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.
FE Author: anon.
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 …
Sympathy for the Devil
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
“Sympathy for the Devil,” Jean-Luc Godard’s first film since his masterly “Weekend,” is full of radical rhetoric, Black Power, white fascism, graffiti, pornographic novels and rock music. Watching it is often difficult and demanding because Godard poses questions while denying …
Bail!
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 100, March 5-18, 1970
CHICAGO, Feb. 28—The seven defendants in the Chicago Conspiracy trial were released from jail after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Judge Hoffman’s no bond ruling. Bond for the five defendants convicted of incitement to riot was set at …
Ten Million
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 99, February 19-March 4, 1970
Returning members of the Venceremos Cane Cutting Brigade encountered their comrades who will take up the work of the first contingent of the brigade in the sugar cane fields of Cuba. The Venceremos Brigade is a group of young Americans …
Write-In Candidate for Ann Arbor
by anon.
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 …