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.

Catalyst — Your DNA may already be on record. Who is allowed to use it? ABC, Thursday, May 8, 8pm.

B A Santamaria — The founder of the viciously right-wing National Civic Council. SBS, Friday, May 9, 3.30pm.

The Boy Who was Turned into a Girl — This show examines different views of gender development. SBS, Friday, May 9, 8.30pm.

Message Stick: Coming Home — A young Indigenous man was separated from his mother and siblings for 34 years, then reunited with his family. ABC, Sunday, May 11, 1.30pm.

Israel: in Search of Peace — Part One: 1948-1967 — Purports to offer new insights on the origins of the "Middle East conflict". SBS, Sunday, May 11, 8.30pm.

Schoolgirl Killer: the Child Bride Who Killed — Aberash was 14 years old when she was abducted, beaten and raped in the traditional way that men acquire in wives in parts of Ethiopia; she defied tradition and shot her prospective husband dead. SBS, Monday, May 12, 12.20am.

From Green Left Weekly, May 7, 2003.

Visit the Green Left Weekly home page.

From GLW issue 536