Masthead

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Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970

The Fifth Estate EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op ADVERTISING Steve Dunn STAFF David Gaynes Jim Kennedy Rick London Nick Medvecky Bruce Montrose Claudia Montrose Bill Rowe Marilyn Werbe POLITICAL PRISONER John Sinclair …

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In Case Of…

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Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970

American Civil Liberties Union: 961-4662 Ad Hoc Citizens Committee (Police Brutality Complaints): 872-2828 Creem Magazine: 831-0816 Draft Resistance (info on counseling): 874-4334 Detroit Anti-war Coalition: 873-4322 Fifth Estate Office: 831-6800 Fire Department: 962-0400 Grape Boycott Office: 825-4811 Metro: 832-5126 Newsreel: …

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414, Fall 2023

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Fifth Estate # Archive

Fifth Estate Issue #414, Fall 2023 WEB CONTENTS ALL FIFTH ESTATE ISSUES FIFTH ESTATE HOME

98, February 4-18, 1970

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Fifth Estate # Archive

Fifth Estate Issue #98, February 4-18, 1970 WEB CONTENTS ALL FIFTH ESTATE ISSUES FIFTH ESTATE HOME

Thee Column

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

Many people are still unaware of what Open City is and what it does. Rather than the common misconception that it is a service organization for the alternate community, Open City is the alternate community!!!

The Mouthpiece

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

Editors’ Note: At long last, here is the legal column we have been promising for several issues. “The Mouthpiece” will be a regular feature of the Fifth Estate and is in keeping with our motto of Serve The People.

ASU forms at Selfridge

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

Things may never be the same again at Selfridge Air Force Base of Mt. Clemens.

Mirror, mirror, on a different site

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Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023

Since 2013, the Fifth Estate Archive (fifthestate.org/archive) has been an online source for this magazine’s radical reporting, essays, and other texts published in our print edition for more than fifty-seven years. The archives contain 5,221 articles online to date, with …

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The Photography of Leni Sinclair

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Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023

Using the descriptor, ironic, to define almost anything has become an overused cliché. However, Leni Sinclair’s 1966 photo of John Coltrane taken at Detroit’s Drome Lounge deserves that adjective. The image has been displayed in museums and reproduced hundreds of …

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Alfredo Cospito’s Struggle

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Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023

Alfredo Cospito is a 55-year-old incarcerated Italian anarchist who has been on hunger strike since October 2022, protesting the brutality of his imprisonment. As we publish in March 2023, his condition is uncertain. His comrades fear he is near death.