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On The Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital with Esther Iverem. Podcast on all plartforms: On the Ground w Esther Iverem.

Radio: 89.3 FM in Washington, DC, 90.1 FM in New York City, and 25 other stations. https://onthegroundshow.org/ WASHINGTON, DC and cities and towns across the United States are places of activism. For example, at least 400 students were arrested outside the White House protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline. But you wouldn’t know about this activism based on what is covered in the corporate media. Ev

en so-called progressive cable news outlets tend to focus just on the jockeying of electoral politics.

“On the Ground” counters this trend by giving a voice to the voiceless. The weekly hour hosted by Esther Iverem covers social justice activism, with a special emphasis on sustainable living, the environment, economics, labor and the left edge of culture and media. The show airs every Friday, 10-11 am, on 89.3 FM, WPFW Pacifica Radio, in the Washington, D.C. DMV area and also reaches into portions of Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The show also streams live at www.wpfwfm.org and is archived there for at least three months. The website for the show, www.onthegroundshow.org includes a permanent audio archive of the show.

10/07/2025

Friday, October 17, 2025 is the DMV launch for the historian Gerald Horne’s latest book, The Capital of Slavery: Washington, DC, 1800 to 1865. There will also be a community discussion about how the origins of DC still echo today!

Doors open at 6:30pm with a reception at the beautiful Cultural Arts Center of Montgomery College, 7995 Georgia Avenue in Downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, just two blocks from the DC border,

This free event is sponsored by the radio show and podcast, “On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital,” produced and hosted by Esther Iverem, in conjunction with the Global Humanities Institute and other departments at Montgomery College.

Information and tickets at Eventbrtite under Gerald Horne, the Capital of Slavery. Will also be linked in the IG bio.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gerald-horne-the-capital-of-slavery-washington-dc-1800-to-1865-tickets-1732765531349

10/03/2025

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 3, 2025: A Gaza Peace Plan Without Peace... Trump Attacks U.S. Citizens with Military... Cities Organize to Fight Back.. Plus Headlines Link in IG bio or click https://bit.ly/otgoct32025

This week, the Trump administration presented a Gaza peace plan that was neither about peace nor a plan. It claimed that U.S. cities should be used for military training. Then chose to standby its …

09/29/2025

So glad to make a new friends, including and .ksa at . And thank you for sheltering me in the rain! To top it off, my old friends .husseini and stopped by my booth and supported my art!

The day started out rough but such good energy allowed me to overcome. For all those who wanted to keep in touch, DM me and you can always see many small pieces at at Union Station in DC. 💛

09/26/2025

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2025: Jon Jeter On the Far Right Gobbling Up U.S. Media….Colombia’s Petro Offers Final U.N. Tour De Force Speech… Plus Headlines https://bit.ly/otgsept262025

As the far right continues their attack on U.S. constitutional rights, their latest front is news and information, as they gain more control over what people in this country can see hear and read. …

09/19/2025

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2025:
The F-Word on Fascism: Is Kirk's Murder the U.S. Reichstag Fire?...Mahmoud Khalil and Karen Attiah Speak Out... Plus Headlines..Link to listen and support in IG bio or https://bit.ly/otgsept1925

09/12/2025

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2025: Trump's 'Emergency' Ends But Guard and ICE Remain... Thousands March Against Militarization of the Capital... Investors Rule and Ruin DC's Housing Market... Plus Headlines Link in IG bio or https://bit.ly/otgsept122025

09/05/2025

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 5, 2025: Will DC Streets Ever Be Rid of Armed Soldiers?... Epstein and Maxwell Survivors Speak on Capitol Hill... Gerald Horne on India and Venezuela... Plus More Headlines Link in IG bio or click: https://bit.ly/OTGSEPT52025

08/29/2025

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 29, 2025: DC Resists Trump in Massive Labor March… An ‘Outrage Vigil’ for More Slain Journalists in Gaza… Major Meeting for the Global South in China… And More. LINK IN IG bio or https://bit.ly/OTGAUG292025

08/25/2025

ON THE GROUND SHOW FOR AUGUST 22, 2025: More than two weeks into Trump’s police state takeover of the District of Columbia, the stand-off with residents continues. And for this month’s extended segment on media and culture, Jon Jeter says MSNBC does not need a new name, it needs to do real reporting and tell the truth. Plus headlines. LISTEN AND SUPPORT! Link in IG bio or https://bit.ly/otgaug222025

08/15/2025

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 15, 2025: DC: Trump's Testing Ground for Fascism... When Human Rights Are Under Attack.... Plus Headlines https://bit.ly/otgaug152025

For this month’s episode of the F-word on fascism, historian Gerald Horne discusses DC as a laboratory being prepared for an American brand of fascism. And with revolutionary optimism, DC is fighting back, defining the struggle in the district as the same as that in global south, against colonialism and snd imperialism.

08/08/2025

WHEN THE MEDIA LIES, GAZA DIES - ON THE GROUND' SHOW FOR AUGUST 8, 2025: Pro-Palestine activists hold an encampment outside the DC offices of several corporate news organizations, accusing them of complicity in enabling the genocide in Gaza.

And to thwart a redistricting scheme that will disenfranchise Black and Latinex voters in Texas, state democratic lawmakers have fled the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass the legislation.
LISTEN AND SUPPORT! https://bit.ly/otgaug82025

08/01/2025

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 1, 2025: $1Billion in Taxpayer Funds for an NFL Stadium?... While Cutting Public Services, DC Set to Give Billionaire NFL Owner 22 Acres for $1 Rent... Plus Headlines
LISTEN AND SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MEDIA http://bit.ly/45gRG5A

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On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital on Pacifica Radio and www.onthegroundshow.org

WASHINGTON, DC, the belly of the beast of international military and corporate power, is also a place of activism. It is where we come to speak truth to power in the streets and in the halls and assemblies of power. But you won’t hear these voices on corporate media. Even so-called progressive cable news outlets focus instead on the jockeying of electoral politics with a distinct neoliberal bias.

“On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” counters this trend by giving a voice to the voiceless 99 percent at the heart of American empire. The award-winning, weekly hour, produced and hosted by Esther Iverem, covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues, with a special emphasis on militarization and war, the police state, the corporate state, environmental justice and the left edge of culture and media. “On the Ground” premiered on May Day, May 1, 2014 on WPFW 89.3 Pacifica Radio in Washington, DC and is heard on two dozen stations across the United States.

The show airs Fridays 10-11am EST on 89.3 FM, WPFW Pacifica Radio, in the Washington, D.C. DMV area, noon on WRFG 89.3 FM in Atlanta and 5pm on WBAI, 99.5 FM in New York and dozens of other Pacifica stations Our website, www.onthegroundshow.org, includes a permanent audio archive of the show.

Please support this grassroots media effort by becoming a subscriber on Patreon. www.patreon.com/onthegroundshow