We mourn the loss of David Chichkan, 39 years old, a renowned Ukrainian anarchist, artist and comrade who died on August 10 from wounds inflicted by fascist Russian forces the day before. He died defending the Zaporizhzhia front in southeast …
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Anarchists & The War in Ukraine
by Thomas Martin
Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023
Despite the appeal of nationalism among today’s Ukrainians, the legacy of anarchism in that tormented region has not been forgotten. In fact, it is resurgent, though not always in ways that anarchists in more comfortable lands might like.
Ukraine
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022
As we write at the end of March, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is at full fury with deaths and destruction increasing daily. By the time you read this, the conflict will hopefully have ended. If not, any number of …
Not So Comic Criminalization
by Paul Buhle
Fifth Estate # 417, Winter 2025
a review of Down By Law: Criminalization, Solidarity and Survival in Europe Edited by the CrimScapes Research Group. PM Press/Kairos, 2025
Fifth Estate Home
by Fifth Estate Collective
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Winter 2025Fifth Estate #417Follows Spring 2025 CONTENTS WORKS REVIEWED Anarchy in the Big EasyMax Cafard Ten Little AnarchistsDaniel de Roulet Beyond the Final Whistle, Soccer for a Better WorldVasilis Kostakis NadjaAndré Breton Stop Thief! Anarchism & PhilosophyCatherine Malabou Animal …
Unabomber 2.0
by Jess Flarity
Fifth Estate # 416, Spring 2025
A deadly drone war rages between Ukraine and Russia. A.I.-generated images are appearing on restaurant menus and as logos in grocery store aisles. Students all around the world are flooding ChatGPT essays into their online courses.
Gallows Humor, Beauty in Resistance
by Eric Laursen
Fifth Estate # 416, Spring 2025
a review of World War 3 Now? World War 3 Illustrated, Issue #54 by Jordan Worley, Nicole Shulman, Seth Tobocman, Sue Simensky Bietila, eds. AK Press, 2024
The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (Long Version)
by Norman Nawrocki
Fifth Estate # The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival
<<< Return to Issue 416, Spring, 2025 The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (Long Version) An unofficial history by Norman Nawrocki Despite being one of the most misunderstood political ideologies of our times, anarchism has a long and beautiful history …
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The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival
by Norman Nawrocki
Fifth Estate # 416, Spring 2025
A longer version of this article is available on the Fifth Estate site at https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/416-spring-2025/the-montreal-international-anarchist-theatre-festival/the-montreal-international-anarchist-theatre-festival-long-version/ Despite being one of the most misunderstood political ideologies of our times, anarchism has a long and beautiful history of developed political thought, well-organized and …
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They once were rebels
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 415, Summer 2024
a review of Resistance to Christianity: A Chronological Encyclopaedia of Heresy from the Beginning to the Eighteenth Century by Raoul Vaneigem, translation by Bill Brown. ERIS, 2023 While evangelical Protestantism has for generations overwhelmingly been a force of deep reaction …
The Calm before…What?
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 415, Summer 2024
Sharks dive deeper before hurricanes. Wolves howl when a storm is approaching. Snakes slither away from earthquakes. Something’s happening here, and definitely, what it is ain’t exactly clear. Unfortunately, our intellects don’t provide us the instinctual early warning system our …
The Fifth Estate Essays of Peter Werbe
by A.W. Tymowski
Fifth Estate # 414, Fall 2023
a review of Eat the Rich & Other Interesting Ideas: Selected Essays by Peter Werbe. Black & Red-Detroit, 2023
Move Over Nestor Makhno!
by Norman Nawrocki
Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023
She was known as either Maria or Marusya Nikiforova, a fearless and feared, bad-ass Ukrainian anarchist warrior who led her own army during the Russian Civil War and peasant rebellions in the early 20th century. But few people have heard …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022
Send letters to fe@fifthestate.org or Fifth Estate, POB 201016, Ferndale MI 48220. All formats accepted including typescript & handwritten. Letters may be edited for length. CHOMSKYIAN Your editorial on the Ukraine war in FE #411, Spring 2022 starts out promising, …
East/West World Dominance Game
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022
a review of Ukraine & the Empire of Capital: From Marketisation to Armed Conflict by Yuliya Yurchenko. Pluto Press, 2018