To the Editors: John Watson and the Fifth Estate are revolutionaries and that’s why they support the Teamster workers. [See “The News Gets Ready,” FE #68, December 12-25, 1968.] Revolutionaries remember 1937 when industrial workers in Flint fought the …
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Sincavitch to be Tried
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
FLASH! Sincavitch has been convicted of being absent without leave and received a suspended sentence of six months confinement. He was ordered to report for active duty immediately, but Sincavitch has stated that he will refuse to do so.
Anti-war Briefs
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 53, May 1-15, 1968
Fort Ord, Calif., (LNS)—Two GI’s, members of the American Serviceman’s Union, face possible charges of “promoting disloyalty and disaffection among the troops and the civilian populace.” Pvts. Ken Stolte, Jr. and Pfc. Daniel Amick are being investigated because of their …
Teachin’
by Jackie Gasson
Fifth Estate # 20, December 15-31, 1966
I load my briefcase (big gold stars, red marking pencils, paper clips, safety pins, string for cheerio necklaces, Conscientious Objector Handbook, Fort Hood Three Newsletter, Substitute Directory, lunch, throat lozenges, cigarettes) and wait for that damn phone call.
Anti-war GIs March
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 93, November 27-December 10, 1969
WASHINGTON—In August 1968 forty-three GIs at Ft. Hood, Texas refused to go to Chicago for riot duty. Their protest was the first in what has been a long series of anti-war and anti-military protests that have led to the growth …
Seditious Children
by Mycle
Fifth Estate # 377, March 2008
We will meet at the midnight hour past the tree stump forest. We will be sneaky slinkies and walky- talkies. Robin Hood’s woods would be so proud. Merry boys and girls sing
GI Busted in Demo
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 63, October 3-16, 1968
NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 12, The Word/LNS—A Fort Polk soldier was busted here, during his participation in a peaceful protest demonstration against Governor Wallace. The soldier, Private Michael Borne, of Chalmette, La., approached the marchers and asked the nature of …
Detroit Resist Backs Dr. Spock
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 55, June 4-18, 1968
Seventy-five persons picketed the Federal Building in downtown Detroit May 20 to protest the trial in Boston of Dr. Benjamin Spock and four others for conspiracy to violate the draft laws. The demonstration was sponsored by Detroit Area Resist. A …
“I Am Tom Sincavitch”
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 75, March 20-April 2, 1969
The scene is a church located in the heart of Detroit’s Inner City.
Underground Incorporated
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
New York, July 23 (LNS)—Former Supreme Court Justice and UN lackey Arthur Goldberg will defend Rev. William Sloane Coffin in the upcoming appeal of his two-year draft conspiracy conviction. Radio Station WBAI said that Goldberg left them with the impression …
The Further Adventures of Tom Sincavitch
by Marc Kadish
Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969
Editors’ Note: Marc Kadish is Mid-West organizer for the National Lawyer’s Guild and is active in Detroit with the National Organizing Committee (NOC).
Gentrification
by Tolbert Small
Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019
Quick call the police; The Negroes are barbecuing at the lake. Quick call the police; The Negroes are drumming too loud Quick call the cops The colored choir is singing too loud. Quick call the cops That pregnant Negro’s belly …
Texas Anti-Nuke Activist Murdered
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 298, June 19, 1979
The ambush-style shooting death of an anti-nuclear activist in Houston, in April, has sent waves of alarm through the Texas anti-nuclear community. The victim of the assault was 28-year-old Michael Eakin, who was formerly the editor of the University of …
GIs Resist the War
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 94, December 11-24, 1969
GIs Resist the WarFort Dix FT. DIX, N.J.—The trials of the Ft. Dix 38 accused of a variety of charges stemming from a stockade rebellion last June are continuing.
Get Down
by Ken Cockrell
Fifth Estate # 94, December 11-24, 1969
Part of American Revolutionary Media / Detroit insert Ken Cockrell is a Black revolutionary, “so-called attorney,” and a member of the central staff of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit. His rap was taped, transcribed and edited by …
The People Own the City in Detroit Uprising
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
“Light My Fire” rises through the radio ranks for weeks and, when it hits number one on the stations, the people respond and burn the city down. Or play Archie Shepp’s “Fire Music” album as background music for the Detroit …
Cops Disciplined
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 75, March 20-April 2, 1969
For once it appears that it pays to be black. At least the sons of prominent black ministers and politicians. The Detroit Police Department actually disciplined several of it’s men for their drunken and cowardly beatings of several black youths …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 37, September 1-15, 1967
One of the biggest problems of “rebuilding Detroit” after the July 23 rebellion will be the attitudes and actions of the very powerful “white liberal” leadership in our community.
Warfare 1970
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970
“a very great revolutionary force latent in the American people” —Peking Radio, May 9 President Nixon’s announcement of the invasion of Cambodia effectively implemented the old SDS slogan “Bring the War Home!” Millions of people joined the revolutionary struggle, striking …