FE Introduction: Members of the Fifth Estate staff and our friends (as well as some not so friendly) have been debating the role of technology and its function within the larger system of domination almost since the inception of our …
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Old Perspectives on Race at WSU
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 40, October 15-31, 1967
On October 19 to 21, Wayne State University will sponsor a conference titled “New Perspectives on Race and the City.” Featured speakers include G. Mennen Williams, Jerome P. Cavanagh, Hubert Locke, Roger Wilkins of the U.S. Justice Department, Community Relations …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
The revolution is a thing of the people, a popular creation; the counterrevolution is a thing of the State. It has always been so and will always be so, whether in Russia, Spain or China. –Anarchist Federation of Iberia (FA …
From Red Anarchism to Green Anarchy
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 404, Summer, 2019
From its Eat the Rich Gang incarnation in the 1970s, Fifth Estate has been an unparalleled source of new ideas. Thinkers like Fredy Perlman, Jacques Ellul, and Jacques Camatte were introduced and moved anti-authoritarian perspectives forward very significantly.
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 33, July 1-15, 1967
The ridiculous bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to penalize flag-burners passed by a whopping majority (385 to 16) last week—but in their haste, the patriotic legislators forgot to include the specific term “burning” in their prohibition. They did …
A New Detroit?
by Benjamin Hababee, Frank H. Joyce, Fred Baker
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
Curious. The same people who built the old Detroit, which the people burned down because apparently they didn’t like it much, have been selected to build the new Detroit.
The Beatles in Detroit
by Larry Miller
Fifth Estate # 13, August 30, 1966
There I was, right in the exact middle of it… most of that which had gone before merely served to strain my patience… had to go out several times for a cigarette, drink of water…when they finally came on, it …
Free Readers’ Ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 277, October 1976
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 48201
Poetry
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 332, Summer, 1989
from Cultural Democracy, Spring 1989, P.O.B. 7591, Minneapolis, MN 55407 Port-of-Call Cass Corridor Anchored in the oily swamp Near the crumbling dockyard Lurks an old ship . Stumbling past The foggy glass portholes I glance at the stowaways: The Black …
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 336, Spring, 1991
We never could figure out which faction was responsible for the auto-destruction of New York City’s Sabotage Bookstore (the pamphlets published by either side casting blame are definitely not recommended reading), but we had the same sensation one does when …
Resistance Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
To add an event, please email johnjef@bledsoe.net Sept 20-26—Idapalooza Fruit Jam—A Queer Music Festival in the hills of Tennessee! www.planetida.com or planetida@planetida.com for info.
Deee-Troit
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
It may take two or three years, but beware: Mayor Gribbs has let it be known that he is not adverse to a $1.00 admission fee to the Detroit Zoo, along with plans to raise the Sunday parking fee to …
Raging Against the Machine
by John Clark
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
a review of Red Round Globe Hot Burning: A Tale at the Crossroads of Commons and Closure, of Love and Terror, of Race and Class, and of Kate and Ned Despard by Peter Linebaugh. University of California Press, 2019
HipPocrates
by Eugene Schoenfeld M.D.
Fifth Estate # 95, December 26, 1969-January 7, 1970
Dear Dr. Schoenfeld: For several years we’ve been looking for physicians to help freeze people. With several exceptions, we haven’t had much luck. Most doctors are too frightened and conservative to even study our approach.
Google’s Utopia: Our Nightmare
by Kim A. Broadie
Fifth Estate # 406, Spring, 2020
The Internet wasn’t supposed to be like this. John Perry Barlow, Internet pioneer and friend of the Grateful Dead and contributor to their very early virtual community, The Well (or Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link), wrote this in his 1996 A …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969
UNCLASSIFIEDS cost 50 cents per line per issue. Figure four words per line. (A word is a word including one and two letter words. A phone number is a word. Street numbers are words. Abbreviations should be sensible. DISCOUNT RATES: …
Students Battle War Profiteers
by Allen Fisk
Fifth Estate # 41, November 1-15, 1967
Fourteen people were arrested and a number of assault charges are pending after two days of protest by Wayne University students, Oct. 24 and 25, at the site of a Defense and Government Procurement Conference set up to bring more …
Against the Totality
by John Filiss
Fifth Estate # 353, Summer, 1999
a review of Against Civilization: Readings and Reflections, edited by John Zerzan. Uncivilized Books, Eugene, Ore., 1999, 214 pp., $10 (available from FE Books)
Fifth Estate Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
BI ANY OTHER NAME: BISEXUAL PEOPLE SPEAK OUT edited by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu Rejected by both Gay and Straight worlds, bisexuals have been a community in exile. With this rich and varied collection, however, bisexual women and men …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 403, Spring 2019
Send letters to fe – AT – fifthestate – DOT – org or Fifth Estate, POB 201016, Ferndale MI 48220 All formats accepted including typescript & handwritten. Letters may be edited for length. TAKING A RISK As always, thank you …