The Louie Love-in

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Fifth Estate # 32, June 15-30, 1967

  1. by Ben Habeebe You should have seen Louie’s face. He was beaming like the hero they were trying to make him out to be. Boy, were they laying it on him. The Detroit News (which pitches: “If You …

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Prentis St. Popped

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Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967

Kitty Genovese died in Queens while fifty people watched. Thomas Poindexter lost his seat on the Detroit Common Council when it was reported that he saw a crime being committed and did not even bother to call the police.

The Press of Peace

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Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967

A good peace never did come easy. One of the real tough things about involvement in a resistance movement is your total lack of power. When LBJ (of “Hey, Hey” fame) addressed a thousand-dollar-a-couple Democratic Party fund raising dinner in …

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The Press of Peace

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Fifth Estate # 33, July 1-15, 1967

Hey! Hey! LBJ—Look What’s happenin’ in America today: Vietnam Summer, 1967. From coast-to-coast 4,000 people in 48 states have stepped forward to work on Vietnam Summer projects to end the war…and that number is on the rise. Here in Detroit …

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