Lost Anarchism & Surrealism of the 1960s

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Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022

The next project of Abigail Susik, author of Surrealist Sabotage and the War on Work, investigates the radical connections between anarchism and surrealism through the little-known figure of Jonathan Leake and his work in the 1960s with the magazine, Resurgence. …

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WCO

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Fifth Estate # 8, May, 1966

Energies of the West Central Organization, since its formal emergence on the Detroit scene in June,1965, have exploded the myth of “apathy” inherent in the behavior of “poor folks.” Human beings—Negro, white, Mexican, Maltes, and Puerto Rican—who have never fully …

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More on the VDC Bombings

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Fifth Estate # 8, May, 1966

“The bombing won’t stop us. We’re still going full speed ahead with our plans.” Jack Weinberg, a member of the Vietnam Day Committee, said this quietly only hours after he and 10 other VDC members had narrowly escaped death in …

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Students vs. Draft

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Fifth Estate # 8, May, 1966

Washington, March 29, (UPI)—The Defense Department called today for the drafting of 34,600 men in May. It had asked for 21,700 for April. The Army still needs 90,000 more men to complete its buildup for the Vietnam war. The new …

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8, May, 1966

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Fifth Estate # Archive

Fifth Estate Issue #8, May, 1966 WEB CONTENTS ALL FIFTH ESTATE ISSUES FIFTH ESTATE HOME

What’s On

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Fifth Estate # 6, March 20-April 1, 1966

SUNDAY FILMS: The Bank, The Tramp, A Woman and Police, with Charlie Chaplin (1915). Henry Ford Museum Theater. 2 and 4 p.m Adm. chg. 3/20 MUSIC AND READING: The Detroit Contemporary 4 and reading by David Sinclair. Artists’ Workshop. 7 …

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International Days of Protest

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Fifth Estate # 6, March 20-April 1, 1966

Schedule Friday, March 25: At 6:30 P.M. the Wayne State University Young Democrats are sponsoring a forum on the war in Vietnam in the community Arts Auditorium, Cass and Kirby. Saturday, March 26: At 4:00 P.M. a mass march will …

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Masthead

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Fifth Estate # 6, March 20-April 1, 1966

The Fifth Estate 1107 W. Warren Detroit Michigan 48201 831-2525 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Harvey Ovshinsky EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Steven Simons Nancy Mitchnick Karen Mitchnick Marilyn Mitchnick Deborah Osmet Janet Klotman Robin Dibner Steven Dibner

Wayne’s Du Bois Club Says No to H. Res. 738

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Fifth Estate # 6, March 20-April 1, 1966

Their Statement:

N.S.A. Maps ‘Poor Peoples Program’

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Fifth Estate # 6, March 20-April 1, 1966

The National Student Association’s Poor People’s Corporation Personnel Program is recruiting sales representatives to work in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, and managerial aides to work In cooperatives in Mississippi. Sales representatives will be Working in programs designed to …

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