On the box

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 Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522.

Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has excellent coverage of industrial, environmental and community actions throughout Victoria. Access News broadcasts every Monday at 8pm. Ph 9525 3551 to contact the producers or make a donation.

Ms. Conceptions — A "candid, quirky" documentary that examines the "single mother by choice" controversy. ABC-TV, Friday, August 21, 12.25am.

Trotsky's Assassin — The first of a two-part documentary on the life of Ramon Mercader, whose Spanish-born relatives and comrades, relocated by the KGB to Moscow, reveal some interesting facts about the man who was destined to assassinate Leon Trotsky, founder of the Red Army and a central leader of the Bolshevik Revolution. Much of the film concerns a vivid description of Mercader's life in a Mexican prison, his stay in Russia afterwards and his practically unnoticed death in Cuba. SBS, Friday, August 21, 8pm (part two on Friday, August 28, 8pm).

Tibetans: Restless in Exile — In this special report from the Indian Himalayas, Dateline secures unique access to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan exile community. It reveals that there is mounting frustration with the Dalai Lama's "middle way" — his patient, non-violent approach. In Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan parliament in exile, a younger generation is demanding more direct action to win the right to self-determination. SBS, Saturday, August 22, 7.30pm.

From GLW issue 329