Remaining RNC 8 Defendants Accept Misdemeanor Plea Agreement

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Fifth Estate # 384, Spring, 2011

ST. PAUL, MN–The case against eight Twin Cities anarchists known as the RNC 8 came to a conclusion October 19, when the remaining four defendants pled guilty to misdemeanors resolving their legal and political battle stemming from arrests at the …

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Sarah Jane Moore

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Fifth Estate # 268, January, 1976

A LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER A recent poll has concluded that this year’s “American Mother of the Year” is none other than Sarah Jane Moore, a San Francisco area resident. Moore was however unavailable for comment on this news, as …

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Buses set to Roll This month

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Fifth Estate # 268, January, 1976

“When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school; it’s a wonder I can think at all.” –Paul Simon; “Kodachrome” Trying to make sense of the busing issue is like the classic story of the blind …

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To Be Governed

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Fifth Estate # 390, Fall, 2013

The old fashioned mail surveillance described on the opposite page is surprising since now most government snooping is done by modern technology. Apparently, however, the old-fashioned, J. Edgar Hoover-type is still around, although it too is being replaced by technology.

Army Crumbling in Portugal

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Fifth Estate # 267, November, 1975

The rule of Capital continues to erode in Portugal as the increased activity of rank-and-file soldiers, workers and peasants comes into increasing conflict with the Sixth Provisional military government.

Lording in the Corridor

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Fifth Estate # 267, November, 1975

Corridor Lording Ten years ago, the number of residents in the Cass Corridor, bounded by Adams, Cass, Penn Central RR, and the John Lodge X-Way, numbered well over two hundred thousand. Today that number has dwindled to under ninety thousand.

Strike & Sabotage at Wash. Post

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Fifth Estate # 267, November, 1975

If the publishing of a sympathetic account of a union struggle seems inconsistent with our perspective, which views unions as auxiliary organs of Capital, let us clarify the matter. As people who have spent our adult lives as wage workers …

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Today 10/30/75

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Fifth Estate # 267, November, 1975

(page 1 of The South End insert)

Spain: The continuing revolution

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Fifth Estate # 267, November, 1975

For the first time since I got here, people are openly and seriously comparing this to the pre-Civil War situation in 1936. –Basque Diplomat, October 1975

Find Jimmy Hoffa’s Body Contest

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Fifth Estate # 266, September, 1975

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Presents Find Jimmy Hoffa’s Body Contest