a review of On the Road, Jack Kerouac. Penguin Modern Classics, London, 1976 Naked Angels, The Lives and Literature of the Beat Generation, John Tytell. McGraw Hill, New York, 1977
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Salamanders for Allah
by Blue Jesus
Fifth Estate # 303, October 20, 1980
“As long as the oppressive relations of capitalist production prevail, the character of work will continue to assume all of the features of a bad acid trip.” —Karl Marx, The Communist Dreambook Work engenders the progressive unemployment of the mind …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 60, August 15-September 4, 1968
One of the most noticeable things about the primary election this month was the unusually low turnout especially for a Presidential year. The excitement of a forthcoming national election contest generally creates among the electorate a greater interest in the …
Rightist is Obscene
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 68, December 12-25, 1968
Breakthrough and Donald Lobsinger’s tactics may have backfired in their most recent confrontation with the Establishment—tackled from the right.
‘Zappening (Events Calendar)
by Karen Kovac, Naiomi Epil
Fifth Estate # 40, October 15-31, 1967
The calendar is prepared by Fifth Estate calendar girls Karen Kovac and Naiomi Epil with cooperation from Detroit Adventure. Copy deadline is the 6th and 22nd of each month and should be sent to the Fifth Estate, Calendar 1107 W. …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 40, October 15-31, 1967
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: …
Morrison “Slips”
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
MIAMI (LNS)—Jim Morrison, erotic magician and lead singer for the Doors, is in big trouble in Florida.
A Short History of our Offices as Autonomous Zones
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
Hakim Bey, whose writings frequently appear in these pages, is perhaps best known for his book the TAZ–temporary autonomous zone–that describes when normally domesticated space is liberated, if only for a moment, for festive and subversive moments of happiness.
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 68, December 12-25, 1968
To the Editors, Since their seems to be some controversy about calling police “Pigs,” I would like to say that when you call any group any one name, that you are generalizing. Whether you call a policeman a pig, …
Fifth Estate a-gassed
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
There is a Hebrew idiomatic expression, K’ninah Houra, which Joel Altus explained to me as sort of being equivalent to saying knock on wood after telling of some good fortune you have incurred and you want it not to change. …
Council Rejects City’s Bike Ban
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 33, July 1-15, 1967
Intelligence finally reigned supreme recently when Detroit’s Common Council tore apart Ray Girardin’s stupid proposal to ban motorcycles from city parks without a special permit. The proposal was immediately condemned by the American Civil Liberties Union as unconstitutional and in …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019
Send letters to fe AT fifthestate DOT org or Fifth Estate, POB 201016, Ferndale MI 48220. All formats accepted including typescript & handwritten. Letters may be edited for length.
Yellow Submarine
by Dennis Raymond
Fifth Estate # 67, November 28-December 11, 1968
“Once upon a time, or maybe twice, there was an earthly paradise called Pepperland, which existed 80,000 leagues beneath the sea…” And so it was, a land of brilliant color and elegant people and Ming music, with words such as …
JFK: Cold Warrior
by Jack Straw
Fifth Estate # 339, Spring, 1992
“I shall never be able to forget where I was standing on that dramatic day when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy nearly killed me. It was during the nuclear confrontation that arose out of his war on Cuba.” —Christopher Hitchens in …
Events Calendar
by Resa Jannett
Fifth Estate # 83, July 10-23, 1969
in Cooperation with Detroit Adventure THURS. JULY 10 DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Meadowbrook, Ehrling conducting; Itzthak Perlman, violinist. 8:30 pm.
Michigan Democratic Convention Likes U.A.W., Loves L.B.J.
by Rodger Robinson
Fifth Estate # 13, August 30, 1966
The State convention of the Democratic party of Michigan was with few exceptions a total victory for L.B.J. and his local apologists the U.A.W.-C.I.A. The workings of organized labor at the convention was not at all like the moderate socialists …
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Anti-War GIs Face Trial, Court Martial
by Louie Collins
Fifth Estate # 31, June 1-15, 1967
Can the Army brass deny a GI his constitutional rights to hold and express ideas differing from those held by the administration in Washington—including ideas in direct opposition to the Vietnam war?
The S.C.U.M. Bag
by Nancy Homer
Fifth Estate # 65, October 31-November 13, 1968
a review of S.C.U.M. Manifesto by Valerie Solanas. Olympia Press, 1968, Paperback 75 cents.
Grimshaw Convicted for Obscene Kite
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
The infamous Grimshaw kite case has reached its first conclusion, with an astounding miscarriage of justice.