On the box

Issue 

September 11: The Intelligence Failures — Claims to provide irrefutable proof that the German and US secret services could have prevented the 9/11 terror attacks. SBS, Friday, July 22, 2pm.

Message Stick: The Long Grasses — About the Indigenous people of Darwin. ABC, Friday, July 22, 6pm.

Heart of Country: Pigram Brothers — The originators of the "Broome sound", whose racial mix is typically Broome: Irish, Aboriginal, Australian, Chinese and Filipino. ABC, Sunday, July 24, 4.25pm.

White King, Red Rubber, Black Death — In the late 19th century, King Leopold II of Belgium ran the Congo as his private labour camp, resulting in the extermination of 10 million Congolese. SBS, Monday, July 25, 2pm.

Fighting the Good Fight — Profiles Shirley Morris and the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. ABC, Tuesday, July 26, 2.25am.

Cocaine: Viva la Coca — Looks at the coca trade and concludes that legalisation of cocaine would solve the biggest of the current problems, which are mostly due to the huge demand from the West. SBS, Tuesday, July 26, 8.30pm.

The Mary G Show — Brings the fun and spice of Indigenous humour, personalities and music from Broome into your living room. SBS, Thursday, July 28, 3pm.

Operation Babylift — In the closing days of the Vietnam War, more than 3000 babies were airlifted from Saigon orphanages. Was it a humanitarian necessity, or kidnapping? SBS, Thursday, July 28, 8.30pm.

From Green Left Weekly, July 20, 2005.
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