On the box

Yolngu Boy — A drama about the coming-of-age of three Aboriginal boys in Arnhem Land. SBS, Sunday, October 17, 8.30pm.

Israel's Secret Weapon — The story of Israel's wall of silence over the imprisonment of nuclear bomb whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, and his abandonment in a prison outside of Tel Aviv for the past 17 years. SBS, Monday, October 18, 3am.

George Negus Tonight — In the heart of far-north Queensland, Negus interviews George Pitt, the first Indigenous councillor in the far north, who is at the centre of a controversial debate about the protection of the Daintree rainforest. ABC, Monday, October 18, 6.30pm.

CIA Secret Wars: Undercover Operations — Reveals the history of the CIA and its intervention in Iran, Chile, Guatemala, Cuba and Vietnam. SBS, Tuesday, October 19, 12.30pm.

From the Other Side — Documents the plight of Mexicans who attempt to cross the Mexican-American border in search of a better life. SBS, Tuesday, October 19, 10pm.

George Negus Tonight — Visits the Rouse Hill housing development in Sydney, one of the first residential estates to fully utilise recycled water for domestic use, ABC, Wednesday, October 20, 6.30pm.

From Green Left Weekly, October 13, 2004.

Visit the Green Left Weekly home page.

From GLW issue 602