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, 9pm. 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. Phone 9633 6976 to contact the producers or make a donation.

Bush Mechanics — Large than life tales and legends of outback ingenuity. ABC-TV, Sunday, April 15, 1pm.

BackBerner — Still the funniest and most topical comedy show on TV — and that arch right-wing moron Dexter Pinion continues to denounce Green Left Weekly. ABC-TV, Mondays, 9.30pm.

Paying for the Past — An inside view of the world's largest class action enacted against many of Germany's most prestigious companies for using slave labour during the second world war. Nazi Germany did force these companies, they were willing participants, even instigators, in a plan to literally work millions of unpaid, unwilling and appallingly treated concentration camp prisoners to death. Their manufacturing operations were clustered around the camps for convenience. SBS, Tuesday, April 17, 8.30pm.

The Long Walk With Nelson Mandela — A narrative of Mandela's life, told by the people who know him best. ABC-TV, Thursday, April 19, 11.30pm.

From GLW issue 444