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 Sunday, 9-11pm. 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 9633 6976.

The West — How the United States built its economic might on the bones of the Native-American people. The conquest of the west was nearly complete by the 1870s. In one decade, with Native Americans confined to reservations, some 4.5 million new settlers arrived to stake their claim. SBS, Friday, September 1, 12.30pm.

Ambush in Mogadishu — On October 3, 1993, elite units of the US Army's Rangers and Delta Force were pinned down on the streets of Mogadishu by forces of the Somali militia leader Mohammed Farah Aideed. Seventeen hours later, 18 American soldiers were dead and 75 were wounded. It was later revealed that more than 1000 Somalis also died. The respected PBS Frontline team investigates the "peace-keeping" mission gone wrong and still haunts the US government. SBS, Saturday, September 2, 7.30pm.

Smallest Room in the House: Sue Anne Post — Australia's only six-foot tall, missing toothed, lesbian stand-up comic has a story to tell. She tells how a good Mormon girl with plaits became "a hard-drinkin', chain-smokin' old leso". ABC-TV, Tuesday, September 5, 11pm.

From GLW issue 418