Bob McGlynn, a longtime fighter, organizer and visionary in New York City’s anarchist scene, who became known internationally for his solidarity work with activists in the East Bloc, died of a heart attack Aug. 23 at his home in Yonkers. …
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‘What Have You Got?’
by Art Johnston
Fifth Estate # 18, November 15-30, 1966
Nineteenth century capitalism generated the “true believer” in laissez-faire, and gave rise to a large body of oppressed workers; the condition of which was a contradiction of the justifying principles of capitalism—the “natural rights” of Man.
‘A First Class Texas Job’
by John Arden
Fifth Estate # 18, November 15-30, 1966
Reprinted by permission from England’s PEACE NEWS: Oct. 7, 1966 Discussed in this article: Rush to Judgment by Mark Lane; Inquest by E.J. Epstein Somebody once said that “the man on the Clapham omnibus” was the sort of typical figure …
Headline
by David Fraser
Fifth Estate # 99, February 19-March 4, 1970
a review of 1) The Matrix, Poems: 1960-1970, by N.H. Pritchard, Doubleday paperback, 1970, $2.45. 2) Arts in Society, volume 6, number 3, edited by Edward L. Karmack, University of Wisconsin, 1969, single issue $2.00, 1 year subscription (3 issues) …
Caution: Capitalism may be Harmful to Your Health
by George Metefsky
Fifth Estate # 99, February 19-March 4, 1970
Part II: Alternative Cultures Serving Capitalism No one really consciously planned the thorough integration of the middle-class worker with capitalism. Capitalists were forced to develop a more productive worker, a more extravagant consumer, simply because their own fixation on accumulation …
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Caution: Capitalism May Be Hazardous to Your Health
by George Metefsky
Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970
Part I These are the last days of the Weimar Republic. In Berkeley, police ‘opened fire with buckshot on unarmed people by the Peoples’ Park, wounding over a hundred and killing one, James Rector. Across the country—in Madison, in Ann …
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This One’s Ours
by J.R. Kennedy
Fifth Estate # 97, January 22-February 4, 1970
After only three hours of deliberation on December 22 a half black half white Detroit Recorder’s Court jury found Alfred Hibbitt, member of the Black Legion, the paramilitary arm of the Republic of New Africa (RNA), innocent of assault with …
Anarchists & The War in Ukraine
by Thomas Martin
Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023
Despite the appeal of nationalism among today’s Ukrainians, the legacy of anarchism in that tormented region has not been forgotten. In fact, it is resurgent, though not always in ways that anarchists in more comfortable lands might like.
Draft Tests
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 9, June, 1966
The Selective Service Classification Exams given in May and June have been the center of much peace activity in Michigan. The Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam has distributed leaflets at the six testing stations in Detroit and …