One nice thing about public feuds between politicians is that it gives everybody a rare chance to see part of what’s going on inside governmental circles. We learn, that at least to some extent, many decisions are made on the …
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Fifth Estate Staff
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West NEWS EDITOR Frank Joyce ART Gary Grimshaw MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair CALENDAR Rhona Whipple FILM EDITORS Joe Fineman Shirley Hamburg ADVERTISING Leon Brenner CIRCULATION Wilson Lindsey TRAVEL EDITOR Sheil …
Excerpts from a Rebellion
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 398, Summer, 2017
The following are excerpts from stories published in the Fifth Estate immediately following the July 1967 events. Reading them a half century later, one is saddened and angered by the fact that the causes of the Rebellion—police brutality, racial discrimination, …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
A lot has happened since the last time I wrote this column, and I still don’t know what’ll come of it, but all we can do is ride it out and see what we can do with it. My own …
Cops Riot at Belle Isle
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
“When you have $50 billion invested in defense what you need most isn’t allies but an enemy.” — Nelson Algren said in Ramparts, May, 1967. When you have policemen on horses and Tactical Mobile Units with little baseball bats and …
Trans-Love Relocates In Warren-Forest
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 39, October 1-15, 1967
After two years on the corner of John Lodge and Warren Avenue the Artist’s Workshop (now known equally as Trans-Love Energies) has moved to the campus side of the expressway and will set up shop in a long-vacant former doctor’s …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
Dearest Hippie Editor: I think you guys at the Fifth Estate are the biggest clot of hypocrites I have ever had witness to. Some people wrote some letters to the Editor in your Aug. 15-31 issue. They called you hypocrites. …
Staff
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
THE FIFTH ESTATE 1107 W. Warren Detroit 48201 831-6800 EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe NEWS EDITOR Frank Joyce EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West CIRCULATION MANAGER Tommye Wiess MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair ART Gary Grimshaw FILM EDITOR Joe Fineman CALENDAR …
Grande Coltrane Memorial
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
The Grande Ballroom, through the goodness of Uncle Russ, will again be the scene of a huge benefit dance/concert for Trans-Love Energies Unlimited, the Detroit hippie / artists coop.
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 37, September 1-15, 1967
To the Editor: May I say one thing, I hope that the Fifth Estate is not losing it’s awareness, love, peace and spiritual splendor. From reading the August 1-15 issue, exploiting the Detroit Riot scene, and all—that excess-baggage that was …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
Editors: I thought that “yellow journalism” had a reputation as bad as Lobsinger. I thought it had gone out with the Hearst newspapers, that its only remains were in such rags as the Inquirer. I was wrong.
Trans-Love Evolves
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
The Trans-Love Energies operation in the Warren-Forest community has undergone a number of changes lately, according to spokesmen for the hippie cooperative, of which the Fifth Estate is a member group.
Unclassified Ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
Send to: The Fifth Estate, 1107 W. Warren, Detroit, Mich. 48201, phone 831-6800 Unclassified costs 50 cents per line per week. Figure 5 words per line. A word is a word, including I and 2 letter words. A phone number …
Trans-Love Closes “See”
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
The SEE, the new concerthouse opened last month by Trans-Love Energies Unlimited of Detroit, closed its doors after only two weekends in operation. The hippy-run coffeehouse, which featured music by the MC-5, the Spikedrivers, the Passing Clouds, Billy C. and …
Lawyers for LEMAR?
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
A number of Detroit lawyers have indicated to Detroit LEMAR (Legalize Marijuana) that they would be interested in setting up a legal aid service for busted marijuana users if a general fund could be set up which would insure a …