Senator Philip A. Hart and Theodore Sachs were recipients of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Annual Bill of Rights Award on Saturday evening, December 4. The Award was made during the intermission of the show “VOICES, Inc.”, the musical production …
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Supreme Court to Hear GIs
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
The first GIs to publicly refuse to go to Vietnam, known as the Fort Hood Three, asked the Supreme Court to hear their suit against the war, and against the government’s right to send them to Vietnam. Jimmy Johnson, 21, …
Letter From a Prison Cell
by David Samas
Fifth Estate # 17, November 1-15, 1966
Although I am being held in solitary confinement, the prisoners and guards find occasion to speak with me. I was ordered to remove the name tags from my uniforms and from above my cage door. I now exist as the …
Those who Refused
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 12, August 15, 1966
On July 7, three American GI’s were arrested in New York City as they prepared to speak at an antiwar rally. Pvt. Dennis Mora, PFC James Johnson, and Pvt. David Samas, had, on June 30 held a news conference to …
G.I. Coffee Houses for Peace
by Harvey Stone
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
FORT HOOD, TEXAS July 12 (LNS)—The war in Vietnam is now the longest war in America’s violent history. In addition to the genocide being committed against the Vietnamese, thousands upon thousands of American G.I.’s have been killed or wounded. But …
Dope study-junk!
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
Reprinted from the San Francisco Express-Times San Francisco—The American Medical Association’s report on the dangers of marijuana poses the issue in the lingo of narcotics police, not in scientific or humanitarian language, according to Dr. Joel Fort.
Nervous Brass Hit Anti-War GIs
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969
FT. JACKSON, S.C.—Military hearings began April 22 at this Southern Army base into the cases of eight anti-war GIs being harassed by the post brass.
I will not be used
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970
FT. HOOD, Texas (LNS)—Richard Chase, 26, was sentenced to two years hard labor in a Kangaroo Court-Martial here Dec. 20 for refusing to participate in riot control training.
GI coffee house bust set up
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 86, August 21-September 3, 1969
WRIGHTSTOWN, N.J. (LNS)—This town is a commercial appendage to Fort Dix. Wrightstown is shopping centers, gas stations, greaseburger palaces and bars.
American Servicemen’s Union
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 81, June 12-25, 1969
The following interview with American Servicemen’s Union (ASU) chairman Pvt. Andrew Stapp (Ret.) was conducted by Fifth Estate staffer Dena Clamage.
Sincavitch Gets Army Deal
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 84, July 24-August 6, 1969
After messing around with Tom Sincavitch’s “Discharge for the good of the service” and finally turning it down, the Army has offered him a deal. If Tom agrees to plead guilty to the charges of violating the orders of a …
Victory at Ft. Jackson
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 80, May 29-June 11, 1969
JACKSON, N.C.—The Army announced May 20 its “final disposition of the cases of the three anti-war soldiers who had been in the Fort Jackson stockade for two months.
Railroaded
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970
FORT DIX, N.J. (LNS)—Pfc. William Brakefield has been found guilty of rioting at the stockade here last June and sentenced to three years at hard labor.
Unsung Hero Dept.
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 73, February 20-March 5, 1969
TOPEKA (LNS)—Pvt. Donald Till wasn’t happy when the MP’s busted him for being AWOL. When they decided to fly him to Fort Riley, Kansas for a court-martial, Till hatched a plan. Feigning fear of flying, he conned a parachute out …
Viet Committee Plans Nov. 5-8 Protests as Rocks Fly
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966
Armed Farces Day
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970
MONTEREY, Calif. (LNS) — In over a dozen actions at military bases across the country on May 16, thousands of anti-war soldiers and civilians marched and rallied against the traditional celebration of Armed Forces Day.
November 5-7 Set for International Peace Protest
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966
A national conference was held in Cleveland Sept. 9-10 to plan for a united nationwide peace action this fall. The conference was called by the University Circle Teach-In Committee of Cleveland, with the assistance of the Inter-University Committee. The meeting …
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Detroit GI
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 70, January 9-22, 1969
Big news, you say, it happens every day. Ask any serviceman. The difference in Bell’s case is that the Army is trying to do a job on him because he refused to go to Chicago during the Democratic Convention last …
Students Plan Viet Summer Action
by Lissa Matross
Fifth Estate # 31, June 1-15, 1967
From Michigan Daily—An estimated 600 students from 100 high schools and colleges across the nation overwhelmingly approved a resolution here Sunday calling for a nationwide Vietnam referendum on campuses next fall. The students took part in a two-day Student Mobilization …
GI Resister Speaks Out at Fifth Estate Benefit
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
“I’d rather face the uncertainty of opposing the war and going AWOL than face the certainty of being shipped and fighting in a war that I am against.