It shouldn’t be news to anyone–but it probably is–that the local gestapo is responsible for ending the performance of LeRoi Jones’ “the toilet” and “the Slave” at the now shut-down Concept East Theatre. The plays, directed by Woody King (who …
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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 Ludlow Massacre
by Bob Nirkind
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
This article is the third in a series of counter-bicentennial pieces dealing with the more sordid and less-acknowledged incidents in America’s 200-year-old history.
New Sounds
by Wilson Lindsey
Fifth Estate # 25, March 1-15, 1967
When Gene Clark left the Byrds sometime last year, an integral, a genuine and soulfully beautiful portion of their sound left also. Gene Clark is more or less on his own now, with a twosome called the Gosdin Brothers. His …
After the Buses Burned
by David Rovics
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
In the early hours of July 13, Will Van Spronsen was shot to death by police outside of an ICE-contracted private detention facility holding migrants in Tacoma, Wash. He was confronted by police in a parking lot full of buses; …
Arrests Made in Bombings
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 66, November 14-27, 1968
Detroit police arrested 11 neighborhood street brothers and sisters over Nov. 10th and 11th and charged them with “conspiracy to place explosives with intent to cause damage,” a bullshit rap that carries a 25-year maximum prison sentence.
Activists Indicted by Feds in Arizona Hunt Sabotage
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
In December 2004, Earth First! activists Matthew Crozier and Rod Coronado, along with Esquire magazine journalist John Richardson, were charged with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer. The indictment followed a Tucson-based Chuk’shon Earth First! (CEF!) action that …
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Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 1, November 19-December 2, 1965
NOTE: The following Letter to the Editor of the Detroit News was written by Alvin Harrison, NSM [Northern Student Movement] field secretary in Detroit, in response to a number of letters published regarding his participation in a Teach-in on Viet …
Ann Arbor
by Dave Marsh
Fifth Estate # 82, June 26-July 9, 1969
Summer came to Ann Arbor last week and brought with it teargas, a tank, about 400 cops and four nights of street confrontation.
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 21, January 1-15, 1967
A new year coming up, the end of one era and the move into a new one. 1967. The year that will make history begin again, with some relevance to our lives. What we are. I mean I can feel …
News and Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 348, Fall, 1996
After looking at the latest jam-packed issue of Factsheet 5, PO Box 170099, SF, CA 94117, “the magazine of record” for zines, it doesn’t seem like anyone should worry about the state of autonomous publishing. Still, a number of stalwart …
Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 27, April 1-15, 1967
FILM FILM: April 1, Luis Bunel’s “EL” (This Strange Passion -1953) at 8:15 p.m. in Community Arts Aud. WSU Campus. Adm. 75 cents for students and $1 for general public. Info: 831-4310 FILM: Friday, April 7th – Movie Night. “Way …
Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
discussed in this article: The Algiers Motel Incident by John Hersey. 397 pages, Hardbound, $5.95. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; Paperback, $1.25, Bantam Books
Justice: A can of worms
by Jerry Rubin
Fifth Estate # 90, October 16-29, 1969
CHICAGO, Oct. 1 (Liberation News Service) — I am at this writing locked in a tiny cell in the Cook County Jail, a cell which I share with too many friendly cockroaches. I can’t get out except to go to …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 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 Daughters of Albion
by Tony Reay
Fifth Estate # 72, February 6 - 19, 1969
a review of Daughters of Albion, Fontana (SRF-67586) In these troubled days of “super” musicians, I find myself turning more and more to the finer facets of newly released albums. Whereas previously I could really get into many lengthy virtuoso …
Bombers Bound Over
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 73, February 20-March 5, 1969
Recorder’s Court Judge Thomas Poindexter has bound over for trial seven of the nine persons accused of conspiring to bomb police stations, draft boards, and the Ann Arbor CIA office last Fall. Poindexter has apparently already decided that the accused …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 414, Fall 2023
Send letters to fe – at – fifthestate – dot – org or Fifth Estate, POB 201016, Ferndale MI 48220.
Books from The Barn
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
Complete catalog available from pumpkinhollow.net/thebarn Creating Anarchy by Ron Sakolsky (Fifth Estate Books 2005) $15