from our Barcelona Correspondent Barcelona, Spain—at one time known as “the fiery rose of anarchism”—was the site of a lively Anarchist International Exhibition Sept. 27 to October 10, 1993. Several thousand people attended, with the majority being young and audiences …
Free the Hunan iconoclasts
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 342, Summer 1993
WHO ARE THEY: Yu Zhijian, age 27, formerly a teacher at the Tantou Wan Primary School in Dahu Township, Liuyang County, Hunan Province. Yu Dongyue, former fine-arts director of the Liuyang News. Lu Decheng, 28, previously an employee of the …
The Empire Strikes Back at Itself
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 341, Spring 1993
Media hoopla commemorating the Quincentennial of Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the New World, however sanitized, should have convinced anyone paying attention that the Spanish conquest was a disaster for both Native Americans and Africans. // Share this on…
When someone invites you to vote, JUST SAY NO!
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 340, Autumn 1992
They’re hee-ere! Yes, folks, it’s the quadrennial electoral charade where power-seeking charlatans attempt to craft tricky speeches and programs designed to convince people to abandon common sense and reason and elect them to political office. // Share this on…
Anarchist Resister Charged in Italy
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 313, Summer, 1983
Resistance to the draft is happening around the world. The Fifth Estate recently received information from the editors of “A” Rivista Anarchica about Mauro Zanoni, a 20-year-old anarchist who was arrested February 13, 1983 in the “Pavia” di Pesaro, Italy …
Beggars Banquet
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 66, November 14-27, 1968
a review of “Beggars Banquet” The Rolling Stones (London) // Share this on…
Arrests Made in Bombings
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 66, November 14-27, 1968
Detroit police arrested 11 neighborhood street brothers and sisters over Nov. 10th and 11th and charged them with “conspiracy to place explosives with intent to cause damage,” a bullshit rap that carries a 25-year maximum prison sentence. // Share this …
Mafia controls Pigs
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 66, November 14-27, 1968
Reprinted from Detroit Scope “Detroit is controlled 100% by the Mafia,” says a man close to Mafia kingpins. Many Detroit police officers admit there is a great deal of truth in that statement because of the extent to which the …
The Lessons of Vietnam
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 336, Spring, 1991
Although the phrase, “The first casualty in war is truth,” has been aptly realized in the media coverage of the Persian Gulf war, the truth is often the last casualty as well. In the case of America’s military adventure in …
Why the U.S. Destroyed Iraq
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 336, Spring, 1991
At 6:46 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 16, 1991, George Bush, Commander-in-Chief of the Empire’s armed forces, announced in Washington DC, “The liberation of Kuwait has begun.” And, at that moment half a world away in Iraq, the most …