“I don’t want to startle you, but they mean to kill us all.” —e.e. cummings War—the word on everyone’s lips—the deadly end of the capitalist cycle of prosperity and economic collapse, appears close at hand as the major world empires …
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Carter’s Phony War Crisis
by Fifth Estate Collective, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 301, February 26, 1980
The Original Affluent Society
by Marshall Sahlins
Fifth Estate # 298, June 19, 1979
adapted from Marshall Sahlins, Stone Age Economics
Indigenism & its Enemies
by Primitivo Solis (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981
indigenous, adj. 1. Occurring or living naturally in an area; not introduced; native. 2. Intrinsic; innate. [From Latin indigena, native. See indigene.
L’affaire Black Rose Books
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 284, July, 1977
To the Reader: In the last issue of the Fifth Estate [#283, June 1977], a letter appeared signed by a Joe Doaks criticizing Black Rose Books of Montreal. Doaks charged that a recent BRB publication, Durruti: The People Armed, by …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 324, Fall, 1986
Due to space considerations, some of the letters on these pages may have been excerpted. We ask that letter writers make their remarks as concise as possible. Pretty Bad Taste Dear FE, The Christians to the lions stuff in the …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
IDEAS AS SERIOUS Over five different decades, though dogmas inside my head and your pages have come and gone, something seems to have largely been constant: the Fifth Estate treats ideas as serious things even worth pissing-off friends for (now …
Insurgent Mexico!
by T. Fulano (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 344, Summer, 1994
“The political status quo in Mexico died on January 1. Every Mexican institution is now in a state of crisis.” —El Financiero (Mexican business newspaper)
Journal Notes on Art
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
FE note: This is one of three responses to John Zerzan’s “The Case Against Art,” in FE #324, Fall 1986. The other two articles are: “A ‘Culture-in-Action’” by George Bradford and “Art, Life & Death” by Ratticus. 20 May: Art …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 313, Summer, 1983
Expanded Sexuality Fifth Estate: The debate on sex; the burning of Porno Palaces, etc. was quite amusing. Last issue’s letter writer fumed over the actions of the Wimmin’s Fire Brigade who stated with alarming urgency—”the struggle for universal sexual freedom …
Detroit trash incinerator closing
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 404, Summer, 2019
The news in March 2019 that, due to “financial and community concerns,” the Detroit trash incinerator was to be closed was weirdly reminiscent of news back in the spring of 1986 that it was going to be built: It came …
The U.S. War against the Iraqi People
by Ali Moossavi
Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000
If you were to ask most people in this country to define the Persian Gulf War, they probably would describe it as a victorious, six-week long military conflict, in which the U.S. repelled Iraq, a hostile invader, and restored the …
The Unabomber and the Future of Industrial Society
by T. Fulano (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 348, Fall, 1996
“…If one has courage and daring without benevolence, one is like a madman wielding a sharp sword; if one is smart and swift without wisdom, one is as though riding on a fast mount but not knowing which way to …
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Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 323, Summer, 1986
White Rule Dear Fifth Estate, Without wanting to get involved in your mag too much, there is one criticism that I feel more important than whatever else I might want to say about it. It’s where you say “South Africa …
The Israeli Massacre
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 310, Fall 1982
Introduction Various technical and resource problems delayed publication of this issue of the FE (see article elsewhere). Hence, the sweep of events in the Middle East has already rendered some of the focus and information in this article a bit …
Revolution Against the Megamachine
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 333, Winter, 1990
Staff note: George Bradford was a pseudonym used by David Watson in these pages. 1. Autopsy of a Petrochemical Disaster Remember the Exxon Valdez? The ship was the source of the worst oil spill to date in U.S. history, spilling …
Comments on Revolutionary Violence
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 287, October 28, 1977
1. Responses to “New York, New York” Dear F.E.: It would be very interesting to know more about the character of the N.Y. looting but it is not clear to me that we can tell anything from the figures which …
Looking Back on the Vietnam War
by David Watson, Richard Drinnon
Fifth Estate # 346, Summer, 1995
This article first appeared in FE #320, Spring 1985 under the pen-name George Bradford. It is reprinted on the 20th anniversary of the defeat of the U.S. empire in Vietnam.
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 334, Summer, 1990
Tornado Warning Dear Fifth Estate: We appreciate your kind mention of our group in your last issue (see “300,000 at Pro-Choice Demo—Plus Us,” FE #333, Winter, 1990), but we are not “Storm Warning” as the article identified us.
