A couple of years back, at a conference in Ohio, an acquaintance of ours described to us how he had, in some research, happened upon an anarchist publisher who had lived and died in our neck of the woods: central …
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News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 355, Fall-Winter, 2000
The several thousand unapproved, pirate radio stations operating in the U.S. won a Pyrrhic victory in July when the Federal Communication Commission agreed to license hundreds of the low power broadcasting operations, many which feature anarchist, punk, black, and community …
FE Readers Debate Technology
by Fifth Estate Collective, Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980
The letters on this page are responses to John Zerzan’s “The Refusal of Technology” which appeared in the October 20, 1980 edition [#303] of the Fifth Estate; below are our comments on the question. In the article, Zerzan accuses those …
Uncovering a Corpse
by T. Fulano (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 307, November 19, 1981
The letters which appear in this issue of the Fifth Estate do not represent the entire correspondence which has grown out of the discussion on technology. Some of our exchanges with readers of the paper became too broad, too lengthy, …
Tales from the Planet
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 330, Winter, 1988-89
For over five years, villagers in Portugal have been battling the mass planting of eucalyptus trees, a “quick money,” fast-growing, drought resistant tree which, according to its advocates, provides a good light fuel and prevents soil erosion. In reality, the …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
The FE BOOKSERVICE is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate newspaper, both of which are at 5928 Second, Detroit MI 48202—telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s always best to give us …
Nevada Test Site
by Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 332, Summer, 1989
Throughout the Pentagon’s preparations for nuclear war, it has waged genocide on the Earth and native people. As of 1987, the U.S. and Great Britain had exploded 670 nuclear bombs on Newe Segobia, the Western Shoshone Nation. All the nuclear …
Who Can Stop the Apocalypse?
by Rudolf Bahro
Fifth Estate # 334, Summer, 1990
Earth Day supplement page 5 A Note on Rudolf Bahro In 1977, East German dissident Rudolph Bahro was arrested and accused of publishing “state secrets” in a book entitled The Alternative in Eastern Europe, in which he used a Marxist …
The Anarchist Spectre in Eastern Europe
by David Porter
Fifth Estate # 335, Winter, 1990-91
Rarely is an entire region of the world so caught up in the collapse of hierarchical politics as Eastern Europe of a year ago. The infamous “spectre of anarchy” astonished and horrified Communist, dissident and Western politicians alike as millions …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 305, March 18, 1981
The FE Bookstore is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate and can be found at 4403 Second Ave. Detroit—telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours that we’re open vary quite a bit, so it’s always best that you give …
A Generation in Revolt
by Martin Jezer
Fifth Estate # 60, August 15-September 4, 1968
from Liberation News Service-Liberation magazine Tim Leary’s invitation, in the Beatles’ words, to “turn off your mind, relax and float down the stream” did not, at one time, send shock waves through the New Left. The vision of multitudes seduced …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 313, Summer, 1983
The FE Book Service is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, both of which are located at 4403 Second Avenue, Detroit MI 48201 — telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s …
League of Revolutionary Black Workers
by Fifth Estate Collective, John Watson
Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969
This interview was conducted and transcribed by Dena Clamage. [Part 1 of the interview appeared in FE #78, May 1-14, 1969.]
Escapism
by Peter Lamborn Wilson
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
“Is the enemy strong? One avoids him.” — Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, People’s War, People’s Army
Progress & Nuclear Power
by T. Nachalo (Fredy Perlman)
Fifth Estate # 297, April 18, 1979
This special section of the Fifth Estate Newspaper was produced shortly after the April 1979 disastrous events took place at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant at Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Earth Diet, Earth Culture
by William H. Koethke
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
Fifth Estate Note: In “Earth Culture-Earth Diet” author William H. Koethke chronicles the life and culture of the inhabitants along New Mexico’s San Francisco River watershed over a millennium up to the present time. At the time he wrote the …
The Vietnam War
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 394, Summer 2015 - Technology
INTRODUCTION When this essay first appeared in the Fifth Estate in Spring 1985, the Vietnam War already seemed to be receding into ancient history. Central America was at that time being battered with money and proxies, rather than with “American …
PBB: Case Study of an Industrial Plague
by Sonny Tufts (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976
During the first week of April 1976, Gerald Woltjer, an Ottowa County, Michigan, dairy farmer, shot down his 235-head dairy herd in order to draw attention to the nightmare of PBB–poisoning of Michigan livestock, poultry, and dairy products.
Cuba: From State to Private Capitalism
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 383, Summer, 2010
HAVANA — We entered the elevator on the ground floor of Havana’s renowned FOCSA building in the city’s Vedado district and were quickly whisked, non-stop, to the 33rd floor. When the doors opened, tuxedoed waiters welcomed us to La Torre, …
Glowing in the Gulf
by Mitchel Cohen
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
For years, the U.S. government has denied that the Gulf War Syndrome exists, refusing to admit the severity of illnesses suffered by tens of thousands of veterans of that conflict. Recent studies, however, show that the soldiers’ illnesses are indeed …