Convention & Counter-Convention

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Fifth Estate # 303, October 20, 1980

We should have realized that the anti-convention efforts in Detroit were going to be a flop when only two people responded to the FE article about planned activity which invited others to “join us in a game with no rules” …

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Detroit Seen

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Fifth Estate # 303, October 20, 1980

When we start receiving letters asking if we are still publishing, we know it’s time to get an issue out. One reason that the gap between our last issue and this one must appear so large to those who receive …

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Contributors

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Fifth Estate # 303, October 20, 1980

Buster Brown Bob Brubaker Angela Di Sante Alan Franklin Ralph Franklin Jim Gilman Blue Jesus E.B. Maple Richard Rollins Primitivo Solis Larry Talbert Mr. Venom Marilyn Werbe Peter Werbe John Zerzan Suzie The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN 0015-0800) is published …

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Poland: Triumphs and Defeats

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Fifth Estate # 303, October 20, 1980

On September 1, Lech Walesa, the worker who negotiated the end of the recent Polish strike wave, climbed two flights of wooden stairs to the temporary offices of the new Independent Trade Union which he heads. Walesa carried a two-foot …

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303, October 20, 1980

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Stay where you are

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Fifth Estate # 302, June 1, 1980

Whatever happens, don’t do anything until you hear from the authorities; your safety cannot be guaranteed if you take it upon yourself to act. Stay in your homes, cars or shopping centers. If you stay at home, watch television or …

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Census Resisters Snub Government

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Fifth Estate # 302, June 1, 1980

The 1980 census has come and gone without much ado. On the face of it, it appears as though most Americans dutifully mailed back their forms and provided the government with its constitutionally mandated information needed to apportion each state’s …

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FE Bookstore

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Fifth Estate # 302, June 1, 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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Intro to Zerzan

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Fifth Estate # 302, June 1, 1980

Related: see The Promise of the ’80s in this issue. We perhaps owe John Zerzan a debt of gratitude for the research that has gone into his essay The Promise of the ’80s, for it graphically demonstrates to us what …

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Detroit Seen

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Fifth Estate # 302, June 1, 1980

Last issue we reported that the local Freezer Theater had been torched and that the people who performed there were looking for a new place. Well, all you ardent Freezer fans will be glad to know that they’ve opened up …

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