On the Ground w Esther Iverem Esther Iverem

On this show, we spend the hour hearing from Palestinian physician and political leader Mustafa Barghouti, members of the Palestinian Youth Movement, and others speaking on the first day of the historic People's Conference for Palestine, held May 24-26, 2024, in Detroit. The conference was held as 125,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been either killed or seriously wounded in attacks by the Israeli military since October. But despite this tremendous loss, speakers stressed resilience, resistance and victory. 







Also with Mohammed Nabulsi, Laura Khoury, Hind Khoudary and Yara Shoufani. Recorded by Breakthrough News. Produced for radio and podcast by Esther Iverem. This is part one of our coverage from conference.







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Today's information war in the United States is a battle between censorship and the right to tell the truth, particularly about Palestine and Apartheid Israel. For our monthly special on media and culture, we speak to journalist Jon Jeter. And at a high school in DC, Arab students are banned from screening the film "The Occupation of the American Mind," but we listen to portions of it on this show. Plus headlines on Debt Collective, funeral for Iran president, Kenya troops to Haiti, a combined celebration for Africa and Palestine liberation at Malcolm X Park in DC.







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In this month's segment of the F-word on fascism, the genocidal attack on Gaza by Israel - and the worldwide opposition to it - is educating a new generation about the deadly nature of settler colonialism. And U.S. federal workers stage an action in front of the White House to protest U.S. unconditional aid to apartheid Israel. Plus headlines, including ICJ genocide case against Israel. With Gerald Horne, Ann Wright, other retired and current federal workers.







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Students and community members arrested and attacked by DC police at George Washington University speak out at a press conference on Capitol Hill about the destruction of their Gaza Solidarity Camp. And despite the effort by lawmakers and corporate news organizations to demonize the encampments, these student protests have grown the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Israeli regime, and further internationalized the Palestinian cause. With: Students from Gaza Solidarity Encampment at George Washington University, Gerald Horne, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Cori Bush .







WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY ALL YEAR! This show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month BUT PLEASE DONATE $10 A MONTH FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY! . We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!

As many Gaza Solidarity Encampments are destroyed on college campuses with hundreds of arrests, students at George Washington University mark one week of their encampment and raise the flag of Palestine. And International Workers Day takes on Special Meaning in 2024, as those rallying connected the issues of labor rights with international solidarity. Plus headlines on Gaza, attacks on college protesters, new proposed authoritarian laws in the U.S., and more. With interviews with Gerald Horne and William Youmans.







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The latest Gaza Solidarity Encampment is set up less than a mile from the White House and George Washington University students vow to stay until their demands are met. And after more than 200 days of Israeli assault on Gaza, and more than 110,000 dead, missing or injured, U.S. lawmakers try to squash the burgeoning student solidarity movement. We speak to our media critic Jon Jeter. Plus headlines on mass graves left by Israel military in Gaza... Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania beats out billionaire-backed primary opponent... Gaza Solidarity Encampment constructed by students at George Washington University...at Empty University in Atlanta on Thursday, Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and tasers on student protesters at Emory University in Atlanta... Correction: One edit of this episode contained a speaking error. The Gaza Solidarity Encampment at George Washington University launched on April 25, 2024.







The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!