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People always ask about the meaning of our publication’s odd name. It is odd, and for our purposes over the last thirty years or so, a particularly problematic one. The word Estate in the title refers to the three powerful …

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The discovery of Columbus by the Arawaks was fortuitous as the three ships might have made landfall almost anywhere else on the continent that lay between the explorers’ intended destination in eastern Asia. The random meeting had deadly consequences for …

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This issue of the Fifth Estate, appearing on the 61st anniversary of International Women’s Day, is dedicated to all our sisters around the world. It is the product of the Fifth Estate staff, women from the Women’s Media Co-op and …

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Just so readers don’t think all of the celebration around the 50th anniversary of publishing has brought forth a bout of hubris in us, let us be clear. Those of us working on the Fifth Estate today know this publication …

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4 The Future is Now! Jesús Sepúlveda 7 Sabotage & the Flows of Capital Jeff Shantz 10 Transgender Struggle in Prison Anonymous

Fifth Estate Issue #333, Winter, 1990 WEB CONTENTS ALL FIFTH ESTATE ISSUES FIFTH ESTATE HOME

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Millard Berry Guyora Binder Alan Franklin Ralph Franklin Pat Halley Kathy Horak Pat Kazenko Bob Nirkind E.B. Maple Pat O’Bryan Pete Rachleff Algirdas Ratnikas Dennis Rosenblum Marilyn Werbe Peter Werbe John Zerzan