Rep. John Conyers, Jr. cast, as he promised, the only dissenting vote in a House judiciary subcommittee against that idiotic, probably unconstitutional, law which would make it a Federal crime to burn, deface, etc. the American flag. (The “offense” is …
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Open City Opens
by Harvey Ovshinsky
Fifth Estate # 74, March 5-19, 1969
Several hundred people attended Open City’s first benefit held February 28 at Alvin’s Delicatessen. The three hundred dollars collected at the door was used to purchase the community switchboard now in operation at the Open City office. For the last …
Open Letter To Judd Arnett & Lou Gordon
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 276, September 1976
To: Judd Arnett, The Detroit Free Press Lou Gordon, The Detroit News Lift up a rock in Detroit these days—more correctly, in one of its outlying suburbs—and out will crawl a newspaper columnist.
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Fifth Estate Archive Back issues Resource pages Fifth Estate Live interviews This section of our site contains articles from Fifth Estate’s past issues, grouped by the number of the issue in which they were published. You can also purchase back …
The Mouthpiece
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 97, January 22-February 4, 1970
Editors’ Note: At long last, here is the legal column we have been promising for several issues. “The Mouthpiece” will be a regular feature of the Fifth Estate and is in keeping with our motto of Serve The People.
Worker’s Letter to Wayne Strikers
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 105, May 14-27, 1970
One morning last week I was approached at the plant gate after my shift-by a student passing out your handouts. I spoke to him briefly, and noting the peace symbol painted on my lunchbox, he asked me to pass out …
“Revolt Against Work” or the End of Leftism?
by John Zerzan, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 281, March, 1977
FE Note. The December 1976 Fifth Estate carried a critique by Charles Reeve (see “The Revolt Against Work or Fight for the Right to Be Lazy,” p. 9) of the contentions of John and Paula Zerzan that the crisis point …
News and Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 332, Summer, 1989
The Work Resister’s Handbook is presently being assembled by John Zerzan and Morgan Feralchilde. The authors want true stories of work resistance, how to do scams, and practical hints for curing consumption blues, e.g. shoplifting, etc. Write: Box 11331, Eugene …
Attica: Victory at the trials
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
NEW YORK (LNS)–A little more than three years after the first Attica indictments were handed down at a snow-covered courthouse a few miles from Attica State Prison in upstate New York, the Attica defendants and their supporters have won an …
Rock and Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 62, Sept. 19-Oct. 2, 1968
It’s really good to see that Brother Ear is hearing the Detroit bands and digging them, especially since people around here have to be told how heavy the bands are. The Frost and the Thyme aren’t the only together groups …
The Ballad of Donna Lewis
by Robin Banks
Fifth Estate # Daily Barbarian Number 3
Fifth Estate Home > Issue 319, Winter, 1985 > On the night of November 1, 1982, one day after Halloween, Donna Lewis, Clarita Henry and Lawrence and Arnet McClung had their lives transformed from rags to riches when money bags …
Rewilding
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 415, Summer 2024
a review of Human Rewilding in the 21st Century: Why Anthropologists Fail by James M. Van Lanen. Birch Top Hill Press, 2024 Recently, there has been somewhat surprising interest from mainstream media in topics of domestication and rewilding. On January …
Sympathy for the Devil
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
“Sympathy for the Devil,” Jean-Luc Godard’s first film since his masterly “Weekend,” is full of radical rhetoric, Black Power, white fascism, graffiti, pornographic novels and rock music. Watching it is often difficult and demanding because Godard poses questions while denying …
Hellcat Passion
by Ron Sakolsky, Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 379, Fall, 2008
Game (1) “Shelf Life” How to Play: You take a series of books off your shelf in the order they sit there. Working through them in sequence, you open them at random, selecting the phrase or clause that strikes you, …
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 353, Summer, 1999
The 15 minutes of fame for Ted Kaczynski, the convicted Unabomber, are not up after all. He’s been in the news several times recently. Kaczynski is releasing an autobiographical account of his life, entitled Truth Versus Lie, printed by Context …
Let’s Eat!
by Mr. Venom
Fifth Estate # 296, January 29, 1979
Better Late Than Never In the spirit of the weather and the season, a few obituaries. Harry Bennet, a chief gangster for Henry Ford, scabherder, thug, assassin, head of the Ford Motor Company’s notorious “Service Department,” drowned in his drool …
Chuck Berry!
by Mike Kerman
Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969
A cop stood on the Grande stage, presumably to hold the crowds back. He was confused. He had no idea what was happening.
Murder in the Redwoods
by Earth First!
Fifth Estate # 352, Winter, 1999
On September 17, 24-year-old Earth First! activist David “Gypsy” Chain was pronounced dead in the woods he was working to defend.
Free Readers’ Ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 288, December 1977
Though we do not accept commercial advertising, this Unclassified ad space is free for our readers’ use. We do not accept ads over the telephone, so please send your ads in writing to our office at: 4403 Second Ave., Detroit …