Fifth Estate Archives: Preserving History

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Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023

Readers of the Fifth Estate know how much we value the history of opposition to oppression. Accounts of resistance have always filled numerous pages in the 413 issues we’ve published since 1965.

The Great Bathroom Incident

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Fifth Estate # 97, January 22-February 4, 1970

Editors’ Note: The trial of the Conspiracy 7 continues in Chicago and has turned into even more of a circus as the defense attempts to present its case. They are blocked at every avenue by senile Judge Julius (Magoo) Hoffman, …

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Welcome to Detroit, Mr. Murphy

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Fifth Estate # 97, January 22-February 4, 1970

“Patrick Murphy is no great shakes as Public Safety Director. He is a poor administrator; he is weak, and he has no rapport with his men.” —Richard Judd, former aide to Sen. Wayne Morse on D.C. Affairs Committee, U.S. Senate

Liberation Conference Against Repression

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Fifth Estate # 97, January 22-February 4, 1970

Everybody has some idea of the kind of heavy political repression the power structure has been laying down, if only from the power-structure media itself.

Police Vamp on Bikers Clubhouse

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Fifth Estate # 97, January 22-February 4, 1970

Nearly a dozen members of the Blue Flu smashed their way into a private party during a cowardly attack on the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club of Detroit.

Masthead

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Fifth Estate # 97, January 22-February 4, 1970

Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op ADVERTISING Steve Dunn STAFF Jane Capellaro David Gaynes Jim Kennedy Rick London Nick Medvecky Bruce Montrose Claudia …

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97, January 22-February 4, 1970

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Fifth Estate Issue #97, January 22-February 4, 1970 WEB CONTENTS ALL FIFTH ESTATE ISSUES FIFTH ESTATE HOME

Free John Sinclair and All Political Prisoners poster

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Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

Jan. 24 and 25 Saturday January 24 2 p.m.-1 a.m. $3.00 Grande Ballroom Sunday, January 25 3 p.m.-11 p.m. $3.00 Grande Ballroom FREE JOHN SINCLAIR AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS! HELP END MARIJUANA PROHIBITION Mitch Ryder, Abbie Hoffman, Ken Cockrel, Skip …

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GI subscriptions

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Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

If you are a serviceman in Vietnam receiving a free Fifth Estate subscription the only notice you will get of its expiration is the sudden disappearance of the paper from your life. We still want to get you guys the …

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Piece Now

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Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

The following article was taken from “A Handbook for Radicals; Revolutionaries and Easy Riders” published by the International Liberation School. It is available for fifty cents and is an invaluable guide to small arms weaponry. Send to: People’s Office, 1925 …

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