Those events marked with an asterisk (*) need Fifth Estate salesmen. If you want to earn some extra money, come down to our office and pick up some papers.
Search results for: John Sinclair
Sun Ra
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969
The ageless Sun Ra and his thirteen-piece Astro-Infinity Arkestra will unite with the MC5 and the people of Detroit at the Grande Ballroom May 16 and 17 for a mass manifestation of revolutionary culture and energy that’s sure to bathe …
Books
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
INFORMED SOURCES, a novel by Willard Bain: Doubleday, 1969, 144 pp., $2.95. “Power is the ability to define phenomena and make them act in a desired manner.” —Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense, Black Panther Party Willard Bain’s book was …
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 73, February 20-March 5, 1969
The Legal Self Defense (LSD) benefit February 4th was the greatest success in my memory: over 1200 people attended and offered their bread for support, and the LSD Fund netted over $2200.00 for the community.
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 72, February 6 - 19, 1969
I remember two and three years ago and longer writing columns for the Fifth Estate and trying to hip people to a new music and never getting anywhere—people just didn’t seem to be ready for the high-energy jams for one …
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 1969
For two weeks now I’ve been trying to write a letter to William Leach, the Black Panther who attacked what he calls the “white left” in the Fifth Estate last time as being jive and untogether. [See “The White Left—Serious …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 70, January 9-22, 1969
To the Editors: John Watson and the Fifth Estate are revolutionaries and that’s why they support the Teamster workers. [See “The News Gets Ready,” FE #68, December 12-25, 1968.] Revolutionaries remember 1937 when industrial workers in Flint fought the …
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 70, January 9-22, 1969
We arrived in New York City on Dec. 15 and made it to Steve Paul’s Scene to dig the Rationals and Slim Harpo. The Rats were cooking as ever and even managed to get a few people dancing. Slim Harpo …
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 69, December 26, 1968-January 8, 1969
“The duty of the revolutionary is to make revolution.” The duty of a musician is to make music. But there is an equation that can’t be missed: MUSIC IS REVOLUTION. Rock and roll music is the most vital revolutionary force …
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 68, December 12-25, 1968
“If we want to do much more fucking, we’re going to have to start fighting. If we want to be able to live we have to start fighting and not let ourselves be fucked around any longer by this shitpile …
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 67, November 28-December 11, 1968
People need music to live. We know that and act on it, all ways. Only straight people—honkies—think music is superfluous, that it doesn’t make any difference what you listen to, and their lives demonstrate their ignorance. Music shapes us and …
Rock and Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 64, October 17-30, 1968
Hi kids, sorry I wasn’t here last time but I got a little depressed by Cella Alderson’s letter and just couldn’t get it together in time for the deadline. The only reason I write this shit is because people seem …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 88, September 18-October 1, 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: …
The Coat Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
Editor’s note: Brother Sinclair’s Coatpuller column is re-printed here exactly as it appeared in this paper one year ago. It was written at the height of the July Rebellion and contains one of the best impressionistic sketches of that week.
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 297, April 18, 1979
The FE Bookstore is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper (?) [sic] and can be found at 4403 Second Avenue—telephone (313) 831-6800. Our hours vary quite a bit, so it’s always best to give us a …