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Good Old GWTV on-line (links to shows from the
past 3+ years)
Local,
progressive television every other Monday, 8:00-9:00 PM
CHANGE COMES:
No more live Wednesday LIVE show, Monday we air LIVE, biweekly,
fortnightly, starting November 28.
VIA
public access cable TV inside Houston city limits -- and
streaming online.
CALL-IN NUMBER DURING THE SHOW: [01]-713-807-1794
See HMS
for studio info, including the address in case you want to
join us in person..
HEY!
catch the show live on the internet:
www.hmstv.org/streaming.htm
Upcoming
shows
(bold
font indicates relative certainty; italics mean uncertain)
| Winter
and Spring |
DATELINE:
11-11-11:
Ongoing series approved by Houston Media Source for
another six months.
--- CHANGE OF TIME --- TIMES OF CHANGE ---
November 16 is the last show we'll do on Wednesday.
for a while. forever? who knows. change is in the air,
We'll continue to air the change.
... HMS needs us to move our series to Monday,
so, make Monday your Green Party night twice over.
You can replay us, later, another night, or tune in
collectively?
Maybe we could plug in via Skype to meetings, and, oh,
I'm dreaming.
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TOPICS?
We have promised "Under The Hood" that we
will show their 10-minute DVD; counter-recruitment would
be a good co-topic. More topics under consideration:
Humanistic Economics; Education; Redefining Work; 2010
Census, redistricting; The proposed Toxic Well in Montgomery
County. Consumption: The Story of Stuff. How about RASH?
and let's talk about breast health. Should gambling
be encouraged by the state? Food! Music! Sex!
Yet MORE possible topics
for shows:
1. Look over "top 25 censored stories" of
past year. past decade, too? 2. Investigate/prosecute
Torture Proponents; 3. Election Reform; 4. Explore
Real Economics for Real People; 5. Expose Texas Taxation
Realities (see Center
for Public Policy Priorities); 6. Prison
Reform/Abolition; 7. Water (Global
Water Resources: Public Property or Profitable Commodity?);
8. Life Choices; Women's Rights, Wrongs Against Women
(for example, Juarez/Laredo);
9. Disabilities;
10. Nursing Homes; 11. Mental Illness; 12. Global Human
Rights; 13. Homeless Population; 14. Home Birthing,
Doulas; 15. TIRZs; 16. Hemp; 17. Sweatshop Free Houston;
18. Earthday; 19. Gun Control; 20. Wholeness; etc. The
list goes on and on; we welcome suggestions, for topics
and for guests.
Guests:
Are you or do you know some grassroots person who can
comfortably present progressive points of view on TV?
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH. [Especially if you or your peers
can be in Houston on alternate Wednesday evenings.] |
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is a locally produced, live, call-in TV show that has aired
since 1999 on Houston cable access channel 17 (other channels
depending on area). Our planning meetings start at 7:00
PM on evenings the week after each show. We have been meeting
at Field of Greens, 2320 W Alabama St. Houston, TX 77098
(north side of Alabama, two blocks east of Kirby).We may
move at will. Call or e-mail if you'd like to join
us. We welcome Volunteers. Contact the Green Watch
TV crew by phone 713-635-5286 (Brian) or 281-728-6327 (Art).
wrapped
programs, our most recent, from this year
(see
bottom of page for links to written
records from the past decade, & music
credits)
December
12: Topic
- Occupy
Texas!
Our seven guests came to town from accross the state
(Dallas,
San Antonio)
to demonstrate at the Port of Houston
in solidarity with other occupiers country wide.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
November
28 - Two segments:
a)
counter-military recruitment in Houston schools, with Bob
Henschen and Ana Rosa Craig
WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo
b) Follow-up with Occupy
Houston
Three guests tell more about our fair city's growing
sense of community.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
November
16: Convergence? Politics - Green Party, Occupy.
