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Ursula K. Le Guin’s Lathe of Heaven
by Josh Gosicak
Fifth Estate # 382, Spring, 2010
“To objectivise life means to destroy it.” — Ana Esther Cecune, Development Dialogue, January 2009.
I’m Sticking with the Union?
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
“Hey! What are you guys doing here? You hate unions!” —A strike supporter The labor militant who aimed this question at us was surprised, almost shocked, to see a group whom she considers anarchists critical of unions, shoulder-to-shoulder with striking …
Paradise How?
by Anu Bonobo
Fifth Estate # 379, Fall, 2008
“I’m an advocate of free love. What else can I say? I think people should do what they like, enjoy what they enjoy, and we should enjoy their enjoying what they enjoy.” –Judith Malina (interviewed by Jim Feast and Steve …
Murder on Seal Island
by Larry Talbot
Fifth Estate # 309, June 19, 1982
Introductory Note: Is it the war of the Malvinas or the fight for the Falklands? It all depends upon which imperialist gang you support, the doddering Great Britain or the budding young Argentina. But what if you support neither of …
The Metaphysics of Dancing Tribes
by Richard Drinnon
Fifth Estate # 326, Summer, 1987
Introduction Chief Luther Standing Bear wrote in his autobiography, “The white man does not understand the Indian for the reason that he does not understand America. He is too far removed from its formative processes. The roots of the tree …
Haymarket Square Riot
by Bob Nirkind
Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976
This article is the fourth in a series of counter-Bicentennial pieces dealing with the more sordid and often less-acknowledged incidents in America’s 200year-old history.
The (Last) Rights of Malice Green
by G. Raffito
Fifth Estate # 341, Spring 1993
On a chilly Friday morning, November 6, 1992, a slight drizzle dabbed the sidewalk where the night before a man had been bludgeoned to death by a gang of Detroit policemen.
1984: Worse Than Expected?
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 316, Spring, 1984
1. Slavery Is Freedom. How technology makes use of our own natural anxieties about it to promote its power over us.
Mutiny at the Outposts of Empire
by Rob Blurton
Fifth Estate # 346, Summer, 1995
Thirty years ago, the most powerful military colossus ever assembled, its triumphant legions spread throughout the world, committed an expeditionary force of its best troops to the Asian mainland. “The American Army of 1965,” wrote an admiring historian, “was headstrong …
1918: Russian Artists of the Anarchist Revolution
by Allan Antliff
Fifth Estate # 349, Summer 1997
Three artists spent the night in the mansion, since outside the museum a studio was set aside for making art. As the artists told it, that memorial morning We were awakened by shouts of “We’ll shoot! Hands up!” Armed soldiers …
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On The Future of the Earth
by Russell Means
Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980
Related: see FE Staff introduction, “Against Civilization,” in this issue. The only possible opening for a statement of this kind is that I detest writing. The process itself epitomizes the European concept of “legitimate” thinking; what is written has an …
The My Lai Massacre
by Bob Nirkind
Fifth Estate # 270, March, 1976
This article is the second in a series of counter-Bicentennial pieces dealing with the more sordid and less-acknowledged incidents in America’s 200-year-old history.
Cuba: From State to Private Capitalism
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 383, Summer, 2010
HAVANA — We entered the elevator on the ground floor of Havana’s renowned FOCSA building in the city’s Vedado district and were quickly whisked, non-stop, to the 33rd floor. When the doors opened, tuxedoed waiters welcomed us to La Torre, …
Turn on the Light and Say Goodnight
by Bob Nirkind
Fifth Estate # 283, June, 1977
“A nuclear power plant is infinitely safer than eating, because 300 people choke to death on food each year.” — Dixy Lee Ray, former head of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), now governor of Washington “You can’t have a riskless …
Turn on the Light and Say Goodnight
by Bob Nirkind
Fifth Estate # 297, April 18, 1979
Reprinted from FE #283, June 1977.
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 349, Summer 1997
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 …
On the Machine in the Garden
by Fredy Perlman
Fifth Estate # 321, Indian Summer, 1985
See also: “The Machine against the Garden” (author’s introduction) in this issue, FE #321, Indian Summer, 1985. Your comments as well as the urgings of other friends stimulated me to read Leo Marx’s book The Machine in the Garden. I …
Poetry
by Guerrilla
Fifth Estate # 69, December 26, 1968-January 8, 1969
[Web Archive note: This centerfold insert is a two-sided 15 x 22 inch poster, of which this page can be considered the back side. The other side of the poster is rendered at https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/69-december-26-1968-january-8-1969/poetry-2/ .] The Consumer Society Must Die …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 340, Autumn 1992
Our Firm Convictions Dear Fifth Estate: I enjoy your publication and find it very thought provoking. As far as criticism of the existing social order is concerned, it is perhaps the most consistently inclusive I have run across. It is …