Dirty Blues Band (Bluesway) This band’s blues roots were first formed years ago during the British blues invasion started by The Rolling Stones. During this embryonic stage, many teenagers had suspicions that the Stones were copying…yes, copying, but from whom?
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Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 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: …
Bail!
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 100, March 5-18, 1970
CHICAGO, Feb. 28—The seven defendants in the Chicago Conspiracy trial were released from jail after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Judge Hoffman’s no bond ruling. Bond for the five defendants convicted of incitement to riot was set at …
Ladies Want Journal
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
NEW YORK ( LNS) “Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman” runs the slogan of Ladies Home Journal, a monthly women’s magazine with a circulation of seven million.
The Coat Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 3, January 1966
Live (i.e. alive) musical activity continues to grow here in Detroit, and on its own terms, which makes it all the more valuable. Pianist Andrew Hill made his first concert appearance in this part of the country here last month, …
Sounds
by Wilson Lindsey
Fifth Estate # 60, August 15-September 4, 1968
There may come a time when musicians may agree with critics about certain recorded performances, when and if this time comes it will be an absolutely mind shattering synthesis of opinion.
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 …
Editorial
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
Powerlessness and the lack of control which black people are allowed over their own community was not a major cause of the Detroit rebellion, Mr. Lomax tells us. Nor was the cause the culture of violence which the United States …
HipPocrates
by Eugene Schoenfeld M.D.
Fifth Estate # 72, February 6 - 19, 1969
The following letter was received from Shreveport, Louisiana: QUESTION: How can a male determine whether or not he is circumcised? I am not sure about myself. ANSWER: Buy the John Lennon-Yoko Ono album. Neither John nor Yoko is circumcised. QUESTION: …
Pirates
by Sean Cleary
Fifth Estate # 414, Fall 2023
a review of Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic by David Lester and Marcus Rediker; Illustrated by David Lester; Edited by Paul Buhle. Beacon Press 2023
‘Ear ye!
by Bob Stark
Fifth Estate # 87, September 4-17, 1969
The idea of getting a lot of great musicians together to work as a back-up band for a featured artist on rock recordings is almost as old as rock itself.
Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 20, December 15-31, 1966
The calendar is a regular feature of the FIFTH ESTATE. It carries news of what is happening in the Detroit to Ann Arbor area. You can help make the calendar more complete by sending us information about activities you know …
Political Repression in U.S.A.
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 93, November 27-December 10, 1969
“One man of 74 said he opposed the war but declined to write or send a telegram for fear that ‘if they find out, they’ll take my social security away.’ A housewife said, ‘My son’s in college now and I …
The Coat Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 40, October 15-31, 1967
The news this time seems to be that many people are getting busted for grass in a lot of funny ways and don’t know what to do about it when it happens. I have gone through three marijuana arrests and …
WABX Gets It On
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 65, October 31-November 13, 1968
As Tony Reay says [FE #65, October 31-November 13] “WABX strikes again.” And they did, with ripples from the blow coming all the way back to Detroit from England. The WABX audience was the first, anywhere in the world, to …
Contents of print edition
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 394, Summer 2015 - Technology
COVER: “St. Mary of the Machines”–Stephen Goodfellow BACK: Joey Salamon 3 AnarchoShorts & Other tales from the planet 3 Letters 4 Fifth Estate celebrates 50th year 5 The Rojava Revolution Andrew Flood
What Time Is It?
by Bob Brubaker
Fifth Estate # 313, Summer, 1983
In response to “Beginning of Time, End of Time,” FE #313, Summer, 1983.
Police Your Local Support
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 1969
Police are always complaining about what dangerous jobs they have. Some of this is justified; some of it is of their own making. When you are part of an occupying army, the people do tend to get a little uptight …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 88, September 18-October 1, 1969
Dear Fifth Estate, I’m still alive and well in the U.S. Navy. Much has happened since the MP hassled with Ray Greer last Jan. 4th at Metro airport. If you’ll remember I was on a TV news spot last Feb. …
HipPocrates
by Eugene Schoenfeld M.D.
Fifth Estate # 88, September 18-October 1, 1969
QUESTION: What are the potential dangers of the new “3-way” tablets (mostly mescaline plus a little LSD and a wee bit of cocaine?) One of my friends got stoned wild for 9 hours on this but spent the last 3 …