Violence of Settler Colonial States–(Rebroadcast with Updates)

August 23, 2019

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Israel’s banning of two Congresswomen, two Muslim women of color, because of their support for the Boycott, Divestment Sanctions movement, was just the latest in an ongoing series of political firestorms involving the relationship between Israel and the United States, and the power that Israel and the Israeli lobby exert on U.S. laws, including free […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 18, 2018: The F-Word–Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka on Dangers to Freedom of Speech and Democracy…Peace Activists Say Try Netanyahu for War Crimes….Launch of Poor People’s Campaign at U.S. Capitol…Plus Headlines

May 19, 2018

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On today’s show, a tremendous week in DC, marked by demonstrations denouncing that massacre of peaceful protesters in Gaza and the launch of the national Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. And it’s the third show of the month, our time to talk about fascism on our segment The F-Word. Jill Stein […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 4, 2018: May Day 2018…Comedian Michelle Wolf Shakes Up the Beltway Press…Headlines on Teachers, Auto Emissions Lawsuit, Report from New Museum on Lynching and More…

May 4, 2018

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On today’s show, voices from May Day, International Workers Day, celebrated here in DC, in solidarity with people around the country and world. And that performance by comedian Michelle Wolf at the White House Correspondents Dinner is still raising controversy. And the response to it is proof positive that the corporate media can dish it […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 9, 2017: Marking a Century of Colonization, Occupation and Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine…A Congressional Hearing on the Plight of Palestinian Children…One Survivor’s Story

June 9, 2017

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This week in June 2017 marks ten years of Israel’s blockade of Gaza; 50 years of Israel’s military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem; 70 years since the Nakba and ethnic cleansing of Palestine began following the partition of the land against the will of the indigenous people; and 100 years […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 14, 2017: Does the U.S. Really Want Peace in Syria?…The Complete Breakdown of the U.S. Media…Headlines on United, Pushback to Trump Militarism and More…

April 14, 2017

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On today’s show, we are going to continue to talk real talk about war and violence in our society. Even despite whatever physical, mental or emotional protections we want to create for ourselves, it is difficult to live in April 2017 without also experiencing violence in some way—whether it be continued US-involved killing of men, […]