On the box

Cuba: An African Odyssey — From Che Guevara's military campaign to avenge Lumumba in the Congo, up to the fall of apartheid in South Africa, 300,000 Cubans fought alongside African revolutionaries. SBS, Friday, November 23, 2.30pm.

Heaven On Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism — Examines the history of socialism, from its origins in 1825 when the British industrialist Robert Owen created the town of New Harmony in Indiana, to the fall of the Berlin Wall. ABC, Sunday, November 25, 2pm.

Patent for a Pig — The seeds of the world are now owned primarily by one company, Monsanto which is aiming to extend its control to pigs by patenting and thus privatising gene sequences. SBS, Monday, November 26, 2.40pm.

Message Stick: The Pelican Brief — Quizzes the leaders of the two major parties about their plans and vision for Indigenous Australia. ABC, Monday, November, 26, 6pm.

Cutting Edge: Showdown with Iran — Examines how US efforts to install "democracy" in Iraq have served to strengthen Iran's position as an emerging power in the Middle East. SBS, Tuesday, November 27, 8.30pm.

The Age of AIDS — Explores the chasm that emerged between rich and poor following the development of the miraculous "triple cocktail" HIV treatment. SBS, Wednesday, November 28, 12.55am.

Living Black — Indigenous news and current affairs program. SBS, Wednesday, November 28, 6pm.

Moments in Time: Veronica Brodie — When Aboriginal elder Veronica Brodie married an Aboriginal man with a white father, she became legally "white". ABC, Thursday, November 29, 6pm.

From GLW issue 732