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Maverick Mother — Janet Merewether decides to take life into her own hands and embark on a journey into the new social phenomenon of solo motherhood by choice. SBS, Friday February 1, 10pm. Cafe Carnivale — Musicians of diverse backgrounds come to live in Australia but struggle to find places to perform. SBS, Saturday, February 2, 3.30pm. Pim Fortuyn: Death of a Populist — Looks at the life and death of the Dutch anti-immigration, right wing populist politician Pim Fortuyn. SBS, Sunday, February 3, 11.05am. Indonesia: A Reporter’s Journey — Examines Indonesia’s relationship with Australia in relation to East Timor, the Asian tsunami, the Bali and Jakarta bombings, asylum seekers and the Bali Nine. SBS, Tuesday, February 5, 8.30pm. Never Again — Looks at the tragic events occurring in Darfur and reflects on how the international community has failed to act. SBS, Wednesday, February 6, 1.10am. Line in the Sand — The story of a community as they prepare for the anniversary of Mulrunji Doomadgee’s death, one of Australia’s most reported black deaths in custody. ABC, Thursday, February 7, 2.55am. Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace — On the Arab-Israeli peace process told by some of the key players. ABC, Thursday, February 7, 3.25am. Australian Biography: Joan Winch — Joan Winch stood up for herself from an early age, when she was the only Aboriginal girl in her school and was picked on by the other students. SBS, Thursday February 7, 1pm. Missing: Link-Up — Ten thousand Aborigines are seeking lost families as a result of government policies which removed Aboriginal children from their parents and placed them with white families or in institutions. SBS, Thursday, February 7, 3.30pm.

Forty years ago, the Tet Offensive changed the course of the Vietnam War and world history. On January 31, 1968, fighters of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLF) — known dismissively as the “Vietcong” — launched an all-out assault on cities and towns throughout US-occupied South Vietnam, catching the US and its puppet regime completely by surprise, and stunning the world with their courage and audacity.

“The killing of innocent civilians is policy”, Iraq war veteran Mike Blake told a public meeting held on January 19 at the Different Drummer Cafe in Watertown, New York State, near the Canadian border.