Dispatches from behind bars

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Fifth Estate # 414, Fall 2023

A new book of oral histories edited by political prisoner Eric King and abolitionist Josh Davidson is now available for preorder through AK Press and Burning Books. Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners with a foreword …

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FBI Hunts Pun

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Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970

“The beauty parlor’s filled with sailors, the circus is in town.” —Dylan Bill Rowe, alias Desolation Rowe, radical accountant and financial wizard for the Fifth Estate, Argus, numerous rock groups and conspiracies far too numerous to mention here, was raided …

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Set Our Brother Free Now

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Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970

FT. LEWIS, Wash., Feb. 28 — 300 people rallied to the defense of Pvt. Bruce McLean, an American Servicemen’s Union (ASU) member who was shanghaied to Vietnam Feb. 19. The rally was held at American Park, just off Ft. Lewis. …

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GI Caucus

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Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970

A caucus of anti-war GIs meeting at the Feb. 15 Student Mobilization Committee conference in Cleveland decided to call for a national anti-war GI meeting. GIs at the conference represented bases from Alaska to Texas, and from Ft. Dix, N.J. …

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First Amendment Rights!

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Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970

Over the past year, 58 GI antiwar newspapers published by and for GIs have sprung up on bases around the country and overseas—substantially augmenting the quality of news and analysis for GIs who previously had access only to such military …

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Just Motor City News

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Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970

  VOTE DRUM The League of Revolutionary Black Workers has been participating in elections of UAW locals and found itself confronted with vote fraud when it was clear the union bureaucrats could win in no other way. At the Chrysler …

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News Shorts

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Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970

  FUZZY PIG BOSTON—Fuzzy the pig is going to be alright. Fuzzy is, fittingly, the mascot of the National Patrolman’s Association, and underwent a weekend operation for an intestinal disorder at the Angell Memorial Animal Hospital last week. Richard MacEachner, …

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Deee-Troit

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Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970

It may take two or three years, but beware: Mayor Gribbs has let it be known that he is not adverse to a $1.00 admission fee to the Detroit Zoo, along with plans to raise the Sunday parking fee to …

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Anti-War March

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Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970

The mass anti-war march set for April 15 down Woodward Ave. may have wider support than all previous such demonstrations. Plans call for the march to begin at the Wayne State University campus at 2:00 pm and march to Kennedy …

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Women Hex Prosecutor

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Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970

Members of the Women’s Liberation Coalition of Michigan staged a protest march in downtown Detroit March 7 to “dramatize the atrocious deaths of our sisters who, in their desperation, have had butcher abortions.” About fifty women dressed in black with …

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