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During the last few months an increasing number of FIFTH ESTATE subscribers have complained to us that they receive their mailed issues either very late or not at all. Others complain that they receive their copy in a mutilated condition.
When “The Best of Second City” comes to Detroit, May 8, feature sketches will include those originally written and performed by Second City alumni: Alan Arkin, Barbara Harris, and Joel Grey. The troupe, which specialized in satirical and topical humor, …
Peace Island Gathering Announcement Longtime anarchists and artist-performers Lenny and June are inviting like-minded people to the Peace Island Assemblage. This gathering will take place from September 18 to 22, 2025, in Keelung prefecture, Taiwan. As Lenny tells us… My …
An incident involving a Wayne State student and the University’s Security Police touched off a controversy when the student, MacArthur Binion, described his treatment as “outrageous.”
A national meeting of anti-war student groups will take place May 13-14 in Chicago to evaluate the results of the Spring Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam that brought 500,000 demonstrators to New York and San Francisco. The meeting …
Green peppers, bananas, peanuts and now STP. This latest addition to the armamentarium of the underground messiah has become a legend almost before it was made available. Reputed to have been named STP by the Grateful Dead “because it lasts …
April 28 marked the opening of a new theatre in Detroit. The Tropic Theatre in the Wolverine Hotel began its first season with Harold Pinter’s “The Lover,” directed by John Kinney, and on the same bill, “The Man Upstairs” directed …
Detroit High School students are being sought for a special summer seminar on Racism in America being sponsored by People Against Racism (PAR).
Paul Krassner, editor of the Realist and Society Editor of Ramparts magazine, will speak on Friday, May 12 at Wayne State University. Krassner describes himself as the “court jester of the new left.” His talks usually range from soft core …