Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the Green Left news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for program details.
Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has excellent coverage of industrial, environmental and community actions throughout Victoria. Access News broadcasts every Monday, 8pm. Phone 9633 6976.
Freedom Highway — An exploration of the role of protest songs around the globe. SBS, Friday, December 13, 12.30pm.
Paying for it — Men learn the harsh realities of sex workers' lives. SBS, Saturday, December 14, 10pm.
East Timor: Birth of a Nation — Rosa Martins fled East Timor in September 1999. She returns in the hope of giving her children the opportunities denied her by war and poverty. ABC, Tuesday, December 17, 1pm.
One Night the Moon — Drama based on the true story of the Aboriginal tracker, Riley, in 1930s Dubbo. Music by Paul Kelly. ABC, Wednesday, December 18, 8.30pm.
Legacy — Chronicles the struggle of three generations of African-American women. SBS, Friday, December 20, 12.30pm.
Saddam Hussein: the Master of Baghdad — A portrait of the Iraqi leader. SBS, Saturday, December 21, 7.30pm.
Vanish — Tells of the Gamilaroi people's 90-year struggle against oppression. ABC, Friday, December 27, 3.05am
The Battle for the World Economy: the New Rules of the Game — Examines the intensification of neo-liberal globalisation at the beginning of the 1990s; the end of the Cold War; the Gulf War; and the recession in the US. SBS, Sunday, December 29, 8.30pm.
Evolution: Darwin's Dangerous Idea — First in a seven-part series on the profound effect that evolutionary science has had on society and culture. SBS, Thursday, January 2, 7.30pm.
The Monkey Trial — In 1925, John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in defiance of Tennessee law. SBS, Friday, January 3, 7.30pm.
From Green Left Weekly, December 11, 2002.
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