[Peace] Progressive Activist programming available on UPTV (cable channel 6)

[Randall Cotton]

Below is a calendar of progressive activist programming on UPTV, cable
channel 6 on Insight Communications cable system which serves Champaign,
Urbana, Savoy and surrounding communities. You should (hopefully) see a
color-coded grid, followed by a description of the programs in that grid.
This is a collaborative project of many folks in the community (mostly AWARE
folks, but others as well).

And don't forget: The full video edition of "Democracy Now!" also airs *LIVE
VIA SATELLITE* each weekday at 7AM (set your VCR if you're not up that early
8-)

R


     Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
      12:00         Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land (3:32)
(Randall)
      12:30
      1:00
      1:30
      2:00
      2:30
      3:00
      3:30
      4:00     The Sun Doesn't Shine in the Camp/Women's Fast for Peace
      4:30     (1:00) (Susan) (May 11)
      5:00   The Sun Doesn't Shine in the Camp/Women's Fast for Peace The
Sun Doesn't Shine in the Camp/Women's Fast for Peace
      5:30   (1:00) (Jan) (May 3, 17) (1:00) (Susan) (May 4, 18)
      6:00
      6:30
      7:00   The Sun Doesn't Shine in the Camp/Women's Fast for Peace The
Sun Doesn't Shine in the Camp/Women's Fast for Peace     Shocking and Awful:
National Insecurities (:28)  (Bob I.)
      7:30   (1:00) (Jan) (May 10) (1:00) (Jan) (May 25)     Shocking and
Awful: Resistance at Home (:28) (Bob I.)
      8:00       The Sun Doesn't Shine in the Camp/Women's Fast for Peace
Shocking and Awful: Channels of War (:28) (profanity) (Carol)
      8:30       (1:00) (Susan) (May 26)   Shocking and Awful: Dance of
Death (:28) (profanity) (Carol)
      9:00           Ammo for the Info Warrior (0:56) (extremely gruesome
footage of violence and casualties) (Sandra.) Aftermath: unanswered
questions from 9/11 (1:21:25) (Sascha)
      9:30 MOSAIC (Mort) MOSAIC (Mort) MOSAIC (Mort) MOSAIC (Mort) MOSAIC
(Mort)
      10:00 Aftermath: unanswered questions from 9/11 (1:21:25) (Al)
Shocking and Awful: Standing with the Women of Iraq (:28) (Doug) Hijacking
Catastrophe (1:07) (casualty footage) (Linda) Shocking and Awful: Channels
of War (:28) (profanity) (Lisa)   Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land
(3:32) (Bob W.)
      10:30   Shocking and Awful: The Real Face of the Occupation (:28)
(Doug)   Shocking and Awful: Dance of Death (:28) (profanity) (Lisa)
Hijacking Catastrophe (1:07) (casualty footage) (Janet)
      11:00   Shocking and Awful: Empire & Oil (:28)  (Phil)   Ammo for the
Info Warrior (0:56) (extremely gruesome footage of violence and casualties)
(Paul M.)
      11:30 Shocking and Awful: National Insecurities (:28)  (Durl) Shocking
and Awful: Globalization at Gunpoint (:28) (Phil) Guerilla Video Primer
(59:30) (Dave P)
      12:00 Shocking and Awful: Resistance at Home (:28) (Durl) Independent
Media in a Time of War (x2) (Jen)   Independent Media in a Time of War (x2)
(Don)     Guerilla Video Primer (59:30) (Colleen)
      12:30 Shocking and Awful: Empire & Oil (:28)  (Julio)   Shocking and
Awful: Standing with the Women of Iraq (:28) (David G.)
      1:00 Shocking and Awful: Globalization at Gunpoint (:28) (Julio)
Shocking and Awful: The Real Face of the Occupation (:28) (David G.)
      1:30


Details:

MOSAIC (each weekday at 9:30PM)
Link TV`s MOSAIC is a daily collection of unedited newscast excerpts,
generally from earlier that *SAME DAY*, selected from more than 15 national
broadcasters in the Middle East. It features full English voice-over
translation. The program provides viewers with wide-ranging perspectives on
events in the region. MOSAIC received a Peabody award for outstanding
broadcast achievement in April 2005.

"Aftermath: Unanswered Questions from 9/11"
(a series of critical, unresolved questions are raised surrounding the
tragedy of September 11)
runtime: 1:21:30

Shocking and Awful: National Insecurities
(Outlines the Violence against immigrants, especially Arabs, and
imprisonment without trial, especially for Muslims.)
runtime: 0:30:00
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Shocking and Awful: Resistance at Home
(U.S. resistance of the Iraq War and resulting clampdowns on civil liberties
and spying on U.S. citizens)
runtime: 0:29:30

Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land
(outstanding documentary comparing U.S. and international media coverage,
focusing on structural distortions that reinforced false perceptions of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict)
runtime: 3:32:00

Shocking and Awful: Channels of War
(How the  mainstream television networks have fanned the flames of war, then
sanitized it, and have profited from doing so)
runtime: 0:29:00
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Shocking and Awful: Dance of Death
(Soldiers and their families speak out against the war, and their lost loved
ones)
runtime: 0:29:00

Guerilla Video Primer
(How-to in the art of guerilla journalism: getting footage, audio tips,
working in camera teams, editing, distribution tips and more)
runtime: 0:59:30

Shocking and Awful: Standing with the Women of Iraq
(Passionate statements of resistance are intercut with actions by women at
the forefront of anti-war protests in the U.S.)
runtime: 0:29:00
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Shocking and Awful: The Real Face of the Occupation
(On-the-ground footage shows the humiliation and dehumanization of Iraqis
inevitable in a colonial situation)

Independent Media in a Time of War
(A speech by Amy Goodman illustrated by clips of mainstream media juxtaposed
with rare footage from independent reporters in Iraq, arguing that dialogue
is vital to a healthy democracy)
runtime: 0:29:00

The Sun Doesn't Shine in the Camps
(A documentary by International Solidarity Movement folks about living
conditions under occupation in the Balata Refugee Camp, Palestine. This
documentary was shown in town here the last time ISM came through).
runtime: 0:35:00
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Women's Fast for Peace
(A documentary from the "Independent Media in a Time of War" DVD that
spotlights the fast that a group of New York women undertook in the lead-up
to the War in Iraq).

Hijacking Catastrophe
(searing documentary on how U.S administration used 9/11 to go to war in
Iraq)
runtime: 1:07:00

Shocking and Awful: Empire & Oil
(Examines the recent history of the Middle East and the Iraq War in relation
to Western control of oil)
runtime 0:29:00
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Shocking and Awful: Globalization at Gunpoint
(A look at privatization of the Iraqi economy, in effect, selling off Iraq's
assets to foreign investors)
runtime 0:29:00

Ammo for the Info Warrior
(series of attention-grabbing mini-documentaries on a variety of topics)
runtime: 0:56:00