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Motor City Labor News is a regular feature of the Fifth Estate. In this column we want to provide a space for people from different parts of the Detroit labor scene to exchange their experiences—experiences of the struggle to gain …

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March 24—Black Moratorium Committee will hold all-day teach-in at Highland Park Community College, theme “Black America and the War in Southeast Asia” 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Emphasis on the War and its effects on black community and planning for …

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American Civil Liberties Union 961-4662 Ad Hoc Action Group 923-0610 (Police Brutality Complaints) Center House Switchboard 399-9090 Community Reporter 833-5085 Detroit Anti-war Coalition 874-4410 Draft Counseling 961-0983 Fifth Estate Office 831-6800 Distribution Centers (KOTC)831-1574 Gay Liberation 923-7749 Newsreel Films 822-8115 …

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Two days after the appearance of the Fifth Estate’s special women’s issue it was completely sold out, necessitating the printing of another 5,000 for a total press run of 19,000. The reprint is without the regular calendar, classifieds and is …

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Monday, March 8 was International Women’s Day. Women around the city organized and participated in activities to celebrate that event.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), prompted by a 58-year-old commissioner who is a former FBI agent, issued a policy statement on March 6 warning radio stations against broadcasting song lyrics “tending to promote or glorify the use of illegal drugs.”

STAFF COLLECTIVE: Millard Berry, Barbara Carson, Cindy Felong, Bob Hippler, David Riddle, Bill Rowe, Len Schafer, Marilyn Werbe, Peter Werbe, Cathy West, FRIENDS & COMRADES: Keep On Truckin’ Co-op (KOTC), Resa Jannett, Julie Medvecky, Nick Medvecky, Sanjuro Streetfighter, Tramp, Bruce …

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Fifth Estate Issue #127, March 18-31, 1971 WEB CONTENTS ALL FIFTH ESTATE ISSUES FIFTH ESTATE HOME

EDITORS: Harvey Ovshinsky, Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Cathy West NEWS EDITOR: Frank Joyce ART: Gary Grimshaw MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR: John Sinclair CALENDAR: Rhona Whipple FILM EDITORS: Joe Fineman, Shirley Hamburg ADVERTISING: Leon Brenner CIRCULATION: Wilson Lindsey TRAVEL EDITOR: Sheil …

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During the last few months an increasing number of FIFTH ESTATE subscribers have complained to us that they receive their mailed issues either very late or not at all. Others complain that they receive their copy in a mutilated condition.