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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 31, 2020: Residents of DC, the Most Policed City in the U.S., Speak Out, Part 1…Solidarity with Portland Activists…Plus More Headlines

July 31, 2020

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 1, 2020: U.S. Workers Plan Strikes and Walkouts for May Day…May 1 Caps Ten Days of Actions, Including ‘Cancel the Rents’…The View from an Employer After Laying Off 450 Staff…Plus Headlines

May 1, 2020

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 10, 2020: U.S. Attack on Iran Sparks a New Anti-War Movement…Part 2 of Testimony On Exxon’s Decades of Lies About Climate Change

January 12, 2020

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 6, 2018: 50 Years After King’s Assassination…At The Rally To End Racism…Activists Condemn Massacre of Palestinians by IDF and U.S. Police Killings…Plus Headlines

April 6, 2018

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCT. 27, 2017: Thomas Sankara and Che Guevara Remembered as a New Pan-African Movement Emerges…Official Lies from the Trump White House…Headlines on Immigration, A Coup by the Big Banks…Gabbard and Booker Propose Separate Pro-Environment Legislation

October 27, 2017

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 22, 2016–Climate Activists Blockade the DNC and Head to Philadelphia; The ‘People’s Convention’; Gerald Horne Talks Trump, Republicans and Turkey

July 22, 2016

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