FE Introduction During the outrage expressed in the national media following the delivery of over a …
FE Author: David Watson
Federico Comes Home to Barcelona
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019
In June and July, during a visit to Spain, my partner Marilynn Rashid and I spread …
Hail Red Army Nerve Gas!
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 307, November 19, 1981
In politics nothing can be taken at face value; many times what passes for an elaborately …
The New Earth First!
by David Watson, Snail Darter
Fifth Estate # 348, Fall, 1996
Dear Fifth Estate: As an Earth First! sympathizer and subscriber to many deep ecology principles, I …
Beyond Bookchin (excerpts)
by David Watson, Steve Welzer
Fifth Estate # 348, Fall, 1996
Introduction by Steve Welzer The text which begins on the following page is excerpted from Beyond …
Technological Invasion
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981
Note to Web version: In the print edition this article is erroneously attributed to Coquilles St. …
Swamp Fever (excerpts)
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
FE note. Excerpts from “Swamp Fever, Primitivism & the ‘Ideological Vortex’: Farewell to All That” first …
All Isms are Wasms
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
Introduction by Sunfrog As one of the more outspoken non-atheists in the FE collective, it’s fitting …
Limitations of Leftism
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 395, Winter 2016 - 50th Anniversary
The article from which this excerpt is taken, “Stopping the Industrial Hydra: Revolution Against the Megamachine,” …
On the road to nowhere
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
Looking to change my life, at the age of nineteen I decided to pack my belongings …