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Unabomber cops a plea

by Coatimundi (David Watson)

Fifth Estate # 351, Summer 1998

Whatever one thought of Ted Kaczynski before his trial, by January, when he admitted he was the Unabomber, thus avoiding a death penalty by pleading guilty to an 18-year bombing campaign, one had to feel a certain sympathy for him. …

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Happy Birthday to the Unabomber?

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 396, Summer, 2016

It is a mystery to us why a small number of anarchists and primitivists are attracted to Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who carried out a murderous bombing campaign between 1978 and 1995 against targets representing technology. The homemade bombs he …

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Unabomber Cops a Plea

by David Watson

Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019

FE Introduction During the outrage expressed in the national media following the delivery of over a dozen mail bombs in Late October addressed to prominent Democrats and a cable network, several commentators invoked the name of the Unabomber. (This ignores …

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The Unabomber’s Unending 15 Minutes of Fame

by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)

Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000

FE Note: Most of this article was written prior to the WTO demos and is not a contribution to the debate over tactics used there.

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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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.

Anarchists Blamed for Anti-EU Letter Bombs

by anon.

Fifth Estate # 364, Spring, 2004

Through late December and early January, explosive devices were mailed to the president of the European Commission, the governor of the European Central Bank, two members of the European Parliament, the directors of the European Union’s police and judicial cooperation …

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Mad Bombers & Anarchy?

by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)

Fifth Estate # 346, Summer, 1995

We live in a world where television announces what is important and solemnly pronounces how loyal citizens are to respond—patriotism: the Gulf War; mourning: the death of the war criminal Nixon; joy: the Olympics; or indignation: the Oklahoma City bombing. …

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Revelations!

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007

This edition begins our 42nd year of continuous publishing as the longest running, English language anarchist publication in American history. We’ve got a ways to go to catch the Yiddish language Freie Arbeiter Stimme (Free Voice of Labor) which printed …

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DVD review: The Net

by John Brinker

Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007

reviewed in this article The Net: The Unabomber, LSD, and the Internet by Lutz Dammbeck Other Cinema, San Francisco, 2003 www.othercinemadvd.com/net.html

Tales From The Planet

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000

  Silvia Baraldini, an Italian national, imprisoned in the U.S. for nearly 17 years for a series of armored car holdups in support of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), an urban guerrilla group, was released in August 1999.

The Culture is a Cult

by Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)

Fifth Estate # 349, Summer 1997

The recent mass suicide by 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate group created a fabulous media feeding frenzy of apocalyptic proportions. An occurrence as certifiably weird as this could not be confined to the check-out-counter tabloids: it was top-of-the-hour evening …

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by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000

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Letters

by Various Authors

Fifth Estate # 397, Winter, 2017

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.

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News & Reviews

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 353, Summer, 1999

The 15 minutes of fame for Ted Kaczynski, the convicted Unabomber, are not up after all. He’s been in the news several times recently. Kaczynski is releasing an autobiographical account of his life, entitled Truth Versus Lie, printed by Context …

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London Calling

by John Zerzan

Fifth Estate # 388, Winter, 2013

The first half of August 2012 found my wife Alice and I in London, but not for the Olympic Games. The nonprofit contemporary art gallery Raven Row invited me to participate in a series of talks and displays titled “The …

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Examining Zerzan

by Bob Brubaker, E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe), Fifth Estate Collective, John Zerzan, Paula Zerzan

Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

Much of primitivist theorist John Zerzan’s early work appeared in the Fifth Estate. His Cassandra-like predictions of imminent collapse of modern society began in 1976 with his FE article, “The Decline and Fall of Everything” [FE # 268, January, 1976]—a …

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How green is Green Anarchy?

by Ellen Carryout

Fifth Estate # 358, Fall, 2002

Both the Spring & Summer 2002 editions of Green Anarchy were read and studied for this review. GA is available for $2.00 contact P.O. Box 11331, Eugene, OR 97440.

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 …

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