Feral Forager is a wild 30-page zine coming out of the outskirts of the not-so-wild, hippie mecca of Asheville in the heart of the Southern Appalachian mountains in North Carolina. It contains all sorts of very practical and easy to …
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Anarchy, food and sustainability
by john johnson
Fifth Estate # 360, Spring, 2003
In this section: Anarchy, food and sustainability Against agriculture The Hungry Sheep Look Up And Are Not Fed Feral Forager #1 Someday the power will die Grange Appeal Two Ecological Fancies Biophilia Wasted, Indeed Grow Food or Die! exclaims the …
Tales From The Planet
by john johnson
Fifth Estate # 360, Spring, 2003
Campesinos Attack the Mexican Congress Hundreds of well organized campesinos (agricultural workers) stormed and broke into the Mexican Congress on December 10th, forcing many of the congressmen to run for their lives. The campesinos are extremely desperate because of the …
Tennescene
by john johnson
Fifth Estate # 359, Winter, 2002-2003
Long time readers of the Fifth Estate will remember the section called “Detroit Seen” which brought news from the radical scene in Detroit. We hope to continue “scene” reports in the new incarnation of the Fifth Estate.
A Fine Autumn Weekend In DC
by john johnson
Fifth Estate # 359, Winter, 2002-2003
Once again the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund scaled back big annual meetings in DC in the face of popular opposition. Folks from the DC Anti-Capitalist Convergence organized a People’s Strike for Friday, September 27th. The call was …
Tales from the Planet
by john johnson, Tequila Mockingbird
Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003
Starbucks Social Response Scale-Back Initiative In August, Starbucks stores in San Francisco had “for lease” signs and letters saying, the stores were closing pasted on the windows and doors. In all 17 Starbucks were hit with the official-looking signs, mostly …
Tales from the Planet
by Fifth Estate Collective, john johnson
Fifth Estate # 363, Winter, 2003/2004
Compiled by john johnson KKK Does the Job for Us In November 2003, a bullet fired in the air during a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony near Johnson City, Tennessee came down and struck a participant in the head, critically …
Tales of Resistance
by john johnson
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
Timoney Three Acquitted! Camilo Vivieros, Darby Landy, and Eric Steinberg, known as the Timoney Three, were acquitted April 6 of all charges against them arising from their arrests at the 2000 Republican National Convention protests.
Tales from the Planet
by john johnson
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
Sherman is Out, But not Free Anarchist organizer Sherman Austin has been released from prison after serving most of a one year sentence after being framed for controversial content on his website RaiseTheFist.com. He faces three years of federal probation …