On the box

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 10:00

Actively Radical TV — 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.

Ticket to Jerusalem — A Palestinian projectionist screens movies for kids in the refugee camps near Ramallah, despite the difficulties imposed by the Israeli military occupation. SBS, Friday, September 26, 12.30pm.

Message Stick: Scars — Looks at the exhibition SCAR: A Stolen Vision. ABC, Friday, September 26, 6pm.

Fearless Stories From Asian Women: Breaking the Caste — In India, where the caste system has created apartheid-like discrimination, child labour is common and women have few rights. SBS, Friday, September 26, 8pm.

The Real Spartacus — Spartacus led a slave uprising in ancient Rome. SBS, Saturday, September 27, 7.30pm.

Souha: Surviving Hell — The story of Souha Bechara, a Lebanese Communist Party member who attempted to assassinate the chief of the South Lebanon Army, General Antoine Lahad, in 1988. SBS, Sunday, September 28, 9.40pm.

Profits or People — Pharmaceutical industry giants are "caught up in a mad race for profits" while leaving millions of people in developing countries to die of preventable diseases. SBS, Tuesday, September 30, 8.30pm.

Miraculous Poison: The History Of DDT — Explores the consequences of DDT, which was once considered safe for human beings and is still being used in some developing countries. SBS, Wednesday, October 1, 3.30pm.

A Dog's Day — Political comedy set in Kerala, India, when the masses revolt against their landlord. SBS, Wednesday, October 1, 10pm.

The Homemade Movies of Ken Garrahy — Ken Garrahy's home movies are a unique record of gay Sydney society in the 1960s. SBS, Thursday, October 2, 8.20pm.

From Green Left Weekly, September 24, 2003.

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