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ACTIVIST TV GUIDEACTIVIST TV GUIDE ++++ MARCH 2006 ++++ EASTON, TAUNTON, BRIDGEWATER Your local access channel now features progressive political programming! Check below for current listings. If your town is not listed, consider hosting these programs on your local access station. It's easy - see details at the end of this message. ---------------------- EASTON Local Access Channel 9 Thursdays at 10:00 pm MARCH: During the month of March Easton Channel 9 features "Red State Road Trip." A Shoot and Run Production By the 2004 election the "Red State/Blue State" divide had become firmly embedded in mainstream political analysis. On Inauguration Day 2005 filmmaker Chris Hume embarked on a 6000-mile journey through the so-called Red States, discovering a surprising diversity of opinion in what is supposed to be solid conservative territory. Red State Road Trip employs humor and compassion to document the subtler realities of life in Middle America. This program is aired every Thursday night at 10:00 on Channel 9. Program time: 60 minutes. ---------------------- TAUNTON Taunton Local Access Channel 15 Wednesdays at 9:30 pm MARCH: During the month of March Taunton Channel 15 features "Global Warning: An Interview with Mordechai Vanunu" An Alchymedia Production Mordechai Vanunu is a former Israeli nuclear technician who revealed Israel's nuclear weapons program to the London Times in 1986. Vanunu's story was the first authoritative confirmation that Israel had become a major nuclear weapons player, with material for as many as 200 warheads. Shortly after the story was published Vanunu was kidnapped by Israeli intelligence, brought back to Israel, and charged with espionage and treason in a closed-door trial. He was convicted and spent the next 18 years in prison, 11 of them in solitary confinement. He is still not allowed to leave Israel. Global Warning is the first full-length interview with Vanunu to be viewed in the United States. It includes a statement by Daniel Ellsberg, the Vietnam-era activist who released the Pentagon Papers. This program is aired every Wednesday night at 9:30 on Channel 15. Program time: 30 minutes. ---------------------- BRIDGEWATER Bridgewater Local Access Channel 9 Mondays 11:00 pm and Saturdays 1:00 pm MARCH: During the month of March Bridgewater Channel 9 features "The Case for Impeachment." A Laughing in Grief Production Constitutional authority John Bonifaz argues the case for impeachment of George W. Bush, presenting evidence Bush misled Congress about the threat posed by Iraq to justify a pre-emptive war, conspired to illegally punish administration critics like Joseph Wilson, and used his office to subvert the Constitution's separation of powers. With an introduction by Tim Carpenter, founder of Progressive Democrats of America. This program is aired Mondays at 11:00 pm and Saturdays at 1:00 pm on Channel 15. Program time: 46 minutes. ---------------------- HOST THIS PROGRAMMING IN YOUR COMMUNITY If your town is not listed here you can easily host this programming on your town's local access station. Local access MUST air programming submitted by members of the community. Generally, two forms must be submitted along with the program tape: a resident form and a disclaimer from the producer of the tape, releasing broadcast rights. We have the producer disclaimer forms for all our programming, and will supply them with the tape. Tapes are available at cost by contacting Bill Haff at bhaff@horizonhouse.com. |