‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 24, 2026: Protesters Target Meta, Open AI, Microsoft, Apple and the World Data Center Conference… New Documentary Explores Early Work of Renowned Educator Paulo Freire, Author of ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’… Plus Headlines
From On the Ground w Esther Iverem by Esther Iverem
April 24, 2026 · 59 min
About this episode
The episode covers protests against AI data centers and features a discussion about a documentary on educator Paulo Freire.
As community opposition grows to AI data centers across the country, activists in DC protest outside the World Data Center Conference, and march to the offices or locations of Apple, Meta, Open AI and Microsoft, demanding a moratorium on the building of these resource-sucking centers. And there’s a new documentary about world renowned educator Paulo Freire, author of the seminal text, ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed.’ We speak to the filmmakers. Plus, headlines on the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, DC curfew for teens and more. BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON. 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! On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital…
People in this episode
Host: Esther Iverem
Guest: filmmakers
Topics covered
- AI data centers
- protests
- social justice
- militarization
- education
- activism
Keywords
- protests
- AI
- data centers
- Paulo Freire
- documentary
- social justice
- militarization
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Meta, Open AI, Microsoft, Apple, World Data Center Conference
Books & works: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Places: DC, U.S., Iran
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