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Maoists Become Shrubs
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 283, June, 1977
Just as in George Orwell’s 1984, “opponents of the working class” in China not only disappear physically, never to be heard from again, but also historically. A case in point are the two photographs printed here which demonstrate one of …
Graphics Notes
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 319, Winter, 1985
The graphics/collages on pages 9-13 are taken from “Manual for Revolutionary Leaders” by M. Velli, and appear in the book in full color. It is available through our book service and is listed on page 18. Each construction contains a …
Free the Hunan iconoclasts
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 342, Summer 1993
WHO ARE THEY: Yu Zhijian, age 27, formerly a teacher at the Tantou Wan Primary School in Dahu Township, Liuyang County, Hunan Province. Yu Dongyue, former fine-arts director of the Liuyang News. Lu Decheng, 28, previously an employee of the …
World Sports Roundup
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 297, April 18, 1979
This issue’s sports roundup shows radical changes in fortune for many players.
Madness and Nuclear Drama on TV
by Norman Bates
Fifth Estate # 312, Spring 1983
Within the space of one week in March, two films dealing with different aspects of nuclear madness appeared on Network television. In “The China Syndrome,” a film which had been released right at the time of the Three Mile Island …
From the other side of the tracks
by Julius Lester
Fifth Estate # 88, September 18-October 1, 1969
There now exists a segment of the movement which officially considers itself Marxist-Leninist. Unfortunately it regards Marxism-Leninism more as a temple in which one must worship than a tool to be used creatively.
A Spectre Haunts the World
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 290, March 2, 1978
CAUTION! There are terrorists among us. THEY infest this planet from Washington to New York, from Nuremburg to Moscow, from Peking to Santiago. THEY detain millions of hostages every day and give them the ultimatum—become a slave to the state …
Coke adds life to every party…
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 296, January 29, 1979
The Coca Cola Bottling Co. extends its hand in congratulations to the People’s Republic of China on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of its Revolution and on its ambitious plans to become a modern technological society by the year …
Occupy the Future
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012
They’ve wrecked the earth, destroyed her treasures, and inflicted misery on the many, all so they can golf or set up their lawn chairs on some clear cut forest. It’s over whether we do anything or not, but if we …
Bits of the World in Brief
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 292, June 19, 1978
Peoples (sic) Republic (sic) of China Despite the change of bureaucracy in China and attempts by the new rulers to make peace with the workers by offering them meager wage increases, it seems that political and social unrest continues. According …
LBJ Signs Anti-pot Treaty
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
The movement to re-legalize marijuana was dealt a severe blow several weeks ago according to an article in the Village Voice of June 22, 1967. On May 25 President Johnson, a reputed speed freak, signed a treaty known as the …
Rise and Fall
by Fran Shor
Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012
A defining historical feature of the decline of specific empires in the world capitalist system has been the conflict surrounding the emergence of a successor. The United States and Germany engaged in a protracted struggle in the first half of …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
Us Normals To The Fifth Estate: We had a dim premonition the shallow-minded comedians would one day use what they thought to be DADA as a way of deadening men’s minds.
Class War World-Wide
by MHB
Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021
a review of Workers’ Inquiry and Global Class Struggle: Strategies, Tactics, Objectives, Robert Ovetz, Editor. Pluto Press 2020
The “Left” on Sex
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 270, March, 1976
The following are quotations from a variety of “leftist” politicians and organizations:
Beyond Parody
by Ann Landers
Fifth Estate # 333, Winter, 1990
Dear Ann Landers: Right now I am so mad I could spit tacks. My husband and I are seniors. We love to watch the soaps. We have come to know the characters so well that they are like members of …
Shorts
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 299, October 22, 1979
Sweet Music-Muzak—that background music featured in supermarkets, office buildings and factories is invading the People’s Republic of China. The Western regional director of the-Muzak Corporation, Bert Mitchell, has told Pacific News Service that a Muzak salesman has just returned from …
Eat It!
by Judie Davis
Fifth Estate # 77, April 17-30, 1969
Why I like Chinese food: I guess I really became crazy about Chinese food when I was living in New York and working as a waitress. I always ate Chinese on my day off because I was tired of roast …
Robert Williams
by J.R. Kennedy
Fifth Estate # 94, December 11-24, 1969
The Detroit black community is moving again. They are mobilizing in support of Robert F. Williams and against the racist judicial machinery that is attempting to extradite him to North Carolina.