On the Ground: Voices of Resistance
December 16 2025 07:00AM (Eastern Standard Time)
On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital gives 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. The show is heard on two dozen stations across the United States, on podcast, and is archived on the world wide web at www.onthegroundshow.org.

Playlist
| Time | Artwork | Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year |
| 7:10AM | Max Roach | Freedom Day | We Insist! - Freedom Now Suite | Magnetic Sound Records | 2021 | |
| 7:25AM | The Isley Brothers | Harvest for the World - Instrumental | Harvest for the World | SME | 1976 | |
| 7:56AM | Jimi Hendrix | Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - BBC Sessions | BBC Sessions | SME | 2014 | |
| 7:58AM | Kenny Barron | Softly As In A Morning Sunrise | Freefall | Verve | 2008 |