Millard Berry Alan Franklin Ralph Franklin Pat Halley Maynard G. Krebs Angela DiSante Pat O’Bryan Kathy Horak Tina Nachalo Bob Nirkind E.B. Maple Bill McGraw Stuart Perry Pete Rachleff Donna Saffiati Marilyn Werbe Peter Werbe Judith Torres John Zerzan Mark …
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In a concerted effort to reform the outdated Michigan abortion laws, Michigan Women for Medical Control of Abortion has launched an all-out action program. The program has been set up to involve as many people as possible in working for …
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The local gestapo ended their celebration of National Police Week Sunday, May 21, by staging a tiny raid on the offices of the FIFTH ESTATE’S brother newspaper, THE SUN, at 4863 John Lodge, and took SUN editor Gary Grimshaw into …
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The Fifth Estate, our answer “to what could be happening in Detroit if people knew where to find it,” has moved from its Post Office box in Bloomfield Hills to 1107 Warren. Located just off the John Lodge expressway and …
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The FE Bookstore is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper (?) [sic] and can be found at 4403 Second Avenue—telephone (313) 831-6800. Our hours vary quite a bit, so it’s always best to give us a …
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The calendar is prepared by Fifth Estate calendar girls Karen Kovac and Naiomi Epil with cooperation from Detroit Adventure. Copy deadline is the 6th and 22nd of each month and should be sent to the Fifth Estate Calendar, 1107 W. …
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P. 6 Greg Giegucz is a multimedia artist living and working in New Orleans. He moved to New Orleans from New York to draw its devastated landscape, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. giegucz.com P. 9 John Gruntfest is a saxophonist …
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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
The Pentangle’s new double album, although as yet unreleased in this country, proves my conviction that this (dare I say it?) “super group” is by far one of the best groups around. “Sweet Child” consists of two albums, one live …
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A student prominent in the recent student power demonstration at Wayne State University and a contributor to the Fifth Estate has been named Editor of the Daily Collegian, the WSU school newspaper. Art Johnston, who will assume duties as Editor …
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John Wayne BIFF! has made a new movie POW! called “The Green Berets” AAP! It’s currently appearing at the Adams Theatre, and I want all you weak-kneed, yellow-bellied draft dodgers out there to double time down to see it.
Is a speeding automobile more beautiful than the Winged Victory? Is Dionne Warwick’s “Are You There?” greater than the Ninth Symphony? The Grate Society, a small group of Ann Arbor composers and performers think so. They will be in Detroit …
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The first half of August 2012 found my wife Alice and I in London, but not for the Olympic Games. The nonprofit contemporary art gallery Raven Row invited me to participate in a series of talks and displays titled “The …
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His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, tripped on his robe as he was ascending the three stairs to his throne and dislocated his shoulder, Nov. 11, a spokesman for the Vatican reported. Perhaps this was karmic retribution for papal sponsorship …
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FIFTH ESTATE #268, January, 1976, Vol. 11, No. 4
Related: Fifth Estate celebrates 50th year with exhibits & festivities Detroit Historical Museum Runs to August 2016 Start The Presses: 50 Years of the Fifth Estate Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner once famously said, “If you can remember anything about the …
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Ammunition Books, 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48201 ILLUMINATUS TRILOGY by Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson Part I The Eye in the Pyramid 304 pp. Part II The Golden Apple 272 pp. Part III Leviathan 253 pp. Incredible political …
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a review of When We Are Human by John Zerzan. Feral House 2021
The Ringling Bros., Barnum and Bailey Circus is coming to Detroit. Running a poor second in entertainment value is the election campaign for the mayor of Detroit.