This short account by Liberation News Service of Zionism’s sordid history as a white settler, colonialist movement barely scratches the surface in terms of the magnitude of the injustices committed in the name of the Jewish people, but should not …
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Twenty years later
by Rob R. History
Fifth Estate # 334, Summer, 1990
Without much fanfare, another of those 20th anniversaries of the 1960s passed by recently. At 4:45 a.m. on December 4, 1969, a detail of fourteen Chicago and Illinois State’s Attorney’s police raided a modest apartment in the all-black near West …
Innu People Resist NATO
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 334, Summer, 1990
Canada is illegally renting out the territory of the Innu people to the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) countries so that their bombers can practice bombing and surprise attacks. The establishment of a permanent NATO base could be announced soon. …
Politics of the “Nuclear State”
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 283, June, 1977
The following was sent to us by a friend of the Fifth Estate living in West Germany and lays out the political implications of the “Nuclear State,” and gives a report on several mass anti-nuclear actions. See also “Turn on …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 320, Spring, 1985
The FE Bookservice may be reached at the same address as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, P.O. Box 02548, Detroit MI 48202 USA; telephone (313) 831-6800.
A Sign of the Times
by J. Newton
Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969
The Smoke Someone was more stoned than we were last night. He was walking down the Grand Trunk railroad tracks between Fourteenth and Grand River. He was a neighborhood resident of the slum area north of Warren on the near …
Emma Goldman and the Russian Revolution
by Alice Wexler, David Porter, Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 334, Summer, 1990
Dear Fifth Estate: While I appreciate David Porter’s long and serious review of my book, Emma Goldman in Exile (see FE #333, Winter 1990), I’d like to take issue with some of his points. Porter criticizes my “intrusiveness” for allegedly …
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.
The PLO/Israeli Treaty
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe), George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 343, Fall-Winter, 1993
“The affairs of a puppet play are not to be taken too seriously.” —Wu Cailuan, 9th century Taoist adept The internationally televised signing of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)/Israel peace treaty Sept. 11 brought to mind Geronimo’s surrender to General …
Firebrand
by Chris Lugo
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
Middle Tennessee anarchists and community organizers gathered at Nashville’s Belmont United Methodist Church on May Day, traditionally a worker’s holiday, to celebrate their vision of social justice, and are working to create a vision for the Firebrand, a proposed community …
Bibliographic Notes
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 320, Spring, 1985
Some bibliographic notes on articles in this issue
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. …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981
The FE Bookstore is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, both of which are located at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, MI 48201—telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s always best to …
Life in an Autonomous Zone
by Rui Preti
Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020
The lynching of a black man, George Floyd, by a white Minneapolis policeman on May 25, sparked widespread and sustained protests, some escalating to uprisings, across the country and the world. They began as a cry against police killings of …
News Shorts
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
FUZZY PIG BOSTON—Fuzzy the pig is going to be alright. Fuzzy is, fittingly, the mascot of the National Patrolman’s Association, and underwent a weekend operation for an intestinal disorder at the Angell Memorial Animal Hospital last week. Richard MacEachner, …
Notes on Captivity
by John Zerzan, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 284, July, 1977
“Few books today are forgivable. Black on the canvas, silence on the screen, an empty white sheet of paper, are perhaps feasible.” — R.D. Laing, The Politics of Experience
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 …
Tennescene
by john johnson
Fifth Estate # 359, Winter, 2002-2003
Long time readers of the Fifth Estate will remember the section called “Detroit Seen” which brought news from the radical scene in Detroit. We hope to continue “scene” reports in the new incarnation of the Fifth Estate.
Free Readers’ Ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 293-294, August 21, 1978
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, …
Grande Gaff
by Russ Gibb
Fifth Estate # 74, March 5-19, 1969
There’s so much to say, man, that I don’t know where to start…maybe with the Five…the MC5 are a really classic example of environment and music coming together. There’s a Simple declaratory sentence for you… The music affects the environment …