Shorts on Screen: Circa — What do we do with these boat people? The question is asked by an Indigenous person in this re-creation of when white Europeans began arriving. SBS, Sunday, November 13, 12.05am.
Cutting Edge: Karl Rove, the Architect — Traces Rove's political career from campaigning for Nixon to his recent appointment as deputy chief of staff in charge of coordinating domestic policy, economic policy, national security and homeland security. SBS, Tuesday, November 15, 8.30pm.
Purple Hearts — More than 7000 severely wounded troops have been repatriated to the US and find that their country is beginning to question the war in Iraq. SBS, Thursday, November 17, 2pm.
Global Village: Made in USA — The metal from the bombs dropped by the US on Laos is sold as raw material and 30 years after the war, the bombings still affect the way people can use and work the land. SBS, Thursday, November 17, 6pm.
Political Football — Story of seven Australian Rugby Union players who refused to play against a South African team that was selected on the basis of race, the first time Australians in sport had refused to represent their country on political grounds. ABC, Thursday, November 17, 8.30pm.
From Green Left Weekly, November 9, 2005.
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