Write-In Candidate for Ann Arbor

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Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966

Special to the Fifth Estate Ann Arbor: Elise Boulding of Ann Arbor has begun a write-in campaign for Congress from the Second District of Michigan. The district, which consists of the counties of Washtenaw, Livingston, Lenawee and Monroe, is presently …

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Getting Used To It

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Fifth Estate # 12, August 15, 1966

FREIGHT TRAINS You’re on. You’re moving. So now you read (if you can in a moving car), watch the countryside, wave at children, talk to any companions you may have, drink wine, write books, and groove train riding activities.

Getting Used To It

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Fifth Estate # 11, July 30, 1966

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Following is part one in a series of articles subtitled “a guide to bumming in the U.S.A.” The author is unknown, and we wouldn’t have found out about it if it weren’t for the keen eye of …

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Life in the County

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Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969

Editors’ Note: The author of this article is currently doing time in a federal prison in West Virginia on a conviction of possession of two grams of marijuana. Prior to his transfer, he spent close to a month in Wayne …

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Docs for Dope

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Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969

The New Physician, a national medical journal with a monthly circulation of over 60,000 physicians and medical students, has become the first major national medical journal to speak out in favor of the legalization of marijuana. An editorial in the …

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“If I Had a Gun…”

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Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969

Special to the Fifth Estate GREAT FALLS, Montana—A local boy has made good out in the wooly West. Mickey Gordon, formerly of Detroit, was charged in Montana Federal District Court with threatening the life of President Nixon. Gordon is a …

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The Appeal of Anarchy

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Fifth Estate # 332, Summer, 1989

Amidst ecstatic visions, Anarchy appears. She says: Whenever you need anything, once a month at the full moon, assemble in the wilderness—in the forest, on the heath, by the seashore—for the state of nature is a community of freedoms. Recognize …

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Who Said This?

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Fifth Estate # 74, March 5-19, 1969

“The streets of our country are in turmoil. The universities are full of students rebelling and rioting. Communists are seeking to destroy our country. Russia is threatening us with her might and the republic is in danger. “Yes, danger from …

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Fight Back

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Fifth Estate # 74, March 5-19, 1969

A preliminary statewide planning meeting of a group formed to combat the special state Senate Investigating Committee looking into campus problems will be held March 15. The Michigan Coalition for Political Freedom will meet at St. Joseph’s Church that Saturday …

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David and Roselyn Benefit

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Fifth Estate # 74, March 5-19, 1969

The Monteith Student Board will present a concert featuring David & Roselyn Wednesday and Thursday evenings, March 12 and 13 in WSU’s Upper DeRoy Auditorium at 8 p.m.

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