What Does “Fifth Estate” Mean?

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Fifth Estate # 395, Winter 2016 - 50th Anniversary

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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Escaping from Europe

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Fifth Estate # 395, Winter 2016 - 50th Anniversary

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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The Rising of the Women

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Fifth Estate # 395, Winter 2016 - 50th Anniversary

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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Issue intro

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Fifth Estate # 395, Winter 2016 - 50th Anniversary

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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Contents of print edition

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Fifth Estate # 395, Winter 2016 - 50th Anniversary

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

333, Winter, 1990

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Fifth Estate # Archive

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

Free Readers’ Ads

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Fifth Estate # 275, August, 1976

Though we do not accept commercial advertising, this Unclassified ad space is free for our readers’ use. We do not accept ads over the telephone, so please send your ads in writing to our office at: 4403 Second Ave., Detroit …

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Ammunition Books

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Fifth Estate # 275, August, 1976

Ammunition Books, 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48201 Bookstore Hours: Mon. thru Fri. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Detroit Seen

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Fifth Estate # 275, August, 1976

If you are reading this newspaper and are not a subscriber, please be advised that you are able to do so only through the support and generosity of those who are. On about July 18 we realized that we had …

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Staff & contributors

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Fifth Estate # 275, August, 1976

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