a review of Portraits of Struggle: Photos from 1972-2023 by Orin Langelle. Global Justice Ecology Project 2024
FE Author: Peter Werbe
Man Responsible for Jen Angel’s Death Receives 7 years
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 416, Spring 2025
The man responsible for the death of Oakland, Calif. social justice activist, anarchist, and baker, Jen Angel, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for manslaughter and robbery. Twenty-year-old Ishmael Burch accepted a plea deal in August of last year.
Narco Agents Raid Artists’ Workshop
by Harvey Ovshinsky, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 23, February 1-15, 1967
As forecast in the FIFTH ESTATE (Dec. 15-31, 1966) federal, state, and local “narcotic” agents swooped down upon Detroit’s underground community Jan. 24th to enforce Michigan’s archaic and repressive narcotic statutes. The late night raids resulted in the arrests of …
John Sinclair, poet, author, activist
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 415, Summer 2024
John Sinclair, poet, author of Guitar Army, manager of the MC5 rock band, anti-racist White Panther Party co-founder, and early Fifth Estate writer, died of heart failure at 82 in Detroit on April 9. Sinclair was remembered in publications across …
Spare the Rod…?
by Ben Habeebe, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 21, January 1-15, 1967
“It is a general policy to expect that teachers will maintain discipline by means other than the use of corporal punishment.” —Detroit Public Schools TEACHERS’ BULLETIN “The Detroit Board of Education policy limited the use of corporal punishment is in …
End Game in the Levant
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 415, Summer 2024
Before anything can be said or written about what has happened in Palestine and Israel since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, recognition must be given to the enormity of the crimes Israel’s merciless army has committed against the Palestinian …
Napalm Photos Spark Vietnam Dialogue
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966
No matter what his choice of words, every newspaper editor is aware that he is bound to offend someone. The arrest and trial of Peter Zenger two hundred years ago and the bombing of the office of the WORKER in …
“Foul deeds will rise”
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 414, Fall 2023
a review of This Rancid Mill: An Alex Damage Novel by Kyle Decker. PM Press 2023
More Phantasmagoria…
by Fulton Lewis III, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966
Leftovers from the Right-wing Film Phantasmagoria [see FE #14, September 15, 1966] came in the form of letters to and from Fulton Lewis, III. Peter Werbe, News Editor of the Fifth Estate and Executive Board Member of the DCEWV, wrote …
Is ChatGPT just a new tech toy or is it Skynet?
by Jess Flarity, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the …