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Bombing Civilians
by R. Relievo (Rob Blurton), R. Yamada
Fifth Estate # 346, Summer, 1995
Dear FE: After reading your articles in FE #345, Winter 1995 on the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan, I couldn’t help but feel a little bit of historical and moral context was needed to balance the distortion contained …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 316, Spring, 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 …
Vietnam Newsletter
by Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam
Fifth Estate # 8, May, 1966
Vietnam Newsletter Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam Vol. 1, No. 2 1101 W. Warren, 832-5700, May, 1966
Workers Battle GE Electric Octopus
by David Gaynes
Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970
147,000 workers at the General Electric Corporation went on strike October 27, 1969. Today, they’re still out of work with little hope of any rapid change in their bleak situation. General Electric’s (non-) negotiators have refused to budge a comma …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 307, November 19, 1981
FE Note: The letters which appear on these two pages are mostly responses to our July 1981 edition which was devoted mainly to a discussion and critique of technology and the modern world it has spawned. Single copies of that …
Number
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 321, Indian Summer, 1985
Introduction In his article on the idea of number, John Zerzan completes what appears to have become a trilogy on the origins and development of abstraction, and the accompanying alienation of humanity from nature and from the sources of …
Who Killed Ned Ludd?
by John Zerzan, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
The argument that the advent of capitalism brought a rise in the standard of living for workers has been refuted before, but is shown graphically in these two prints. Prior to the dominance of the capitalist economy and the establishment …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
Lions 1 Comrades: You have won a place in my heart forever. The lions’ response to the letter, “Pretty Bad Taste” (FE Vol. 21 No. 1) was right on!
Letter from New Orleans
by John Clark
Fifth Estate # 371, Winter 2006
The following letter was sent to an International Conference on Elisee Reclus, the 19th century anarchist geographer and political theorist. The conference, which was held in Milan on October 12-13, was one of several planned for 2005 to celebrate the …
Anarchy & the Sacred
by Dogbane Campion (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 328, Spring, 1988
FE Note: This is a response to “More Minneapolis Anarchy,” the letters beginning on the previous page. To Joe Wojack, first of all, let me emphasize that I was in no way discouraging people from reading the anarchist classics; on …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 352, Winter, 1999
We welcome letters commenting on our articles, stating opinions, or giving reports of events in your area. We don’t guarantee to print everything received, but all letters are read by our staff and considered for publication. Typed letters or ones …
Ursula K. Le Guin’s Lathe of Heaven
by Josh Gosicak
Fifth Estate # 382, Spring, 2010
“To objectivise life means to destroy it.” — Ana Esther Cecune, Development Dialogue, January 2009.
I’m Sticking with the Union?
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
“Hey! What are you guys doing here? You hate unions!” —A strike supporter The labor militant who aimed this question at us was surprised, almost shocked, to see a group whom she considers anarchists critical of unions, shoulder-to-shoulder with striking …
Paradise How?
by Anu Bonobo
Fifth Estate # 379, Fall, 2008
“I’m an advocate of free love. What else can I say? I think people should do what they like, enjoy what they enjoy, and we should enjoy their enjoying what they enjoy.” –Judith Malina (interviewed by Jim Feast and Steve …
Murder on Seal Island
by Larry Talbot
Fifth Estate # 309, June 19, 1982
Introductory Note: Is it the war of the Malvinas or the fight for the Falklands? It all depends upon which imperialist gang you support, the doddering Great Britain or the budding young Argentina. But what if you support neither of …
The Metaphysics of Dancing Tribes
by Richard Drinnon
Fifth Estate # 326, Summer, 1987
Introduction Chief Luther Standing Bear wrote in his autobiography, “The white man does not understand the Indian for the reason that he does not understand America. He is too far removed from its formative processes. The roots of the tree …
Haymarket Square Riot
by Bob Nirkind
Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976
This article is the fourth in a series of counter-Bicentennial pieces dealing with the more sordid and often less-acknowledged incidents in America’s 200year-old history.
The (Last) Rights of Malice Green
by G. Raffito
Fifth Estate # 341, Spring 1993
On a chilly Friday morning, November 6, 1992, a slight drizzle dabbed the sidewalk where the night before a man had been bludgeoned to death by a gang of Detroit policemen.
1984: Worse Than Expected?
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 316, Spring, 1984
1. Slavery Is Freedom. How technology makes use of our own natural anxieties about it to promote its power over us.