‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 18, 2019: Debut Speech by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Breaks C-SPAN Twitter Record…More Freshman Lawmakers Speak Out on the Government Shutdown…New Book on Roots of Black-Palestine Solidarity

The first speech on the floor of Congress by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York breaks records for C-Span on Twitter. We hear these remarks from AOC and what more freshman members of Congress say about the government shutdown. And a new book by Michael R. Fischbach, Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color, digs into the roots of African American-Palestinian solidarity. If you enjoy our grassroots news show, which we provide free online, on podcast and on Pacifica stations and affiliates, please click here or click on the Patreon tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. 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! Thank you! Subscribe on PatreonLike us on Facebook!Follow us on Twitter!