‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 20, 2021: Indigenous Leaders Speak on Preserving Water, Earth and Air… DC Residents Sue to Save Historic, Rare Green Space… How Will Afghanistan Defeat Impact U.S. Empire?… And More

While we may have given our eulogy for the Afghanistan War, what does this defeat mean for U.S. empire? On the National Mall, Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians, is among the indigenous leaders vowing to fight back against continued violation and pollution of treaty lands. DC Residents Sue to Save Historic, Last Green Space. Plus headlines. With Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians. Daniel Wolkoff of the Committee for the McMillan Park Conservancy. Jerome Peloquin, Jimmie Boykin, Gerald Horne and Jay Julius. Bonus content on McMillan Park: Activists Speak Out on the fight to save DC's First Integrated Park--And Saving Precious Green Space and Historic Structures--In the Rapidly Gentrifying District. And Can This Urban Park Grow Food for the Community? Links: SaveMcMillan.org / Red Road to DC / Stop Line 3 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!