“Anti-Work and the Struggle for Control” in this issue [FE #309, June 19, 1982] continues John Zerzan’s work demonstrating the massive erosion of traditional American values, in this case centering on popular allegiance to the work ethic. Below is a …
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Hong Kong’s Black Book Fair
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018
Hong Kong’s Black Book Fair took place November 17-19, 2017 in the lecture theatre of the Visual Arts Centre, close to the Admiralty area where the Umbrella Movement was ignited by a police attack on demonstrators three years earlier.
Muhammad Ali
by John Lottier, Muhammad Ali
Fifth Estate # 33, July 1-15, 1967
Editor’s Note: The following interview with Muhammad Ali appeared originally in two parts in the Michigan Daily. It was conducted by John Lottier of the Daily immediately prior to Muhammad’s departure to Houston, where he was convicted of violation of …
Fort Dix Trial
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 93, November 27-December 10, 1969
FORT DIX, N.J. (LNS)—The Army has decided to take three years of Jeffrey Russell’s life. “It’s a total fraud,” says one establishment reporter.
Commodifying experience
by Frank Joseph Smecker
Fifth Estate # 383, Summer, 2010
In the mid- to late 19th Century, the rapidly expanding Industrial Age provided the impetus behind the expansion of the public school system. Reading, writing and arithmetic were pressed into service in order to form a needed literate labor force.
First they Came for Ward Churchill
by Ron Sakolsky
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
In “Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens,” Churchill invoked Malcolm X’s comments immediately following the assassination of president John F. Kennedy as he maintained that American foreign policy provoked the attacks on New York. At root …
Events Calendar
by Resa Jannett
Fifth Estate # 93, November 27-December 10, 1969
(in cooperation with Detroit Adventure) THURS. NOV. 27 THANK GOD! Just like your forefathers did. Kill a turkey for peace. Many places will be closed so call ahead before you go out. FRI. NOV. 28 BEAUTY & THE BEAST directed …
The Death of Randolph Scott, Gabby Hayes and the Canadian Pacific Railway
by Hank Malone
Fifth Estate # 55, June 4-18, 1968
I. “Of the heavy losses we have sustain e d”, author-sentimentalist Charles Beaumont once said, “none can be regarded with more melancholy than the loss of the great movie theatres.” A generation ago they proliferated, today they exist like brontosaurus, …
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A “Culture-in-Action”
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
FE note: This is one of three responses to John Zerzan’s “The Case Against Art,” in FE #324, Fall 1986. The other two articles are: “Art, Life & Death” by Ratticus and “Journal Notes on Art” by George Bradford. “Culture …
In the High Schools
by Dave Watson (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969
Free Speech Fight in Plymouth—Students around Detroit may have been misled by the so-called “news reports” on what recently went down in Plymouth. I cleared up the story after talking to Jim Kalliel, editor of Free Verse, an underground paper …
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 …
Selfridge: No more shit
by F.T. Andrews
Fifth Estate # 90, October 16-29, 1969
Racism has been heavy at Selfridge Air Force Base, twenty miles north of Detroit, for quite a while. Especially in the last year, there have been numerous incidents, and a great deal of harassment and intimidation of black airmen and …
RNC: Shut It Down!
by RNC Welcoming Committee
Fifth Estate # 378, Summer 2008
The 2008 Republican National Convention (RNC) will descend on Minneapolis-St. Paul, September 1 through 4, as the opening act in the pacifying spectacle of the coming presidential election. The most direct way to oppose a dog-and-pony show is just to …
Capitalism’s Industrial Plagues
by Bob Nirkind
Fifth Estate # 276, September 1976
This article is the first in a two-part series on the effects that the indiscriminate handling and usage of radioactive waste materials and dangerous chemicals are having, and will have in the future, on human beings and their environment. Part …
Trumbullplex
by Jhon Clark
Fifth Estate # 384, Spring, 2011
In a not-so-typical area of Detroit, close to Wayne State University, slowly redefined and made more attractive for investment and middle-class living, the Trumbullplex and some of its immediate neighbors stand out. Trumbull (for short) is a 17 year-old shabby …
Did U.S. Cause AIDS?
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 326, Summer, 1987
As predictions for the eventual toll of the deadly AIDS disease grow higher, speculation as to the origin of the virus remain unanswered. Reports continue to surface that rather than a natural occurring new strain, the disease was a result …
Events Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 68, December 12-25, 1968
Fri. Dec. 13 GRANDE BALLROOM: Deep Purple, Lee Michaels, and the Candel w1 headline the super psychedelic floor show. Groove to the bands, magic Jerry’s light show and visit the hippy bullshit counter. $3.50. LIVING THEATER presents “Antigone,” at the …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 73, February 20-March 5, 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: …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 391, Spring/Summer 2014 - Anarchy!
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.
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 278, November, 1976
What About Gangs? To the Fifth Estate: The FE is usually a delight to read. Only a couple of small things have detracted from that: Using “man” to mean “people”(in the article on a Michigan landfill) is sexist and a …