The struggle for unionization in the 1930s has always been shrouded in myth and revered by both the labor movement and the Left as a period of labor militancy. A closer look at the developments shows a much different picture …
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Viera-Fuller
by Sam Stark
Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970
A little more than a year ago, David Brown, Jr. of Compton, California sat isolated and frightened in a Wayne County jail cell awaiting trial on charges of assault with intent to commit murder.
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 283, June, 1977
Ammunition Books 4403 Second Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48201, Tele. No. (313) 831-6800 Bookstore hours vary, but we are generally open on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and at scattered other times. Please call before coming down to be sure we are …
Sovereignty & the State
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
Meet the New Boss When US occupation authorities pretended to return sovereignty to Iraq, they erected a pliable government of quisling-proxies. To cover up the devastating failure of the invasion, they created a mirage of Iraqi independence.
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 326, Summer, 1987
FE note: Due to space considerations, some of the letters on these pages may have been excerpted. We ask that letter writers make their remarks as concise as possible. We will print the addresses of letter writers who request it.
Exposé: Press Biggies Rake Media
by Jan Harald
Fifth Estate # 267, November, 1975
(Page 2 of The South End insert)
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 303, October 20, 1980
Pessimism Optimistic Dear FE: “Carter’s Phony War Crisis” (FE #301, Feb. 26, 1980) was excellent. I’d only fault it in one respect—I feel that ‘you’re unduly optimistic in stating that, “Third World countries such as Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia…(will become) …
Snitch Gets a Reduced Term
by John F. Royal
Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012
The Never Alone national tour hit 30 cities in April, speaking to hundreds about long-term anarchist prisoner support. It focused on the cases of Eric McDavid and Marie Mason, using multimedia presentations and included strategizing about how to effectively encourage …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003
Fifth Estate Letters Policy We welcome letters commenting on our articles or other topics, but can’t print every one we receive. Each, however, is read and considered for publication.
A Brief Story of The Clash, Radio & the Fifth Estate
by Bill Blank
Fifth Estate # 393, Spring 2015
a review of Stealing All Transmissions: The Secret History of The Clash by Randal Doane, Foreword by Barry “The Baker” Auguste, 2014, PM Press, 192 pp. $15.95 pmpress.org
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 318, Fall, 1984
Eat The Rich Dear Fifth Estate, “Meat as Murder” in last issue’s letters [FE #317, Summer 1984], should have been titled “Vegetarian Fascism.” Vegetables are also living and to eat them is also murder. We suggest sucking on rocks …
U.S. Concentration Camps Illustrated
by David Lester
Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022
a review of We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration by Frank Abe, script and story; Tamiko Nimura, story; art, Ross Ishikawa and Matt Sasaki. Chin Music Press Inc, 2021
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 333, Winter, 1990
The FE Bookstore is located at 4632 Second Ave., just south of W. Forest, in Detroit. We share space with the Fifth Estate Newspaper and may be reached at the same phone number: (313) 831-6800. Visitors are welcome, but our …
Motor City Sister in Vietnam, Part 2
by Linda Evans
Fifth Estate # 87, September 4-17, 1969
Editors’ Note: Linda Evans, from Motor City SDS, was one of 7 Movement people who went to North Vietnam last month to bring back three captured American military men. Along with her were Rennie Davis of the National Mobilization Committee; …
Magoo’s Vengeance
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 99, February 19-March 4, 1970
CHICAGO—Judge Julius (Magoo-Hitler) Hoffman finally had his day in court as he sentenced all of the Chicago Conspiracy Seven and their defense counsel to long jail terms in prison for contempt of his Kangaroo court.
Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 80, May 29-June 11, 1969
NEW YORK—Norman Mailer kicked off his mayorality campaign with a rally at the Village Gate attended by George Plimpton’s party crowd and assorted dilettantes and sycophants. Targets of the evening were the NY Times, which hasn’t been giving Mailer the …
The San Francisco Mime Troupe
by Robert Hurwitt
Fifth Estate # 39, October 1-15, 1967
Editor’s Note — The San Francisco Mime Troupe will perform Saturday, October 28 at 8:15 in The Detroit Institute of Arts Auditorium in a benefit performance for the Fifth Estate. The Mime Troupe was in Detroit last Fall and received …
The Reasonable “Madness” Of Revolt
by Richard Gilman-Opalsky
Fifth Estate # 390, Fall, 2013
In the existing world, largely governed by the logic of capital and the pathologies of accumulation, real madness is the absence of revolt.
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 317, Summer 1984
Escapes Clutches Dear Fifth Estate: As one about to escape the clutches of the US Army (an equal opportunity oppressor) I want to thank you for your paper and its role in keeping me sane/insane. Keep it up, even if …
Lording in the Corridor
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 267, November, 1975
Corridor Lording Ten years ago, the number of residents in the Cass Corridor, bounded by Adams, Cass, Penn Central RR, and the John Lodge X-Way, numbered well over two hundred thousand. Today that number has dwindled to under ninety thousand.