I. There is a Saying: “Good writing is counter-revolutionary. According to Ellen Willis (who did a piece on the Chicago Pig Riot in New American Review No. 6) good writing ”is a reminder that literature is basically an activity of …
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Back to 1911
by Peter Lamborn Wilson
Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022
Reprinted from FE #386, Spring 2012. Reversion to 1911 would constitute a perfect first step for a 21st century neo-Luddite movement. Living in 1911 means using technology and culture only up to that point and no further, or as little …
On Gogol Boulevard
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 352, Winter, 1999
Numerous problems prevented a full version of our feature, On Gogol Boulevard, from appearing in this issue. Look for its return. In the meantime, important events continue to be played out in Ex-Eastern Bloc countries and the Third World. Contact …
HipPocrates
by Eugene Schoenfeld M.D.
Fifth Estate # 90, October 16-29, 1969
QUESTION: Dear Dr. Schoenfeld: “I am replying to a recent column of yours and to the girl that complained about her boyfriend’s balls. It seemed that during intercourse, his balls banged against her body and she didn’t care for this. …
Open Letter to the Disarmament Movement
by Norman Solomon
Fifth Estate # 321, Indian Summer, 1985
Late 1985 Dear People: North America’s disarmament movement has gone from momentum to defeat during the first half of the 1980s, but we have not heard much candor about the dimensions of the loss. Arms-race boosters see little reason to …
Free Readers’ Ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 270, March, 1976
THIS PAGE IS YOUR PAGE. All ads are FREE for the asking. We hope this page becomes a place where we can communicate and take care of our basic needs outside of the capitalist, consumption market. Send to THE FIFTH …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 332, Summer, 1989
The FE Bookstore is located at 4632 Second Ave., just south of W. Forest, in Detroit. We share space with the Fifth Estate Newspaper and may be reached at the same phone number: (313) 831-6800. Visitors are welcome, but our …
Free readers’ ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 290, March 2, 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, …
Victories for Green Scare prisoner Marius Mason
by Cindy Crabb
Fifth Estate # 399, Fall, 2017
After seven years in a highly secretive, repressive unit of a Texas federal prison for women, environmental Green Scare political prisoner, Marius Mason, has finally been moved into a less restrictive section.
Women’s Rights
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 92, November 13-26, 1969
In a concerted effort to reform the outdated Michigan abortion laws, Michigan Women for Medical Control of Abortion has launched an all-out action program. The program has been set up to involve as many people as possible in working for …
We know the Wolves are On our Side
by Franklin Rosemont
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
This is an excerpt from a 2003 essay, “Surrealism & Wilderness” that is included in Rosemont’s anthology Revolution in the Service of the Marvelous: Surrealist Contributions to the Critique of Miserabilism (Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, 2004).
Shout Outs
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
Dear FE, Happy 40th! Love & Solidarity Prison Book Program
Get That Tire!
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 19, December 1-15, 1966
OUTRAGED! That’s what we are. Consider it. Think of what it means.
HipPocrates
by Eugene Schoenfeld M.D.
Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970
Dear Dr. Schoenfeld: I’m strung out on heroin. This doesn’t seem to have any long term advantages. There are a good many places which offer help to addicts who wish to kick. But to the best of my knowledge, all …
June 11th
by Panagiotis Tsolkas
Fifth Estate # 397, Winter, 2017
June 11 brought activists and revolutionaries from across the country together with former prisoners and family members of prisoners for a weekend gathering in Washington, D.C. for a “Convergence Against Toxic Prisons.”
The Ideas & Desires of the DIY Bandits
by Benjamin Olson
Fifth Estate # 396, Summer, 2016
Born in 2004 out of the industrial ruins of Shelton, Conn., 75 miles north of New York City, a shifting cast of individuals led by soft-spoken, anti-leader, Pepe Chapowski, released records, threw shows, bootlegged albums, sent merchandise and artwork to …
“If you want peace, you got to fight for it”
by David Hilliard
Fifth Estate # 95, December 26, 1969-January 7, 1970
The following speech was delivered by David Hilliard, Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party at the November 15th anti-war rally at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
A New World in Our Hearts
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003
a review of A New World in Our Hearts: Eight Years of Writing from the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation, edited by Roy San Filipo. AK Press, 2003, San Francisco, 139pp. Letters to a Young Activist, Todd Gitlin, Basic …
Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 54, May 16-31, 1968
What RFK’s election would prove is that America is further ahead in its cheerfully cynical acceptance of corruption and back-room deals than had been feared…
Divine Toad Sweat Reports on Neo-Am Church
by Marlene Tyre
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
The Fifth Estate recently received a copy of “Divine Toad Sweat,” Church bulletin of the NeoAmerican Church, headquartered in Mt. Eden, California.