“Life-style” vs. “Social” Anarchism
by Peter Sabatini
Fifth Estate # 348, Fall, 1996
Murray Bookchin must be getting cranky in his old age. Upon reading his latest broadside, Social Anarchism Or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm, I was rudely smacked in the face by déja vu. Evidently Bookchin is beating a dead horse, …
Not our Troops
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 361, Summer 2003
They Create a Desert & Call it Peace: Welcome to the Occupation With the horrible invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq threatening to expand to one or more of the other fifty-nine countries on the White House hit list, it’s …
A Treatise on Electronic Anarchy & the Net
by Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 345, Winter, 1995
“Every year of her life…the Net had been growing more expansive and seamless. Computers did it. Computers melted other machines, fusing them together. Television-telephone-telex. Tape recorder-VCR-laser disk. Broadcast tower linked to microwave dish linked to satellite. Phone line, cable TV, …
Freedom, Individualism, Revolution
by Allan Antliff
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
Artistic anarchism has a long and complex history. Certainly one of its most interesting chapters in France is the development of two competing anarchist discourses about art’s libertarian possibilities during the years leading up to the ill-fated Paris Commune of …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983
Joy To Read The following writer is one of the Vancouver Five. See our coverage of the start of their trials elsewhere in this issue.
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 359, Winter, 2002-2003
Fifth Estate Letters Policy We welcome letters commenting on our articles, ones stating opinions, or reports from your area. We can’t print every letter we receive, but each is read by our staff and considered for publication. Letters via …
Symbolic Protest & The Nuclear State
by George Bradford (David Watson), N. Bates
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
1. The Rebel in Religious Guise by N. Bates 2. God and the Nuclear State by George Bradford The articles appearing on this page were written by two people who took part in the Williams protests. The first article is …
Against the Megamachine
by T. Fulano (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot’ stamping on the human face—forever.” —O’Brien, in Orwell’s 1984 How do we begin to discuss something as immense as technology? To investigate it means to investigate the totality of …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 342, Summer 1993
FE Letters Policy The Fifth Estate always welcomes letters commenting on our articles, giving reports of events in your area, or stating your opinion. We don’t guarantee we will print everything we receive, but all letters are read by our …
The Vietnam War
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 394, Summer 2015 - Technology
INTRODUCTION When this essay first appeared in the Fifth Estate in Spring 1985, the Vietnam War already seemed to be receding into ancient history. Central America was at that time being battered with money and proxies, rather than with “American …
Return of the Son of Deep Ecology
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 331, Spring 1989
Introduction The letter above [“Deep Ecology as Strategic Knowledge,” FE #331, Spring, 1989] was sent to the Fifth Estate last year in response to the essay I wrote, “How Deep Is Deep Ecology? A Challenge to Radical Environmentalism” (FE #327, …
How Deep is Deep Ecology?
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 327, Fall, 1987
Introduction For a number of years, the Fifth Estate has been writing about the crisis of Western civilization and its industrial/technological plague. At the same time we have been profoundly interested in primitivism and the cultures of earth-based peoples, realizing …
Vietnam Resource Page
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # Archive
Vietnam Rsesource Page Fifth Estate articles in date order Dr. Norman Pollack Vietnam Fifth Estate #2, December 2-16, 1965 https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/2-december-2-16-1965/vietnam/ “Perhaps the biggest mistake many of us make when speaking about Vietnam is that we focus only on Vietnam, and …
Looking back on the Vietnam War
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 320, Spring, 1985
“Without the exposure of these Vietnam policies as criminal, there is every likelihood of their repetition in subsequent conflicts.” —Richard Falk, speaking at the Congressional Conference on War and National Responsibility, convened in Washington, D.C. in early 1970 “Historical memory …
The Triumph of Capital
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 339, Spring, 1992
INTRODUCTION “Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia. But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 344, Summer, 1994
Fifth Estate Letters Policy The Fifth Estate always welcomes letters commenting on our articles, stating opinions, or giving reports of events in local areas. We don’t guarantee we will print everything we receive, but all letters are read by our …
The Sad Truth
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 358, Fall, 2002
Slobodan Milosevic has been at The Hague for a little more than a year, the first head of state to face a war crimes tribunal since the crime of genocide was codified in the UN Charter. The former autocrat stands …
There is no ‘hippie movement’ and there are no ‘hippie leaders’
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
“Leaders” are created by the media image freaks and sold to the people to keep them happy. They have to have “leaders” or nothing could get done-why, they certainly couldn’t do it themselves. Or could they? The media exists to …
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The People Own the City in Detroit Uprising
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
“Light My Fire” rises through the radio ranks for weeks and, when it hits number one on the stations, the people respond and burn the city down. Or play Archie Shepp’s “Fire Music” album as background music for the Detroit …
Breakthrough
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 7, April 1966
“He who lives by the sword dies by the sword,” but the men who are now dying have no such simple entrance into their own lives—the swords they bear (whatever “side”) are not what they live by, not the terms …
The Coat Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
You know that it would be untrue / You know that I would be a liar / If I was to say to you / “Girl, we can’t get much higher”—/ Come on baby light my fire / Come on …
The Coat Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
It looks like straight people will do just about anything in their power to keep the love organism from growing and spreading, just because they can’t “understand’ it and don’t know what’s happening in the world around them. If you …