GLW issue 129, published 1994-02-02.

Lorena Bobbitt trial: the real issues

By Kath Tucker On January 24 a jury in Virginia found Lorena Bobbitt not guilty of "malicious wounding" because of "temporary insanity". After years of abuse, Lorena cut off her husband's penis. She will be held in a mental institution for 45

Ozone depletion — causes and consequences

By Tom Kelly Ozone depletion in the stratosphere, a layer of the atmosphere that extends from 10 to 50 kilometres above the earth's surface, is caused by the presence of chlorine and bromine. These are released by industrially produced

Looking out: Keepers and the kept

Keepers and the kept By Brandon Astor Jones Often, when you read about the kept, what is written will have been presented by someone who has a vested interest in suppressing the truth about the keepers. For a refreshing change, let's

... and ain't i a woman?: Women aren't news

Women aren't news Is it my imagination, or do threats to men's bodies, fertility or reproductive capacity generate far more sympathy and interest than when the subject is a woman? First, there's the by now infamous case of John Wayne

Further

Australian News

'Health risk' from Telecom tower

'Health risk' from Telecom tower ADELAIDE — Henley Beach residents are being "kept in the dark" over proposals to construct a six-metre telecommunications structure (for mobile phone services) on the roof of the Western Community Hospital.

Invasion Day march in Brisbane

Invasion Day march in Brisbane By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Several hundred people marched on January 26 to commemorate the invasion of Australia. The march followed controversy in the media over the move by Premier Wayne Goss to have

Further Australian News

International News

Right steps up dirty tricks in Salvadoran elections

By Robyn Marshall The elections "of the century", as they are being called in El Salvador, are just two months away. The political parties had to present their final list of candidates for the presidential, legislative and municipal elections by

Zagreb's struggling antiwar newspaper

By Vesna Jankovic and Boris Raseta ZAGREB — ARKzin (the name is a compound of two abbreviations — ARK for Anti War Campaign and zin for fanzine) is the monthly newspaper of Antiwar Campaign Croatia (AWC). Between September 1991 and May

Further International News

Editorial

War by other means

War by other means "America's ignoble isolation of Vietnam for the defeat it sustained in the Vietnam war is coming to an end — and not before time." responded the Australian editorial to the news that the US Senate had voted on January 28 to

Cultural Dissent

Messengers of the natural world

Messengers of the Gods: Tribal Elders Reveal the Ancient Wisdom of the Earth By James Cowan Vintage Australia. 209 pp., $17 Reviewed by Dave Riley If you have fished Port Phillip Bay this message is clear: When the tea-trees are blooming,

Women and technology

Women and technology A documentary by the Australian Women's Broadcasting Co-Operative for Radio National's Coming Out Show in March will examine the work practices and ethics of computer and technology-oriented industries and networks from a

Further Cultural Dissent

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