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. 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.

Steps for the Future — A selection of short films from Finland about AIDS in Africa. SBS, Monday, December 9, 12.15am.
Trading Races — Part two of the series on how it is to live in someone else's "skin". SBS, Tuesday, December 10, 8.30pm.

Death Sentence — A movie that deals with issues such as patriarchy, caste politics, religion and women's sexual/reproductive rights. SBS, Tuesday, December 10, 10pm.

Apartheid Photographer: Ernest Cole — Ernest Cole was the first photojournalist to expose the stark realities of life under the apartheid regime. SBS, Wednesday, December 11, 3.30pm.

Silent Flood: The Land. Examines dryland salinity, the most visible and expensive salinity problem facing Australia. ABC, Thursday December 12, 8pm.

From Green Left Weekly, December 4, 2002.

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From GLW issue 519