FE Introduction: Members of the Fifth Estate staff and our friends (as well as some not …
FE Author: John Zerzan
The Promise of the ’80s
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 302, June 1, 1980
Related: see Intro to Zerzan in this issue. For many, the 1970s were—and the 1980s bid …
Industrialism & Domestication
by John Zerzan, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 287, October 28, 1977
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the rise of capitalism was met by bitter …
New York, New York
by John Zerzan, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 285, August, 1977
“Amid All the Camaraderie is Much Looting this Time; Seeing the City Disappear.” —Wall Street Journal …
But It Doesn’t Move
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
a review of And Yet It Moves: The Realization and Suppression of Science & Technology, by …
Objections to Councilism
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe), John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 328, Spring, 1988
FE Note: This is a response to “More Minneapolis Anarchy,” the letters beginning on page 15 …
Language
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
When Winston Smith, in Orwell’s 1984, sits down to begin the diary which he has secretly …
Notes on Captivity
by John Zerzan, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 284, July, 1977
“Few books today are forgivable. Black on the canvas, silence on the screen, an empty white …
Multinational Unions
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 282, April-May, 1977
It has never been more clear that trade unionism is ” absolutely essential to the survival …
Unionism and Taylorism
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 278, November, 1976
Tay-lor-ism n. 1. The scientific management of industrial operations. 2. The systematic reduction of work within …