Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm-11pm. Phone 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for program details.
Hidden Legacies: Playing With Poison — Compares the effect of pesticides on the health of children in the Yacqui Valley in Mexico with Halifax, which is North America's first major city to ban the cosmetic use of pesticides. SBS, Thursday, January 24, 7.30pm.
The Cane Cutters — Focuses on the history of the Queensland sugar cane industry and the systematic kidnapping and enslavement of Pacific islanders to cut the cane. It also recounts the effect of the White Australia Policy and the employment of southern European immigrants during the 1900s. SBS, Saturday, January 25, 7.30pm.
Yizo Yizo — Forget Home and Away, this gritty and honest soapie is about life in a township school in the "new" South African. SBS, Saturday, January 25, 2002, 9pm.
Landline — It is 30 years since Lake Tyers reserve in east Gippsland in eastern Victoria and Framlingham reserve in western Victoria were given back to the Aboriginal people. ABC, Sunday, January 27, noon.
Gunning for Saddam — Looks at the campaign against USA's "public enemy number 2", Iraq's Saddam Hussein. A close look at the so-called "Wolfowitz cabal", the gung-ho warriors within the Bush administration determined to spread the bogus "war on terrorism" to Iraq. SBS, Tuesday, January 29, 8.30pm.
Zimbabwe: The Promised Land — Ten years ago, 30-year-old Mufudazi Mkomo packed her bags and left her village in Zimbabwe for London. She returned to her country to examine the political situation. SBS, Wednesday, January 30, 3.30pm.
The New Energy Revolution — David Suzuki looks at renewable energy. SBS, Thursday, January 31, 7.30pm.
From Green Left Weekly, January 23, 2002.
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