The former Soviet republic of Belarus exploded into angry protests last August in the wake of contested presidential elections resulting in a totally implausible landslide victory for long-ruling strongman Alexander Lukashenko. Police, riot squads and army troops unleashed harsh repression, …
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World War 3 Illustrated
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020
a review of World War 3 Illustrated Assorted Authors & Artists AK Press akpress.org ww3.nyc // Share this on…
Two Faces of Fascism
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020
Around Lower Manhattan, storefronts have been boarded up since the looting in June. The plywood has been covered with murals and graffiti art on the theme of Black Lives Matter. Throughout June, angry protests were a daily affair, as in …
Museum Chronicles Fightback & Victories Against Gentrification
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
Above the front door to C-Squat, on Ave. C on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a weather-worn sign hangs from the fire escape reading “THIS LAND IS OURS, NOT FOR SALE,” with the squatter symbol of a circle bisected by a …
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Rome Squatters Face Clampdown
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 403, Spring 2019
It was a multicultural crowd that gathered in Rome’s Plaza San Silvestro to oppose the draconian Security Decree then pending in the Italian parliament. Popularly called the Salvini Law after Italy’s far-right Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, the Decree was aimed …
Cuba Turns ‘Green Scare’ Fugitive Over to US
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019
Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, a fugitive animal-rights activist, was intercepted by Cuban authorities in early August and turned over to the FBI. // Share this on…
True Stories
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 401, Summer 2018
a review of True Stories: Tales from the Generation of a New World Culture by Garrick Beck. iUniverse, 2017 // Share this on…
Impossible Revolution
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 401, Summer 2018
a review of Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy by Yassin al-Haj Saleh. Haymarket Books 2017 // Share this on…
Red-Brown Politics
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 401, Summer 2018
Fascists are seeking to exploit and co-opt anti-war forces in the US, and build support for war criminals like Assad and Putin. Anarchists have a responsibility to reject such overtures and offer solidarity to those resisting in Syria. // Share …
Positively Quilca Street
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018
When Lutxo Rodríguez recalls the local punks and social outcasts of the downtown Lima, Peru district he habituates “dressing in black in the ’80s,” I smile wryly, remembering the Lower East Side of my own youth. But the urban decay …