Thoreau Made a Hippy

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Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967

A new United States postage stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henry David Thoreau has been designed by painter Leonard Baskin. The stamp was first placed on sale July 12 at the writer-anarchist’s home town of Concord, …

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Supreme Court to Hear GIs

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Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967

The first GIs to publicly refuse to go to Vietnam, known as the Fort Hood Three, asked the Supreme Court to hear their suit against the war, and against the government’s right to send them to Vietnam. Jimmy Johnson, 21, …

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“New Politics” Hits LBJ

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Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967

Organized political opposition to the Johnson Administration will be mapped in Chicago Labor Day weekend at a nationwide convention of grassroots activist organizations in the peace, civil rights and student movements. The convention, “New Politics—’68 and Beyond,” is expected to …

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Draft Resistance Grows

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Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967

The draft resistance movement in Detroit, which until now has operated underground, has surfaced with the opening of the Draft Resistance Center at 12820 Hamilton at Glendale.

Women Demand Rights

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Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967

Students for a Democratic Society, a radical political organization, held a national convention in Ann Arbor recently during which they adopted a statement demanding equal rights for women, along with statements in opposition to the draft and the war in …

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Vietnam Referendum Planned for City

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Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967

The Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam will take initial steps to place a referendum on the war in Vietnam on the ballot in Detroit.

Ukrainian and Russian Repression

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Fifth Estate # 397, Winter, 2017

Over the past year, ruling elites in Russia and Ukraine—often in collaboration with fascist gangs—intensified active repression of those who dare to express dissident points of view on a wide range of topics, from workers’ demands for back pay, to …

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Water Activists Face Repression

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Fifth Estate # 364, Spring, 2004

During the past few months, Michigan activists fighting the global economy’s developing market for water extraction have fought a multi-national corporation, the legal system, and the state’s liberal governor.

Anarchists Blamed for Anti-EU Letter Bombs

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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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Warning to the Pope

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Fifth Estate # 299, October 22, 1979

You, M. Pope, are a scoundrel and a cur. The more “personable,” the more popular and accessible you become, the more you inspire our absolute loathing for all that you represent: the self-alienation of the human subject and the invasion …

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