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Black Workers’ Power
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 92, November 13-26, 1969
Another letter has been engraved on the tombstone of the dying United Auto Workers bureaucracy as 300 members of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers gathered outside Cobo Hall Sunday morning, Nov. 9, to protest the racist practices of the …
Will Marijuana Save World Capitalism?
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 342, Summer 1993
a review of The Emperor Wears No Clothes: The Authoritative Historical Record of the Cannabis Plant, Marijuana Prohibition, & How Hemp Can Still Save the World, Jack Herer, HEMP/Queen of Clubs Publishing, 200 pp., Van Nuys CA, 1992 edition, $14.95
Campaign ’66
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966
“The free election of masters eliminates neither the masters nor the slaves.” —Herbert Marcuse American politics, as has been noted here before, is the politics of non-alternatives and pseudo-choices. If we needed any evidence, the present election provides it. Search …
The Refusal of Technology
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 303, October 20, 1980
FE Introduction: Members of the Fifth Estate staff and our friends (as well as some not so friendly) have been debating the role of technology and its function within the larger system of domination almost since the inception of our …
Old Perspectives on Race at WSU
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 40, October 15-31, 1967
On October 19 to 21, Wayne State University will sponsor a conference titled “New Perspectives on Race and the City.” Featured speakers include G. Mennen Williams, Jerome P. Cavanagh, Hubert Locke, Roger Wilkins of the U.S. Justice Department, Community Relations …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
The revolution is a thing of the people, a popular creation; the counterrevolution is a thing of the State. It has always been so and will always be so, whether in Russia, Spain or China. –Anarchist Federation of Iberia (FA …
From Red Anarchism to Green Anarchy
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 404, Summer, 2019
From its Eat the Rich Gang incarnation in the 1970s, Fifth Estate has been an unparalleled source of new ideas. Thinkers like Fredy Perlman, Jacques Ellul, and Jacques Camatte were introduced and moved anti-authoritarian perspectives forward very significantly.
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 33, July 1-15, 1967
The ridiculous bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to penalize flag-burners passed by a whopping majority (385 to 16) last week—but in their haste, the patriotic legislators forgot to include the specific term “burning” in their prohibition. They did …
Letters to the Editor
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 22, January 15-30, 1967
To the Editor: Leaving aside his descent into scatology and personal abuse, Shelley Manne’s letter [FE #21, January 1-15, 1967] claims that I am in error regarding the degree of integration in 1) his group; 2) his club; 3) …
A New Detroit?
by Benjamin Hababee, Frank H. Joyce, Fred Baker
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
Curious. The same people who built the old Detroit, which the people burned down because apparently they didn’t like it much, have been selected to build the new Detroit.
The Beatles in Detroit
by Larry Miller
Fifth Estate # 13, August 30, 1966
There I was, right in the exact middle of it… most of that which had gone before merely served to strain my patience… had to go out several times for a cigarette, drink of water…when they finally came on, it …
Free Readers’ Ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 277, October 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 48201
All Isms are Wasms
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
Introduction by Sunfrog As one of the more outspoken non-atheists in the FE collective, it’s fitting that one of my early memories of the project was an argument about religion. I was hanging out in the office under the auspices …
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 336, Spring, 1991
We never could figure out which faction was responsible for the auto-destruction of New York City’s Sabotage Bookstore (the pamphlets published by either side casting blame are definitely not recommended reading), but we had the same sensation one does when …
Resistance Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
To add an event, please email johnjef@bledsoe.net Sept 20-26—Idapalooza Fruit Jam—A Queer Music Festival in the hills of Tennessee! www.planetida.com or planetida@planetida.com for info.
Deee-Troit
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
It may take two or three years, but beware: Mayor Gribbs has let it be known that he is not adverse to a $1.00 admission fee to the Detroit Zoo, along with plans to raise the Sunday parking fee to …
Raging Against the Machine
by John Clark
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
a review of Red Round Globe Hot Burning: A Tale at the Crossroads of Commons and Closure, of Love and Terror, of Race and Class, and of Kate and Ned Despard by Peter Linebaugh. University of California Press, 2019
HipPocrates
by Eugene Schoenfeld M.D.
Fifth Estate # 95, December 26, 1969-January 7, 1970
Dear Dr. Schoenfeld: For several years we’ve been looking for physicians to help freeze people. With several exceptions, we haven’t had much luck. Most doctors are too frightened and conservative to even study our approach.
Google’s Utopia: Our Nightmare
by Kim A. Broadie
Fifth Estate # 406, Spring, 2020
The Internet wasn’t supposed to be like this. John Perry Barlow, Internet pioneer and friend of the Grateful Dead and contributor to their very early virtual community, The Well (or Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link), wrote this in his 1996 A …