The Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) had its long-awaited dinner at the Rackham Bldg. recently, only a few days after anti-war demonstrators had clashed with the warmakers and local gendarmes in the same locals.
FE Author: Sol Plafkin
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 6, March 20-April 1, 1966
Liberal Detroiters were recently mildly surprised and, perhaps, even a little bit shocked, by a recent picket line thrown by the West Central Organization (WCO) before a union hall where a victory” fund-raising dinner was being held for recently re-elected …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 41, November 1-15, 1967
Let’s have a few more words about Mel Ravitz (then, I hope to close this subject for a while).
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 40, October 15-31, 1967
Probably one of the dirtiest jobs in the world is being a police commissioner in a large American city.
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 32, June 15-30, 1967
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. cast, as he promised, the only dissenting vote in a House judiciary subcommittee against that idiotic, probably unconstitutional, law which would make it a Federal crime to burn, deface, etc. the American flag. (The “offense” is …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 31, June 1-15, 1967
Let me predict this: Jerry Cavanagh is definitely on the way out! It may not come as a result of the current recall movement, but it will happen soon.
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
Publisher Anthony Wierzbicki of the Detroit American is constantly explaining his extensive “crime” coverage. In a recent front-page editorial he stated: “We firmly believe that it is the duty of a newspaper to advise its readers of the truth—the entire …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 58, July 18-31, 1968
An interesting entry to the TV “talk show” circuit locally is “Haney’s People,” at 11:15 p.m., on Channel 7 (WXYZ-TV).
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968
Much attention in the community from now on will be focused on the primary election to be held Tuesday, August 6. Perhaps the largest effort will be that of the McCarthy for President Committee, together with the Michigan Conference for …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 56, June 19-July 1, 1968
Of the many comments made following the shooting of Sen. Kennedy, perhaps the most incisive was given by Sen. McCarthy: “It is not enough in my judgment to say that this was the act of one deranged man, if that …