* politics: Green Party people, David
Wager, and Amy
Price; Remington Alessi, Occupy
Houston
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
November
2: Three Segments, grassroots democracy
* politics: Green Party people, Don Cook and Amy
Price, running for Houston City Council
a)
WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo
* politics: Green Party endorsed Jolanda
Jones, running for Houston City Council
b)
Listen to this on the WEB: Vimeo
* Follow-up with Occupy
Houston
Three guests tell more about our fair city's growing
sense of community.
c)
WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo
October
19: Topic
- Occupy
Houston
Our six guests speak of growing community in are
far sitty.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
October
5: Topic
- Bicycling
in Houston
Our six guests represent five groups that share a
love of the feeling of community they get while riding their
bikes around our increasingly fair city.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
September
21: Topic
- Two Green
Party Candidates for Houston City Council
(Note: these are - quote - "non-partisan"
races; having said that, Amy and Don are Green Party members
running for Houston City Council. We featured them individually
on Greenwatch.)
Don Cook, running for At-large Polition #1: Interview
on VIMEO
Amy Price,
running for At-large Polition #4: Interview on
VIMEO
August
24: Topic
- Stop the
Toxic Waste Disposal Wells near Conroe
Our guests, members of "CROW" (Citizen Residents
Opposed to Wells) comprise Karen Darcy, Art Wilson, Paula
Sewall, Mike Ward, and Jennifer Real. Their county, Montgomery
County, lies immediately north of Harris County, home to Houston,
Texas. They share not only their concerns, but valuable knowledge
that they have gained over the years. Even more importantly,
they tell how they have organized locally. See their website,
and visit them on Facebook: Stop
the Toxic Wells.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
August
10 : Topic
- positive
solutions in a time of collapse
Our guests include several farmers and media providers. Two
do the "Eco-Ology show, which airs live on KPFT 90.1
FM in Houston and other frequencies in surrounding towns (see
the link). The other two provide us with a living example
of how to live lightly on the earth. Please enjoy watching
and listening to Nell, Dean, Pat and HC talk about how we
people can learn quickly how to survive as a species.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
July
27 : Topic
- Fracking
in Texas
Guest host Jackie Carpenter brings several guests to the table
who have been at the forefront of opposing the controversial
practice of injecting unknown fluids at extremely high pressures
into the earth for the purpose of extracting increasingly
valuable hydrocarbons. They discuss many bad side effects,
including contamination of groundwater, effluents into the
air, road damage, noise, and more. When posted, this will
include video clips from other alternative media provider.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
July
13 : Topic
- Courtroom
Procedures
Judge Kirkland and host Brian Harrison discuss how our judicial
system works and could work, including a bit of an exchange
about the controversial subject of "jury nullification"
which has to do with one of the ways individual citizens can
wield the most power in our country, for better or worse.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
June
29: Topic
- Street Art
in Houston
Our guests cover a lot of ground, making live art happen on
the streets of H-town. For links, see the subtitles in the
online video.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
June
15: Topic
- BDS-Houston
The acronym "BDS" stand for Boycotts, Divestiture,
Sanctions. It refers currently to a movement meant to put
pressure on Israel to change the way they treat Palestinians.
Guests: Fatima Syed (Peace Activist), Nick Cooper (Klezmer
Musicians Against the Wall), RoB Block (Students
for a Democratic Society, Houston).
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
June
1: Topic
- Alliance
for Cooperative Transformation
Our guests discuss the newly formed ACT-Houston,
one year old now and already owning and fixing up a house
in the 3rd Ward. Carol Money, with B.I.R.T.H.
and The Real School; Pravin Menon, teacher at The
Real School AKA Dragon Valley, and Krenie Stowe,
H.E.A.L. and The Real School.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
May
18 :
Topic
- Torture
on Death Row in Texas
Our guests represent Texas Death Penalty Abolition
Movement. Activists Angie Agapetus, Regina Guidry-Howard,
and Gloria Rubac (AbolitionMovement.org)
tell about what it's like to "live" under maximum
lockdown conditions at the Polunsky Unit near Livingston,
Texas.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
For the short (6 min.) teaser - YouTube - we got
a comment, like "This is a stupid video." I asked
"Explain." And there you go.
