a review of Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilization, By John Zerzan, Feral House, Los Angeles, 2002, 214 pp., $12
FE Author: John Brinker
Anarchy in the Age of Dinosaurs
by Egg Syntax, John Brinker
Fifth Estate # 363, Winter, 2003/2004
a review of Anarchy in the Age of Dinosaurs by the Curious George Brigade, Mosinee, WI, 2003, 154 pp, $6. See pages 63-64 to order.
Francisco Ferrer & the Free Education Movement
by John Brinker, William Boyer (Bill Boyer)
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
Today, the concept of a free school has many connotations. It can mean the freedom to choose what to learn or whether to learn at all. But whatever we mean by free, we can’t really discuss the free schools of …
Art as Terror?
by Doug Graves, John Brinker
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) is a collective of artists and academics who illustrate problems with science and technology through writing, performance, and installations. Their objective is to demystify high-tech tools so that the public can make informed decisions about the …
Mumia re-examines history of the Black Panther Party
by Doug Graves, John Brinker
Fifth Estate # 367, Winter 2004-2005
a review of We Want Freedom: A life in the Black Panther Party by Mumia Abu-Jamal. South End Press: Cambridge, 2004
Some Good Bookchin?
by John Brinker
Fifth Estate # 371, Winter 2006
a review of The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy by Murray Bookchin. AK Press. 2005. 491 pp. $23.
DVD review: The Net
by John Brinker
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
reviewed in this article The Net: The Unabomber, LSD, and the Internet by Lutz Dammbeck Other Cinema, San Francisco, 2003 www.othercinemadvd.com/net.html
Reviews
by Don LaCoss, J.L. Dale, John Brinker, Spencer Sunshine
Fifth Estate # 379, Fall, 2008
Oystercatcher #5 Review by J.L. Dale I’m young, but I still had grade-school fantasies about bathing my neighborhood in a heavy wave of pirate radio–my voice and my songs out into the world.
“The Universe Wants to Play”
by John Brinker
Fifth Estate # 379, Fall, 2008
Back in the salad days of the 1990s, the North American anarchist scene adopted play, not just as a personal tactic of freedom, but as a revolutionary strategy. Play was thought to be a way out of the dead-ends of …
Recipes for Disaster
by Egg Syntax, John Brinker
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
a review of Recipes For Disaster, CrimethInc. Ex-Workers’ Collective, Olympia WA 624 pages $12.00. Available from the Barn: see page 98