Comments on Revolutionary Violence

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Fifth Estate # 288, December 1977

Muswell Hillbillie Responds: Hi FE Folks, After reading the two letters (FE #287, October 28, 1977) …

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Industrialism & Domestication

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Fifth Estate # 287, October 28, 1977

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the rise of capitalism was met by bitter …

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New York, New York

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Fifth Estate # 285, August, 1977

“Amid All the Camaraderie is Much Looting this Time; Seeing the City Disappear.” —Wall Street Journal …

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Notes on Captivity

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Fifth Estate # 284, July, 1977

“Few books today are forgivable. Black on the canvas, silence on the screen, an empty white …

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Medieval Revolts against Church and State

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Fifth Estate # 274, July 1976

In a fairly recent booklet, I came across a very standard view of pre-modern class society. …

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“Revolt Against Work” or the End of Leftism?

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Fifth Estate # 281, March, 1977

FE Note. The December 1976 Fifth Estate carried a critique by Charles Reeve (see “The Revolt …

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Who Killed Ned Ludd?

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Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976

The argument that the advent of capitalism brought a rise in the standard of living for …

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Examining Zerzan

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Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

Much of primitivist theorist John Zerzan’s early work appeared in the Fifth Estate. His Cassandra-like predictions …

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The Decline and Fall of Everything

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Fifth Estate # 268, January, 1976

The landscape of capitalism is a global one, existing everywhere with only minor variations. But this …

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