May
4: Topic
- International
Labor Day - MAY DAY
We featured video footage from the "Houston
United" March and Rally from Bellaire up Chimney Rock
to Bissonnet where many community organizers spoke of social
justice.
April
20:
Topic
- Earth Day
This show had two parts. First we had Patsy Gilham
and Mary Wood talk about the proposed "Texas
Bottle Bill"
which would create a recycling program for glass, plastic
and metal drink containers that would be self-supporting and
would create new businesses and jobs. Then we had Matthias
Jung and Jay Crossley to talk about their housing cooperative
"Houston Access to Urban Sustainability" (H.A.U.S.).
WATCH
these on Vimeo: Bottle
Bill; HAUS.
April
6:
Topic
- Labor, Unions
Today
Two professional Houston labor organizers (Turner
J. Wright and Cynthia Y. Cole) discuss with our host what
unions are doing now for workers. (Yes, there ARE unions in
Texas!)
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
March
23:
Topic
- Women
Helping and Empowering Women (W.H.E.W.)
members of the group describe their local program
for women recently released from prison where they served
time for nonviolent offenses.
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
March
9:
Topic
- Police Brutality in Houston:
The problems keep coming up. We must discuss
them, their roots, and remedies.
Guests: Randall Kallinen (Houston Civil Rights Lawyer) and
Jolanda Jones (Lawyer; Houston City Council Member, At Large
Distric 5)
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
February
23 :
Topic
- Historically Black Colleges and
Universities:
While we're watching educational funding get
ravaged by legislators, we need to be reminded of the key
role played by HBCUs in raising up opportunities for a tragically
oppressed part of our population.
Guests: Alexis Brooks de Vita (Poet, Scholar, and Author;
Associate Professor and Graduate Faculty, Department of English,
Texas Southern University) and Obidike Kamau, Ph.D., (Executive
Director, Libraries and Museum, Texas Southern University)
WATCH
this on the WEB: Vimeo
February
9 :
Topic
- Texas Legislature:
The
current session has some odd bills, and looks to be cutting
back on social services drastically. Plus the Republicans
have a super-majority in the House of Representatives, so
there's no point to the Democrats leaving town this year.
Of course, every budget item is getting reduced, and some
agencies may be done away with entirely. Nobody but our guests
seem to be talking about how to raise revenue.
Guests: Mike Chavez (Houston
Unidos), Deb Shafto and George Reiter, with Texas
Observer political reporter Abby Rapoport calling in from
Austin.
WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo
January
26: Topic
- Peace
& Justice in Palestine: What is life like
over there?
With a special focus on the village of Bil'in, where peaceful
residents have been holding weekly vigils for a long time.
GUESTS: in the studio - Adam Wolfson (supporter of Anarchists
Against the Wall), Nabil Shayeb (member of the Houston Palestinian
Community), Jay Hamburger (member of the Houston Jewish Community);
by phone -Samira Hussein (in Maryland, a Palestinian Refugee
from the 1967 War), Iyad Burnat (from the West Bank, Popular
Committee Against the Wall).
WATCH this on the WEB:
Vimeo
January
12: Topic
- KPFT
90.1 FM Radio Pacifica in Houston, Texas: Where
did it come from? What is it? How could it be better?
GUESTS: Ray Hill (KPFT co-founder, original programmer of
The Prison Show), Bill Crosier (member of Local Station Board
and Pacifica National Board).
WATCH this on the WEB:
Vimeo
December
29: Topic
- My Houston 2040, Visions
for the future of our city. Guests - Bob (Citizens
Transportation Coalition), Jay (Houston
Tomorrow), Matthew (Air
Alliance Houston).
WATCH this on the WEB:
Vimeo
Previous
years (click on the year to see details)
2010
Of
particular note: we won an award for a show we did on Human
Trafficking in Houston.
2009
Includes:
Media,
HEALTH
CARE Health
Care health
care, Human
Trafficking, Air
Quality, Vaccines,
Climate
Disruption, Domestic
Violence, Death
Row, ACORN,
Building
Materials Reuse Warehouse, more.
