America’s Incredible Day

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Fifth Estate # 305, March 18, 1981

WASHINGTON, D.C.—What was to have been one of the most triumphant days in U.S. history was brought to a tragic, fiery close today when the jetliner bringing the fifty-two former hostages back from captivity in Iran crashed into the Presidential …

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Staff and Contributors

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Fifth Estate # 305, March 18, 1981

Tomega Therion Primitivo Solis Coquilles St. Jacques Bob Brubaker Alan Franklin Ralph Franklin Suzy Ruby Lips Don Kirkland The Unknown T. Fulano The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN 0015-0800) is published bimonthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48201 USA; phone …

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Austerity & War Ahead

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Fifth Estate # 305, March 18, 1981

The New York Times headline trumpeted “[President] Urges Rises in Military Outlay, Cuts in Other Areas,” above an article which stated, “[The President] today proposed to Congress a series of substantial increases in military spending in the 1980s and cuts …

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305, March 18, 1981

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Nuclear Weapons

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Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980

PART ONE: What they do… “It was in Hiroshima, that morning of August 6. I had joined a team of women who, like me, worked as volunteers in cutting firepaths against incendiary raids by demolishing whole rows of houses. My …

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Bookstore Notes

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Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980

FROM PARTISAN PRESS: Partisan Press is pleased to announce the long-awaited release of Scottish anarchist Stuart Christie’s autobiography The Christie File. British orders can be placed with Cienfuegos Press; all non-U.K. orders can be sent to us ($9.95). Coming Spring …

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FE Bookstore

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Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980

The FE Bookstore is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate and can be found at 4403 Second Ave. Detroit—telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours that we’re open vary quite a bit, so it’s always best that you give …

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Against Civilization

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Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980

The following text, “On The Future of the Earth,” is a talk given by Russell Means at the Black Hills International Survival Gathering held last July at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The gathering was attended by groups …

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Detroit Seen

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Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980

This issue is in your hands for two reasons: 1) your generous and numerous response to our plea for financial assistance and 2) the feeling of support we got from the accompanying letters you sent in. Our problem was really …

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FE Readers Debate Technology

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Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980

The letters on this page are responses to John Zerzan’s “The Refusal of Technology” which appeared in the October 20, 1980 edition [#303] of the Fifth Estate; below are our comments on the question. In the article, Zerzan accuses those …

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