Last May 3rd, workers went on strike at the San Antonio plant of Farah Pants to protest the company’s history of unfair labor practices, which included the firing of several workers who had engaged in legal union activities. Farah is …
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Farah strikers launch national boycott
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 173, December 16, 1972-January 5, 1973
NCCF Trial
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 127, March 18-31, 1971
Fourteen members of the National Committee to Combat Fascism, accused of murder and conspiracy to murder in the killing of a Detroit patrolman at 14th and Myrtle last October, are set to go on trial May 10th. The NCCF is …
Gov’t Attacks GI Group
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 127, March 18-31, 1971
MADISON, Wisc.—A Federal Grand Jury here has indicted three army enlisted men on charges that they dynamited installations at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin last July 26th, the anniversary of Fidel Castro’s attack on the Moncada Barracks.
Panthers Split
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 127, March 18-31, 1971
A massive split formed in the Black Panther Party in recent weeks, as the party’s Algiers International Section—including Eldridge Cleaver—and the New York City branch announced their opposition to the California-based leadership of Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense.
California: Victim and Executor
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 29, May 1-15, 1967
Aaron Mitchell was an American black man who killed a cop. In retribution the state of California asphyxiated Mitchell with cyanide poison gas fumes in San Quentin prison on April 12.
Preview Look of Expo ’67
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 28, April 15-30, 1967
In about one month Expo 67 will open in Canada on Montreal’s Ile Sainte-Helene. It will last until October 27, with April 28th as the opening day. One expects 35 million visitors during this half year of “Happenings” on a …
The Lovin’ Lidfull
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 26, March 15-31, 1967
Reprinted from The Berkeley Barb (Underground Press Syndicate).
‘Oh! What A Lovely War’
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 22, January 15-30, 1967
Detroit is going through a lot of changes. Plum Street has made the inner city a nice place to visit and the Grande Ballroom has made tripping out a routine. But the most important change is at 2555 Burns Avenue, …
Labor Unrest Spreads
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
America moves closer to a labor crisis as other unions enter or poise for strikes throughout the country. Air travel has been seriously crippled by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) walk-out in many major U.S. cities, and they …
AF Doctor Says No
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—An Air Force Academy graduate, Richard T. Hubbard, under orders to go to Vietnam on March 30, says he will risk courtmartial and endanger his professional career as a physician rather than obey those orders. Hubbard is a …