The Left (Supplement to Issue 173)

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Fifth Estate # 173, December 16, 1972-January 5, 1973

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Fifth Estate Extra

This is a supplement to THE FIFTH ESTATE, an independent socialist newspaper of Detroit now in its eighth year of publication. It deals with the current uproar in Detroit’s Left caused by a violent conflict between the Communist Party and the National Caucus of Labor Committees. The conflict has spread to include virtually every Left group, several welfare rights organizations and some unions. A few lessons can be learned from it. One article presents the criticism and analysis of The Fifth Estate production staff. A second article presents the criticism and analysis of The Fifth Estate distribution staff, Big Rapids Distribution Company.

Contents

So dis is da Left?!

Left Chaos: Pre-mortem to Working-class Defeat?