Peace Briefs

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Fifth Estate # 9, June, 1966

July Draft WASHINGTON, May 6. The defense Department yesterday boosted the draft back up to 26,000 men for July compared to 15,000 in June. The July quota, all for the Army, was nearly 5,000 above the 21,700-man draft in April, …

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Disneyland East

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Fifth Estate # 9, June, 1966

According to Time Magazine, prostitution has always been part of the American soldier’s life. It is a continuation of a grand tradition going back to the Crusades and extending through the vivandieres of World War I to the B-Girls called …

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Vietnam Newsletter

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Fifth Estate # 9, June, 1966

  Viet Survey This past week the D.C.E.W.V. conducted a survey in the segment of the 17th district in which we intend to concentrate our efforts on the Lafferty campaign this summer. In order to plan specific strategy we thought …

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Draft Tests

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Fifth Estate # 9, June, 1966

The Selective Service Classification Exams given in May and June have been the center of much peace activity in Michigan. The Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam has distributed leaflets at the six testing stations in Detroit and …

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East Side Violence

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Fifth Estate # 9, June, 1966

On Tuesday, May 3, 1966. Thomas L. Baker, a 16 year old black youth was shot and wounded while entering the office of the Afro-American Youth Movement (A.A.Y.M.), formerly known as the Adult Community Movement for Equality, at 9211 Kercheval …

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9, June, 1966

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Masthead

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Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022

Fifth Estate Radical Publishing since 1965 Vol. 57, No. 2, #412 Fall 2022 The Fifth Estate is an anti-profit, anarchist project published by a volunteer collective of friends and comrades. www.FifthEstate.org No ads. No copyright. Kopimi – reprint freely

Issue Intro

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Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022

When the wind blows against us, there are two distinct choices: either push back and push on against it with ever more resolve, or surrender to the direction in which it’s going. Undoubtedly, if you are reading this publication, like …

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The Terror Is Not Dead

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Fifth Estate # 5, March 6-20, 1966

“Tell me you support the government’s policy if you like, but don’t try to tell me you didn’t know what was going on.” —Tom Paxton

Six C.O.s Jailed

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Fifth Estate # 5, March 6-20, 1966

The National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam has learned that at least four Negro G.I.s are in jail serving six months to ten years at hard labor for refusing to fight in Vietnam.