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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 7, 2021: On May Day, Undocumented Immigrants March for Permanent Protection and Respect… A Mother’s Day Program for Those With Sons and Daughters Slain By Police… Ajamu Baraka on Colombia and Haiti… Plus Headlines

May 7, 2021

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 12, 2021: Youth Climate Activists Take Lawsuit Against Feds to Supreme Court… Police Reform Thwarted in Maryland… Headlines on COVID Relief Package and More…

March 12, 2021

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 16, 2020 – The F-Word: Chris Hedges on Christian Fascists and the Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court…Voices of Protest Outside Confirmation Hearing…Headlines on Bolivia Elections, DC Police Hearings and More

October 17, 2020

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 4, 2020: The Movement for a People’s Party…Chris Hedges, Nina Turner…BLM Activists Face Emboldened White Supremacists

September 5, 2020

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 5, 2020: A National Uprising for Justice…Defund Police, Community Control, Or Both?…A Book On The Roots of Today’s Terror: ‘There Is Something About Edgefield’

June 6, 2020

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https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/content.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/OTG-JUNE5-2020-DIST-SMALL.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 57:47 — 39.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastIn the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, a national uprising is continuing, with protesters enduring more police brutality, curfews, and, here in DC, actual U.S. soldiers deployed on the streets. Activists on the ground explain what […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 8, 2016–THE POLICE KILLINGS OF ALTON STERLING AND PHILANDO CASTILE; WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES; WORDS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF FIGHTERS FOR LEGAL JUSTICE

July 8, 2016

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https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/OTG-JULY8-2016-MONO-EDIT.mp3Podcast: Download (25.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastTHIS WEEK HAS BEEN A WEEK OF STATE VIOLENCE, RAGE AND MOURNING—A TRIANGLE OF POLICE KILLINGS from Baton Rouge Louisiana, To St. Paul Minnesota, to New York City. And then Thursday night five Dallas police officers were shot to death and seven […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, MAY 7, 2015–THE WAR AT HOME AND THE WAR ABROAD

May 7, 2015

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, APR. 23, 2015–MARCHING 250 MILES FOR JUSTICE AND THE DEATH OF FREDDIE GRAY

April 23, 2015

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https://media.blubrry.com/on_the_ground_voices_of_res/onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/OTG-APRIL23-2015.mp3Podcast: Download (25.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | Subscribe to PodcastAPRIL 23, 2015 MARCHING 250 MILES FOR JUSTICE As the DMV becomes the focus for the latest death in police custody, 100 marchers in the March2Justice descend on the nation’s capital to stop police violence and murder. Guest: Linda Sarsour of the […]

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, DEC. 11, 2014–AS DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE AROUND THE COUNTRY, MOTHERS OF SLAIN BLACK MEN AND BOYS TOOK THE CAPITAL BY STORM

December 11, 2014

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