On the Ground w Esther Iverem Esther Iverem

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 .







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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.







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There is another attack on Iran, and repression of Pro-Palestine students continues on U.S. campuses.Sudan just marked one year of war that has killed thousands and displaced millions. Gerald Horne joins us and we hear from some of those rallying for Sudan at Freedom Plaza in DC. Plus headlines, including proposed legislation to expand the notorious 702 section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Poetry by Emi Mahmoud.







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The ratcheting up of tensions by the U.S. and its allies keeps the world on edge, from Ukraine, to West Asia, to the Pacific. We speak to Gerald Horne. In Congress, Medea Benjamin and activists confront lawmakers and officials about genocide in Gaza. And as billions are sent abroad for war, human needs like child care in the U.S. are diminished or eliminated. We feature voices from a rally by early childhood educators in DC.







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For Palestinians, the 2024 celebration of Land Day took on special meaning as the Israeli government attempts a "final solution" of ethnic Gaza, and the military has destroyed or poisoned vast swaths of territory that has sustained the indigenous population for millennia. Also, historian Gerald Horne weighs in on the dangerous climb of the escalation ladder in West Asia and Ukraine.







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