Grand Jury Resister Jerry Koch Freed!

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Fifth Estate # 391, Spring/Summer 2014 - Anarchy!

On January 28, a guard woke anarchist grand jury resister Jerry Koch in his cell and told him to get ready for court. They handed him some thin prison sweats and cotton slippers, then kicked him out in downtown New …

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Leave Your Hat On!

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Fifth Estate # 391, Spring/Summer 2014 - Anarchy!

Someday, it’s possible that surveillance technology may become sophisticated enough to read your mind as you’re walking down the street. If that dystopian future comes to pass, you’ll probably want one of these stylish thought-blocking accessories: When they detect scanning …

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The Green Scare Rolls On

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Fifth Estate # 380, Spring 2009

Besides the sentencing of Marie Mason, there have been developments in a number of other Green Scare cases in the Midwest and beyond.

A Modern Day Pirate’s Tale

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Fifth Estate # 381, Summer-Fall 2009

from the Guardian (London) I am 42 years old and have nine children. I am a boss with boats operating in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

Stop Mountaintop Removal

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Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

The region known as Appalachia is one of the most beautiful and biologically diverse areas of this gorgeous little green-and-blue planet that we call home. The mountains and forests of Appalachia filter air and water, create soil, provide habitat and …

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National Coal takes Katuah Earth First! to Court

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Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

The National Coal Company (NCC) has filed a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) against five Knoxville, Tennessee environmental activists associated with Katuah Earth First! (KEF!) NCC is demanding over $7,000 and a permanent injunction banning the five from ever …

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Protesters Resist the Bush Coronation

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Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

The traditional pomp and circumstance of the US January presidential inauguration disappeared amid chants and tear gas, when what was expected to be a grand victory march down Pennsylvania Avenue descended into an embarrassing spectacle for the elite and their …

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Activists Indicted by Feds in Arizona Hunt Sabotage

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Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

In December 2004, Earth First! activists Matthew Crozier and Rod Coronado, along with Esquire magazine journalist John Richardson, were charged with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer. The indictment followed a Tucson-based Chuk’shon Earth First! (CEF!) action that …

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Authorities Attack the Raleigh 3

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Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA–Following the second fraudulent US presidential election in a row, many liberals and leftists, and even some anarchists, were in a post-Bush-victory funk. But not the 200 anarchist-led demonstrators who on Nov. 5 defiantly marched to the state …

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Pistoleros! 2: 1919

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Fifth Estate # 383, Summer, 2010

Pistoleros! 2: 1919 is the second volume of the memoirs and notebooks of Farquhar McHarg, a seventy-six-year-old anarchist from Glasgow. Its writing was prompted by the murder of a lifelong friend.