M.A.D.

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Fifth Estate # 390, Fall, 2013

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when societies began to exhibit mass madness, but it certainly happened as the political state arose some scant four thousand years ago. What delusions of grandeur must have inhabited the mind of the first man …

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An Anarcho-Crossword Puzzle

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Fifth Estate # 390, Fall, 2013

View or download PDF [57 KB] fe-390-48-anarcho-crossword Hints are displayed below the puzzle. See below for answers and annotations

Anarchy for Kids

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Fifth Estate # 389, Summer, 2013

a review of A Rule is to Break: A Child’s Guide to Anarchy, John Seven and Jana Christy. Manic D Press, 48 pp, $14.95 www.manicdpress.com

Two Cheers For Anarchism?

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Fifth Estate # 389, Summer, 2013

a review of James C. Scott: Two cheers for Anarchism; Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play, Princeton University Press, 2012, 169 pp., $35 cloth and e-book

Voices of the Underground

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Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012

A review of Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press, Part 2 edited by Ken Wachsberger, Michigan State University Press, 2012, 442 pp, $40

Cara Hoffman

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Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012

Cara Hoffman published her first major novel, So Much Pretty, in 2011. It is a tale of family, community, and storytelling, but also about the ongoing acceptance of violence against women. Cara’s writing has appeared frequently in these pages. The …

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Danger: Inflammatory Literature

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Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012

A review of Scratching the Tiger’s Belly by Ron Sakolsky, 2012, Eberhardt Press, Portland, Oregon, 160pp., price listed as, “Until we achieve a world free of currency, this book is $9.95,” eberhardtpress.org.