2008
Includes:
Localism,
Cynthia
McKinney,
ICE
Raids, Racism,
SEIU
and Aramark, Toxic
Tour of east Houston, on Hearing
Loss, Remove
Rosenthal (Bad DA), Stop
Executions NOW, Stop
Sweatshops, Transportation,
and more...
2007
Includes:
Clean
Elections, 4 impeachment shows, 2 health care shows, Katrina
survivors, water, black history, Tazers, Texas Greens, Cynthia
McKinney, and much more.
2006
Includes:
SHROC
VI, Justice
for Janitors, Elections 2006, Defending Women's Rights,
Domestic Violence, Climate
Crisis, Mountaintop
Removal, Houston
Social Forum, Immigrant
Rights, Mental Health, and much more.
2005
Includes:
Frances Newton, Election
Fraud, Immigration, Women's Health, Iraq War, Veterans,
Etc.
2004
Includes:
Values and Politics, Radical Encuentro, Texas Water Resources,
Mr. Sharon Tear Down that Wall, Electronic Elections, Proposition
1 (Spring 2004 in Houston), What is going ON in Haiti, Immigrants
and Homeland Security.
2003
Includes:
Local Elections (Dec 10; Oct 1, 15, 31;
Sep 17), Simplicity, Iraq
Quagmire, Globalization/WTO,
Hispanic Politics, Gay Rights, Tree Sitting, Cuba, Health
Care, FCC, Flooding, Women and War, Labor Day, War
and Immigrants, Death Penalty (Apr 3, Jan 23), Progressive
Media, Living Wage, Peace Movement, and the Souls
of Black Folk.
2002
Includes:
Civil Rights in Perilous Times (Robert Jensen, Danalyn Recer),
Police Accountability
(Civilians Down, Corpus Justice, Copwatch), Rahul Mahajan
for Governor, Texans for Gun Safety, The
New Katy Freeway, Labor Day Special, HIV at home and in
the world, Plan Colombia, Pacifica Radio, Health Care for
All, Palestine,
Latino Labor, Congo
Conflict, African American History, Enron and Deregulation,
Cuba, statewide Green Party candidates for office, and more.
2001
Includes:
School of the Americas Watch, Peace, Middle East Policy, LGBT
Politics in Houston, Alternative Media, Marijuana
Law Reform, Immigration Issues, Death Row, Prisons and
Criminal Justice (Ray
Hill), Corporate Misbehavior (Ralph Nader taped), Third
World Debt (Jere Locke), Environmental Issues, Green Party
supported local candidates, and more.
Music played
during the show (especially during in-tro and out-tro) has
been an evolving element. In the beginning back in late 1999/early
2000 or so, canned 'public domain' clips gave something...
Then we got a Free
Radicals CD and encouragement to use it on the air free
from Houston musician/activist Nick Cooper, so we used several
cuts from that pretty exclusively for a year or so. Then on
KPFT's Democracy Now! we heard "Is It For Freedom"
by Sara
Thomsen, tracked her down and got permission to use that
song, so did and still do upon occasion. We also play songs
from GASCD,
including Bruce Cockburn "Call It Democracy", Propaghandi
"Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes", Michael Franti
"Oh My God", Rheostatics "Bad Time to be Poor"
-- Get this excellent double disk set! (GASCD: Governments
Accountable to Society and Citizens = Democracy; thanks, Susan
and Allan in Ontario, for turning us on to this.) And we're
looking to air tunes from Green Revolution when/if Sudden
Death responds. Listen up for David
Rovics, Dave
Lippman, or you never know who might show up live
in the studio, Darryl
Cherney did once... Come on down! Our show ends at 10:00
PM and a short, topical song might fit in real nice to close
the show...
Explicit Links to Music (for printed
bi-fold...)
http://www.enjoymusic.com/freeradicals/
http://www.gascd.com
http://www.davidrovics.com
http://davelippman.com/
http://www.darrylcherney.com/
http://www.righteousmothers.com
http://www.sarathomsen.com
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