The combination of anarchism with spiritual or religious beliefs is almost always controversial, even in the pages of Fifth Estate. Opposition to church, state, and capital is the holy trinity of the “classical” anarchist tradition, and the movement’s anti-clericism was …
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State Jails Anarchist Webmaster
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003
In early August 2003, African-American anarchist revolutionary Sherman Austin was sentenced to one year in jail, a $2000 fine, and three years probation. His crime? Being a black man who published a website with links to bomb-making information.
Subterranean Homesick News
by Art Johnston
Fifth Estate # 84, July 24-August 6, 1969
The Hill was run by lanky Louie, an ex outrider with the Highwaymen. “The Grand Dude,” as they called him now is sort of manager of a couple scraggly rock and roll bands that lived on and around The Hill. …
League Sues Crysler
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 80, May 29-June 11, 1969
“We are bringing our legitimate grievances to the legal establishment of the white man’s government to give the racist monopoly capitalist system the opportunity to begin to redeem itself for the crimes which have been perpetuated against Black workers and …
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 …
King Marchers Convicted
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 75, March 20-April 2, 1969
Fr. James Markunas of St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church has been convicted of illegally marching last April during the so-called “emergency” following Martin Luther King’s assassination. (See Fifth Estate, April 16-30, 1968.) Markunas was arrested April 7, 1968 with 107 others …
Events Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968
THURS., JULY 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION’ International Freedom Festival sponsoring a “Let Freedon Ring” ceremony. Bring your American flags and apple pies. 12 noon, Greenfield Village.
Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 41, November 1-15, 1967
Wed. Nov. 1 PLAY “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” WSU Hillberry Classic Theater, 2:30 p.m. Adm. 11/1. LECTURE Sander Vanocur speaks, Mercy College, 12:30 p.m. 11/1. CONFERENCE Communism in China: Democracy in India, Oakland U. Center, 10:00 a.m., 11/1. FILM “Old and …
At the Movies
by Stark Raving
Fifth Estate # Daily Barbarian Number 1
THE DAILY BARBARIAN supplement FIFTH ESTATE, #298, June 19, 1979
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970
Dear F.E., Just got the new issue. It’s too good to be true! Two issues in a row with relevant, well-written, hip articles specifically for women [FE #105, May 14-27, 1970]. Women being equal with men in all things except …
Black Workers Present Demands
by Joe Check
Fifth Estate # 90, October 16-29, 1969
The week of Oct. 5 through 12, the Ad Hoc Construction Coalition presented demands to 8 agencies that 50% of all workers in construction and construction-related projects in the Detroit area be black.
Battlefields, Slaughterhouses & the Opposition to Both
by Noah Johnson
Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021
a review of Constructing Ecoterrorism: Capitalism, Speciesism & Animal Rights by John Sorensen. Fernwood Publishing 2016
Warren-Forest Bulldozed?
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 77, April 17-30, 1969
The bulldozers are coming again to the Warren Forest area.
The Yippie lineage continues into the 21st Century
by David Sands
Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021
a review of In The Time Of Job When Mischa Was a Zippie by Michele Dawn Saint Thomas (check facebook.com/msaintthomas for ordering info)
HipPocrates
by Eugene Schoenfeld M.D.
Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969
WARNING: Word is out that some tripsters are using the anesthetic cyclopropane (Trimethylene) for their highs. I hope this message reaches you in time.
Another cosmic hoax Perpetrated upon us by Colonialism
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022
a review of The Racial Contract by Charles W. Mills. Cornell University Press 1993
Judy Collins Gets it On
by Mike Kerman
Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 1969
We all know how lousy Detroit winters are. The snow is gray after an hour, then it turns to slush. It’s bitter cold. Your car can’t start and when it does it skids. You can’t take it anymore and want …
Editorial: True Voyage Is Return
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 382, Spring, 2010
By the time you hold this issue in your hands, Fifth Estate will have entered into its 45th year of continuous publication! This is no small feat for an all-volunteer run publication operating on a shoestring budget, and it would …
ACLU Says No On Christmas Stamp
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 11, July 30, 1966
The American Civil Liberties Union last week urged the U.S. Post Office Department to reverse its decision to issue a 1966 Christmas stamp representing a religious scene, calling such governmental support of religion a violation of the First Amendment’s guarantee …
Free Readers’ Ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976
Though we do not accept commercial advertising, this Unclassified ad space is free for our readers’ use. We do not accept ads over the telephone, so please send your ads in writing to our office at: 4403 Second Ave., Detroit …