John Sinclair, poet, author of Guitar Army, manager of the MC5 rock band, anti-racist White Panther Party co-founder, and early Fifth Estate writer, died of heart failure at 82 in Detroit on April 9. Sinclair was remembered in publications across …
FE Author: Peter Werbe
Spare the Rod…?
by Ben Habeebe, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 21, January 1-15, 1967
“It is a general policy to expect that teachers will maintain discipline by means other than the use of corporal punishment.” —Detroit Public Schools TEACHERS’ BULLETIN “The Detroit Board of Education policy limited the use of corporal punishment is in …
End Game in the Levant
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 415, Summer 2024
Before anything can be said or written about what has happened in Palestine and Israel since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, recognition must be given to the enormity of the crimes Israel’s merciless army has committed against the Palestinian …
Napalm Photos Spark Vietnam Dialogue
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966
No matter what his choice of words, every newspaper editor is aware that he is bound to offend someone. The arrest and trial of Peter Zenger two hundred years ago and the bombing of the office of the WORKER in …
“Foul deeds will rise”
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 414, Fall 2023
a review of This Rancid Mill: An Alex Damage Novel by Kyle Decker. PM Press 2023
More Phantasmagoria…
by Fulton Lewis III, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966
Leftovers from the Right-wing Film Phantasmagoria [see FE #14, September 15, 1966] came in the form of letters to and from Fulton Lewis, III. Peter Werbe, News Editor of the Fifth Estate and Executive Board Member of the DCEWV, wrote …
Is ChatGPT just a new tech toy or is it Skynet?
by Jess Flarity, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the …
Reading Marx
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022
a review of How to Read Marx’s Capital: Commentary and Explanations on the Beginning Chapters by Michael Heinrich. Translated by Alexander Locasio. Monthly Review Press 2022
How to print zines, posters, flyers, and stickers
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022
a review of Cheap Copies! Cheap Copies! The OBSOLETE! Press Guide to DIY Hectography, Mimeography, & Spirit Duplication by Rich Dana. Obsolete Press, 2022
The Coldest of All Cold Monsters
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021
a review of The Operating System: An Anarchist Theory of the Modern State by Eric Laursen, Foreword by Maia Ramath. AK Press 2021