FE Bookstore

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Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983

The FE Bookservice is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, both of which are at 5928 Second, Detroit MI 48202; telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s always best to give …

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Bits of the World in Brief

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Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983

On Sunday, July 17, at around 1:30 am, two masked men carrying machine guns broke into the house in Comiso, Sicily functioning as the coordinating center for the groups against the U.S. cruise missile base. Once inside they lined all …

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Vietnam/Lebanon

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Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983

With the Vietnam analogy on everyone’s lips, first for El Salvador and Nicaragua, and now for Lebanon, the signs of similarities arise ever more frequently. One such indication is shown here in the accompanying two photos. The first is from …

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Trial Begins for Vancouver 5

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Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983

The Vancouver Five are activists from British Columbia who are currently facing 17 counts of sabotage and conspiracy. Besides being charged with destroying an environmentally damaging hydroelectric generator and firebombing a porn shop, they also are accused of a massive …

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Repression Continues in Toronto

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Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983

On June 13th the Toronto Metropolitan Police raided a home of several people active in producing the Bulldozer prison support paper and in supporting the Vancouver Five. Ostensibly seeking links to the Litton bombing, a series of charges were brought …

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Radio Libertaire Back on Air After Police Raid

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Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983

Shouts of joy greeted the sounds of Radio Libertaire’s return to the airwaves Sept. 3 after having been shut down by a police raid six days previously. At 5:45 am on Sunday morning, Aug. 28, the Paris premises of the …

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Detroit Seen

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Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983

The birthdays seem to be coming around faster and faster. This November marks the 18th anniversary of the Fifth Estate’s appearance as an “underground” paper in 1965. Several of us were recently looking at some back issues and smiling at …

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Masthead

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Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983

The Fifth Estate is a co-operative project, published by a group of friends who are in general, but not necessarily complete agreement with the articles herein. Each segment of the paper represents the collective effort of writing, typesetting, lay-out and …

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They’re at War!

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Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983

They’re at war! They appear nightly on television with their lying speeches trying to defend the growing slaughter. The body bags come home by the hundreds filled with the shattered remains of young men who swallowed the patriotic justifications for …

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314, Fall 1983

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