The Last SLA Statement

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Fifth Estate # 282, April-May, 1977

The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) undertook a series of urban guerrilla actions in 1973 and 1974 that made world-wide headlines. The assassination of a reactionary school official, the kidnapping of a wealthy heiress and a bank appropriation set off a …

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Worker Revolts, Political Strife Belie China’s Peaceful Image

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Fifth Estate # 280, February 1977

Since the struggle for power within the Chinese bureaucracy sharpened following the death of Mao Tse-tung in September, events have begun swirling at an ever faster rate. Coming on the heels of the political turmoil in the capital city, the …

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What a Difference a Day Makes

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Fifth Estate # 280, February 1977

Although Wernher Von Braun is still alive, though bed-ridden with a terminal case of cancer, we feel that this is the appropriate time to wish him a speedy death.

Today’s Television Programs

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Fifth Estate # 279, December, 1976

MORNING 7:00 channel 2 Bozo the Clown Bozo and Mr. Houdini are joined by Lyndon La Rouche (aka Lyn Marcus) of the U.S. Labor Party for kiddie games and a masquerade. channel 4 Sesame Street The Fonz (Henry Winkler) shows …

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Indian Genocide

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Fifth Estate # 279, December, 1976

Buried in a back section of an October issue of the Detroit Free Press: “Manaus, Brazil (AP) Mayurunas Indians on the remote western edge of the Brazilian Amazon jungle have begun killing newborn females in an attempt to wipe out …

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Pushing The Line

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Fifth Estate # 279, December, 1976

NEW YORK—The 200 garment industry executives listened attentively as the seminar speaker, with evangelical fervor, told them how their industry can be brought “kicking and screaming into the 20th Century.”

Dr. HIPocrisy

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Fifth Estate # 279, December, 1976

Dear Dr. Hypocrisy, My boyfriend just got over a “dose” of Trotskyism. He says he is “safe” to begin relations again, but I’m worried. What do you think?

Two Face Prison For Jailbreak Plot

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Fifth Estate # 278, November, 1976

Three persons prosecuted for their participation in the raid last March 13 on the Piedras Negras jail in Mexico were acquitted October 1 of most of the charges against them although two still face jail terms. Mike Hill, Billy Blackwell …

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No Matter Who you Vote for…

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Fifth Estate # 278, November, 1976

The presidential election farce is over and Nobody won! Although we were hoping for an absolute majority, those unwilling to humiliate themselves by participating in their own enslavement by voting for who will rule us still chalked up an impressive …

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Autonomy for robotic killers?

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Fifth Estate # 396, Summer, 2016

On the frontiers of what has been termed “moral autonomy,” a long-range anti-ship missile is being developed for the U.S. military by Lockheed Martin Corp. which can pick its own target and destroy it independent of human minders. A team …

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