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Free Readers Ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 292, June 19, 1978
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, …
Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 88, September 18-October 1, 1969
Abbie Hoffman explains the reason for the grass shortage in his new book, The Woodstock World (about to be published by Random House). Federal narcs armed with hundreds of thousands of dollars went to Mexico, says Abbie, and outbid the …
Goodbye to All That
by Robin Morgan
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
from The Rat/UPS — Let’s run it on down. White males are most responsible for the destruction of human life and environment on the planet today. Yet who is controlling the supposed revolution to change all that? White males (yes, …
Esperanto & Anarchism
by Xavi Alcalde
Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018
“Paroli Esperanton estis iam esenca parto de anarkiismo.” (There was a time when speaking Esperanto was an essential part of being an anarchist.)
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
Charta 79: The Sami People & Human Rights is an English edition of a collection of essays by and concerning the indigenous peoples of northern Scandinavia. The Sarni of Semiland, which is comprised of the northernmost sections of Sweden, Norway, …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 276, September 1976
Once again we have to extend gratitude to our subscribers for their generous contributions to insure this paper’s continued existence. Every time we thought the flow of letters containing checks or cash had ceased, we would receive yet another with …
The High Priest of LSD
by Karen Knorp
Fifth Estate # 65, October 31-November 13, 1968
highThere is virtually no aspect of life in America today that is not concerned in one way or another with the drug scene. Hippies and politicians, students, parents, teachers. police and revolutionaries all contribute their harsh or thoughtful or inconsistent …
The Legacy of Omar Aziz
by Leila Al Shami
Fifth Estate # 397, Winter, 2017
“A revolution is an exceptional event that will alter the history of societies, while changing humanity itself. It is a rupture in time and space, where humans live between two periods: the period of power and the period of revolution. …
Benjamin Péret and the Ecological Imagination
by Don LaCoss
Fifth Estate # 358, Fall, 2002
Those who believe in a staunch ecological stance that subverts the dominant patterns of objectification, degradation, subordination, and commodification should take time to understand the revolutionary force of poetry.
Mexican Oil Spill Disaster
by Primitivo Solis (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 299, October 22, 1979
The gruesome tailspin of industrialism continues unabated in every sphere. Industrial society is at a malignant stage of decline with events like the Ixtoc 1 oil disaster providing all the more evidence of its impending collapse.
Bits of the World in Brief
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 297, April 18, 1979
XINGFU COLA HITS THE SPOT—The first television commercial in Chinese broadcasting history has been shown by a Shanghai station, Japanese monitors of Chinese broadcasts reported March 12. It showed a well known Chinese basketball star and several of his teammates …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 310, Fall 1982
FE Moves It might seem self-indulgent, in the face of mounting worldwide horror, to call what has occurred around the FE the past several months a “crisis,” but a more precise word fails to come to mind. In August we …
Larry Miller Leaves Detroit
by Larry Miller
Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966
Well, attentive readers, I must say there is nothing like an occasional attack to sharpen up one’s reflexes… Having had several lately, I shall at this point contribute several counter-attacks… To our friendly neighbor “Virile American”…(see letters, last issue) I …
How to Get Your History On
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
The 40 year history of Fifth Estate is not the easiest thing to access for research purposes. The best source is the massive Underground Press Collection, a 500+ reel microfilm archive of periodicals from 1963 to 1985. Almost 100 libraries, …
Murray Appeal Still Pending
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 278, November, 1976
As of this writing the fate of Marie and Noel Murray, the two Irish anarchists who have been sentenced to hang for their alleged murder of a Dublin cop, remains uncertain.
Ron Sakolsky’s Swift Winds
by Andy Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 381, Summer-Fall 2009
A review of: Swift Winds, Ron Sakolsky, artwork by Anais LaRue, Eberhardt Press, 2009, 128 pp., $8
The Car Bomb
by Don LaCoss
Fifth Estate # 378, Summer 2008
reviewed in this article Buda’s Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb, by Mike Davis, 2007, Verso, 228 pp., $22.95
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 309, June 19, 1982
An anarchist group and bookstore, Impossible Books (Suite 202, 3435 N. Sheffield Chicago, IL 60657) has been formed by a group of friends in the Chicago area. Although their resources are limited and funds low, they have initiated a newsletter …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 290, March 2, 1978
Ammunition Books shares space with the Fifth Estate Newspaper and can be found at 4403 Second Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 48201 (telephone-313-831-6800). Our hours vary, but we are generally open on Monday and Thursday afternoons (from 1pm to 5pm) and at …