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 (02) 9564 1277. 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 (03) 9633 6976.

Skin, Kin and Country: Big Girls Don't Cry — Indigenous health in Australia. SBS, Friday, May 30, 3.30pm.

Sixty-Thousand Barrels — Sydney residents fight a giant battle against 60,000 barrels of highly toxic waste in their midst. SBS, Friday, May 30, 8.30pm.

Message Stick: Fighting the Good Fight — Tells the story of Shirley Morris' struggle and survival and the impact she had on her Indigenous community. ABC, Sunday, June 1, 1.30pm.

Battle of Jenin — The story of one of the most significant battles in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Israeli attack on the Jenin refugee camp in April 2002. SBS, Sunday, June 1, 8.30pm.

Jenin, Jenin — An account of the Israeli attack from the viewpoint of Jenin's residents. This program was banned by Israel's Censorship Board. SBS, Sunday, June 1, 9.05pm.

Missile Wars — Examines the Bush administration's determination to deploy an anti-missile system following America's withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. SBS, Tuesday, June 3, 8.30pm.

Biography: a Poet — Indonesian poet Ibrahim Kadir recalls his tragic experiences while under arrest during the mass killings of an estimated 500,000 people when President Suharto came to power in 1965. SBS, Wednesday, June 4, 12.30pm.

From Green Left Weekly, May 28, 2003.

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From GLW issue 539