GreenWatch TV (Houston)

Take part in local, progressive television every other Wednesday, 9-10 PM; public access cable TV inside Houston city limits (Comcast 17; TVMax 95; Sudden Link 98; Phonoscope 75). THE CALL-IN NUMBER DURING THE SHOW IS 713-807-1794.
See HMS for studio info.

As of late last year, we archive our shows where you can watch them at your leisure - low-definition, about an hour each. See these links:

2008/03/12: ON HEARING LOSS
2008/02/13: CYNTHIA McKINNEY
2008/01/30: REMOVE BAD D.A. IN HOUSTON
2008/01/02: STOP EXECUTIONS NOW
2007/12/19: CLEAN ELECTIONS
2007/12/05: Cynthia McKinney speech in Houston

Upcoming shows
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 wrapped programs
(see bottom of page for links to records of previous years, and music credits)

April 23: Toxic Tour around east Houston
GUEST:
Juan Parras (www.tejasbarrios.org)

April 8 : UH Students Against Sweatshops
GUESTS:
Timothy O'Brien, Leticia Silva, Brenden Laws

March 26: No New Nukes
Guest Producer: Cameron Payne
GUEST:
Tom "Smitty" Smith, Environmental Lobbyist (Public Citizen)

March 12 : Dealing with hearing disabilities
(With closed captions on our show, a first.)
Watch the show at GOOGLE VIDEO.
GUESTS:
Teri Wathen, Hearing Loss Specialist
Chris Conway, Assistive Phones Program
Jose C. Gonzalez, Hearing Loss Specialist
Guruatma Kaur Khalsa
CAPTIONING BY:
Susan R. Henley
Peggy Ann Antone
(www.AlliedAdvancedReporting.com) 713.524.6777

February 27: new Winter Soldier campaign
Guest Jim Rine, President of local chapter of Veterans for Peace talked with host Brian Harrison about the upcoming Winter Soldier gathering in Washington DC for March 14 of 2008; we also showed troublesome clips from the WINTER SOLDIER and THE GROUND TRUTH.

February 13 : Cynthia McKinney in Houston, Texas
Green Party candidate for nomination to President of the United States Cynthia McKinney came to Houston, Texas, on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, and spoke at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center. She has come before, and will return soon. Seek out her other speeches on the the web. Meanwhile,
Watch Cynthia speak at GOOGLE VIDEO. See also a half-hour interview from NewYork that we incorporated in our show.

January 30: Remove DA Rosenthal et al.
Guests: Minister Robert Mohammad, Brother Deric Mohammad, Gloria Rubac, and Parnell Herbert, all of the Coalition for Social Justice. SIGN THE PETITION!
Watch the show at GOOGLE VIDEO. See also a 90-sec YouTube video from the March.

January 16: Immigrants and Human Rights, promoting the national conference "Claiming our Rights, Envisioning our Future: Communities Organizing for Justice" to be held in Houston January 18-20. See NNIRR web site.

January 2 : STOP EXECUTIONS! This show includes coverage of October 27 March and Rally against the Death Penalty and video from Ireland (EURWORLDTV). Throughout the show, fill-in host Art and guest Nancy Bailey (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty) discuss recent developments in the fight against executions and local actions; promote the annual state convention of TCADP.
Watch the show at GOOGLE VIDEO.

(Related video, a freebie: Keynote Speech by Mike Farrell:
GOOGLE VIDEO at 2008 Annual Conference TCADP)

Previous years (click on the year to see details)

2007 Includes: Clean Elections, 4 impeachment shows, 2 health care shows, Katrina survivors, water, black history, Tazers, Texas Greens, 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 Alan 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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last update: 2008.05.01