“What are kingdoms but great robberies? Indeed, that was an apt and true reply which was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by …
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Rogue Statism
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 373, Fall 2006
“The man without a country is a free man. ‘Country’ is a tenfold chain forged around our necks and feet by our forefathers, a prison and a pit.” –Herman Bang, Denied a Homeland (1906)
Voting
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 374, Winter 2007
On December 3, a month after the Republican Party was swept from control of the U.S. Congress, Hugo Chavez was overwhelmingly re-elected president of Venezuela for a third four-year term. On the night of his victory, in a speech to …
No Border Camp
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 374, Winter 2007
As long as the US/Mexico border has existed, people have been struggling against it. It is a highly militarized, violent boundary marking an internal space of strict migration controls while allowing for unrestricted movement of capital and wealth. This border …
Anarchist Archive Needs Help
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
The CIRA (Centre International de Recherches sur Anarchisme) in Lausanne, Switzerland is a large archive and small research facility. It has existed for over 50 years, but today, its existence is threatened. The CIRA works to retain the memory of …
The Banning of the Mural
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
In fall 1997, in Sechelt, a small coastal town in southwest British Columbia, Canada, Jamie Elder, owner of the Unity Skateboard Shop and drop-in point for local youth, approached me about painting a mural on the side of the trailer …
Anarchy at the Left Forum!
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
The 2007 Left Forum was held March 9-11 in New York City’s historic Cooper Union, featuring 92 workshops, two plenaries, a film festival, two plays, and attended by 1,500 people. It is the largest annual North American gathering of left …
Abolish Restaurants
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
“When one comes to think of it, it is strange that thousands of people in a great modern city should spend their waking hours swabbing dishes in hot dens underground. The question I am raising is why this life goes …
CORE Rally and Raffle
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 2, December 2-16, 1965
On Saturday, December 4, CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) will hold: a rummage sale in its office at 8906 12th St. The sale will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a great variety of articles up for sale: …
ACLU Honors Hart and Sachs
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 2, December 2-16, 1965
Senator Philip A. Hart and Theodore Sachs were recipients of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Annual Bill of Rights Award on Saturday evening, December 4. The Award was made during the intermission of the show “VOICES, Inc.”, the musical production …