Several new books of interest have recently come our way. We only have space to mention them in this issue, but hope to review them in the near future.
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Fifth Estate Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
Forget those L.L. Bean and Harry & David catalogs! When you’re picking out presents for the holidays, send revolutionary literature as gifts and help support independent publishers and booksellers. If you want a wider selection of anti-authoritarian titles, contact Left …
Conversations with Allen Ginsberg
by Allen Ginsberg, Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
Two interviews with the poet on life, death, sex, poetry, Kerouac, and meditation—the first from 1991, published here for the first time; the second from the October 1969 issue of Fifth Estate.
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
Welcome to our Fall 1997 edition, #350. We think we’ve assembled numerous informative and challenging articles for you and are particularly pleased with the issue’s art work. Thanks to Stephen Goodfellow for the cover’s ominous drawing and no less to …
Killer Cop’s Appeal Fails
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
All of a sudden the media has discovered police brutality after years of denying its existence. The spotlight on this public secret came as a result of a particularly hideous incident of police torture recently by New York City cops …
Detroit 1967 Rebellion
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
The July, 1967 Detroit rebellion left 42 dead, hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and scars still unhealed today. The Fifth Estate office was in a hard-hit area: the August 1, 1967 issue featured first-hand accounts from staff members …
Tales from the Planet
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
“‘Partial’ Victory for McLibel Two” At the conclusion of the longest trial in British history, McDonald’s has exacted a quarter-pound of flesh from two radical environmentalists the burger corporation claimed libeled it.The presiding magistrate declared in a 1,000-word judgment that …
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Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 351, Summer 1998
Welcome to our Summer 1998 edition. Thanks to everyone who had a hand in creating our 351st issue. This issue follows our Fall 1997 edition, so please note that there was not an issue designated Winter or Spring.
Tales from the planet
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 351, Summer 1998
Mumia Judge Out Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeal that his conviction and death sentence be overturned for the 1981 death of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner is still pending before Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court. The recent election of an extreme conservative justice to …